Originally posted by One Big MobWhy wouldn’t it apply to Superman?
The way he worded it at the start is not something comic writers or artists would understand.You'd be hard pressed to find any punches thrown with good technique in comics because writers don't understand the first ****ing thing about it. Then you take a look at the writers to further back that up. You think Mark Waid has ever even punched the air? You think he haymakers the air when he finds his wife in bed with 3 black men? No, he grabs a chair and sits backwards like an 80s cool guy.
You're trying to apply something to a medium filled with people that lack any understanding of it. You have to understand that although they can write, these writers are ****ing stupid at most things in the world. Same goes for science, same goes for fighting, same goes for white men. They know how to write a story, they don't know how things actually work.
There is only a few characters in comics who don't benefit from raw strength in their punches - Ben Grimm for example. Now, that's not to say lifting and punching is 1 to 1 as again, writers don't even know how to apply that, but it doesn't hurt, nor is it an entirely seperated concept like your link would leave us to believe.
If you showed your link to Jason Aaron do you think he could then explain to you how properly punching works? Doubtful. It's doubtful he could even apply it to himself, let alone turn around and explain the concept to his diverse audience in a comic.
Sometimes the things in our world and how they work just can't be the rule in comics. You can apply things of course, but you can't just rule everything out because no, this is the way it works to me. Superman might not be able to punch at universe lifting capabilities, but he's still going to hit pretty ****ing hard because of it.