Originally posted by h1a8
I don't see how flight will help Hulk benchpress the Earth even once. WBH can but WWH has no feats that show he is that strong.
But doesn't his super flight help him when flying huge, or heavy object from one point to the other? In other words is it purely strength, or does his ability to defy gravity come into play?
Originally posted by Stoic
But doesn't his super flight help him when flying huge, or heavy object from one point to the other? In other words is it purely strength, or does his ability to defy gravity come into play?
Byrne had his flight make it easier, but I don't know of any other writers doing the same thing. Marv Wolfman may have to keep consistency when they were the two writers of the Superman titles at the time, but I'm just guessing, can't remember if he did that or not. 2(maybe 3) of his biggest strength feats off the top of my head had nothing to do with flying.
Originally posted by Delta1938
Byrne had his flight make it easier, but I don't know of any other writers doing the same thing. Marv Wolfman may have to keep consistency when they were the two writers of the Superman titles at the time, but I'm just guessing, can't remember if he did that or not. 2(maybe 3) of his biggest strength feats off the top of my head had nothing to do with flying.
Yeah Byrne did this, which was a brilliant way to explain some of the lifting feats that he had done. The tactile TK was another thing that was brilliant in terms of why these objects didn't fall apart under their own weight.
Originally posted by Stoic
Yeah Byrne did this, which was a brilliant way to explain some of the lifting feats that he had done. The tactile TK was another thing that was brilliant in terms of why these objects didn't fall apart under their own weight.
It did work for a more realistic interpretation of Superman's powers. Although looking through some of those issues in his run, I don't know if he ever had it explicitly stated IN the comics(although he himself flat-out said that's how he had it). I remember when Superman was flying the property that Metallo was made in, Superman said things felt lighter when he flew. A GL had speculated that his heat vision was basically a microwave effect using telekinesis, but I don't know if these were ever confirmed on-panel. I don't know of any later writers continuing or expanding Byrne's partial telekinesis thing.
Originally posted by Delta1938
It did work for a more realistic interpretation of Superman's powers. Although looking through some of those issues in his run, I don't know if he ever had it explicitly stated IN the comics(although he himself flat-out said that's how he had it). I remember when Superman was flying the property that Metallo was made in, Superman said things felt lighter when he flew. A GL had speculated that his heat vision was basically a microwave effect using telekinesis, but I don't know if these were ever confirmed on-panel. I don't know of any later writers continuing or expanding Byrne's partial telekinesis thing.
Hey do you remember when he fought this purple guy way back in those days? Didn't he resemble Thanos a little?
Originally posted by Stoic
But doesn't his super flight help him when flying huge, or heavy object from one point to the other? In other words is it purely strength, or does his ability to defy gravity come into play?
which implies
Superman's total strength>>>>>WWH's total strength (with Superman's flight).