Originally posted by Enyalus
lol...Accoriding to whom? Never anywhere has it been stated that Superman or a sundipped Superman is more powerful than a thousand galaxies. Or one, at that.
Action Comics #782: Superman’s greatest ever feat of raw power. After flying through the sun for an increase in power, Superman moves the planet WarWorld, home of Braniac. But there’s more. Braniac has stolen the energy of Imperiex. Imperiex gained his power from the consumption of thousands of whole galaxies since the dawn of time. Hence his universal reputation as the “Devourer of Galaxies”. Superman was pushing against Warworld's energies, as in Braniac’s narrative: “Full thrust counter-measure! How is he moving my planet? The Kryptonian does not have that power!” The panel clearly shows the blue Imperiex energies firing from WarWorld’s engines. Yes, Superman was resisting the awesome Imperiex-begotten force, and pushed WarWorld through a boom tube to the beginning of time (big bang).
Note that both this example and John Byrne himself confirms what we’ve suspected all along: that whatever the role that metabolized solar energy stores play in granting Superman his powers, he is obviously accessing power beyond that of the solar energies he can absorb. A few minutes in the sun is piddling compared to thousands of galaxies of power. All of Superman’s greatest feats exceed the energy he could have gleaned from 30 years of absorbed sunlight. Apparently the solar energy is either “hypermetabolized” (as per JLA scribe Grant Morrison), indicating energy generation via Unified Field/Big Bang, or the metabolized solar energy allows access to his deeper power, likely psionic in nature (as John Byrne has already confirmed).
Also, seen and explained by writers such as Stern and L. Simonson, Superman's strength increases geometrically in accordance to his proximity to the sun. This could mean he has infinite strength when in the Sun. Also the amount of solar energy he's converted determines the amount of strength his psionic potential provides.