Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Before the EM wave (at the speed of light) touched him?
The EM wave didn't touch him, according to the caption the EM wave was "rushing towards him at the speed of light". There is no mention of Superman being touched by the wave or by the ball of radiation behind it (which was moving at the same speed).
Superman doesn't have the ability to make an instant acceleration at the speed of light so it's obvious that he was acceleration until he reaches the speed of light before the explosion occurred.
So....FTL reactions (as we both agree, there is nothing to support him anticipating it).
Please don't use a measurement of speed to calculate a reaction time. My eyes are burning.
I didn't agree with you.
Superman knew that he was carrying a bomb that will explode in the center of the Supernova. That let him plenty of time to think about the detonation = anticipating the explosion.
So Superman has FTL reactions, as he managed to invert and begun to fly away before light speed waves hit him.
Nope.
He inverted his position before the explosion happened and began to fly away.
Whilst his powers are evaporating like the morning dew.
He was slower.
The scans show him facing it, then going backwards, then flying away.
He had several seconds to do it before the explosion happened.
The going backwards is not him flying, as we both agreed.
I didn't agree on this.
750m, whilst in a steel container, from the Hiroshima bomb, is not quite the same as holding it whilst a supernova explodes....much less Kepler's, MUCH less 50x that.
The Hiroshima destroyed everything from the Ground Zero to 1,6 km.
Superman avoided the effects of the Supernova.