I'm curious. Can Superman destroy a planet at all?
PRE NEW 52:
Going by my perception Superman wouldn't have been able to move Earth out of its orbit and fly it into the Sun. He needed Wonder Womans and Martian Manhunters help to move Earth. During another instance he needed Green Lanterns help.
During a fight he had stated, that he is capable of shattering small planets with his punches. Okay. Fine. But "small planets" kinda sounds degrading and almost like hyperbole, considering that most of the time he wrecked moons. And wrecking moons already took quite a bit out of him.
NEW 52:
I'm never going to acknowledge the 5-days-Earth-bench-press-idiocy, but Superman and Martian Manhunter did push Braniacs ship away, which was vastly bigger than Earth. So Superman could destroy a planet by pushing it into a star, a black hole or simply another planet. But that's kinda a lame way of destroying a planet.
Punch-wise I haven't seen anything from Superman, which suggests that he could destroy a planet similar to how, let's say a couple of Marvel characters have done it.
Then we had Superman discovering a new ability, his solarflare explosion. He expanded all of his solar energy to a point where he turned into a low to mid metahuman for days or weeks. And that explosion didn't even come close to being potent enough to destroy a planet.
Can someone well versed on Superman make a compelling argument for Superman destroying a planet in a quick and impressive way?
On topic: LOL! Galactus weakest heralds would destroy planets faster than Superman can.
Originally posted by Damborgson
What do you mean you don't acknowledge the bench press feat?
Also, I’m reallllllllllly ****i**** shocked there are people on this forum who still dispute Superman not being able to move earth when he has done feats much better than that
Originally posted by DamborgsonWhat do you mean you don't acknowledge the bench press feat?
I've been very outspoken in the past about that "feat" and I still am, because in my eyes that feat goes against absolutely everything Superman should stand for.
In the time it took Superman to perform the feat (5 days), countless people died. Superman could have saved many of these people, but instead he was doing jumping jacks in a machine. Even the argument of Superman testing his limits or whatever is absolutely, positively, ridiculously dumb. Superman properly written wouldn't be wasting 5 days for such nonsense. Instead he would be out there and trying to save people, because that's what Superman does.
That's why I don't even acknowledge that feat. It was just a dream. No, a nightmare actually.
Originally posted by Enzeru
I've been very outspoken in the past about that "feat" and I still am, because in my eyes that feat goes against absolutely everything Superman should stand for.
In the time it took Superman to perform the feat (5 days), countless people died. Superman could have saved many of these people, but instead he was doing jumping jacks in a machine. Even the argument of Superman testing his limits or whatever is absolutely, positively, ridiculously dumb. Superman properly written wouldn't be wasting 5 days for such nonsense. Instead he would be out there and trying to save people, because that's what Superman does.That's why I don't even acknowledge that feat. It was just a dream. No, a nightmare actually.
It’s a lot like some older myth stories where x character is told that y task is impossible.
Anyways it’s an effective way to give a limit to a character many may consider to not have a limit.
What limit? He could've kept going. One drop of sweat, literally all it took out of him.
Anyway, Supes is not like Sentry & Cloc, he's lounging all the time and letting people die.
5 days trying to find a limit to his strength were a time well-spent in comparison to poking in his nose while at work or listening to Lois getting her holes fucked by another man.
Originally posted by StiltmanFTWSuperman wastes 8 hours x 5 days a week "working" as a mediocre reporter, Enzeru.
And I'm perfectly fine with that for multiple reasons.
1. Superman should have a regular job just like a regular earthling. He should always be near regular people to never get out of touch with humanity.
2. Even during his regular job as a reporter, he still does a lot of good for the world with articles, which uncover sinister machinations and so on.
3. He also deserves time off during the day, because if you do what Superman can do day in and day out, there is the danger of going crazy. That for example happened to the Sentry. He was doing so much superhero work, that the pressure and responsibility drove him insane. He got more and more depressed and lost control over his own being.
But the bench-press-nonsense... we're talking about 5 days of doing absolutely nothing. I could have gotten behind 5 hours maybe. Maybe he took a day of vacation for that meeting. It would have been still a great feat. But Superman doing nothing for 5 days and letting people die? Yeah, no.
I'm a big fan of tropes in entertainment media and one of the biggest tropes, which should ALWAYS follow Superman is:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SamaritanSyndrome
And that trope was simply not there during that bench-press moment. Instead we got another trope:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SleptThroughTheApocalypse
And that's just not Superman.
After bench pressing the Earth, let's see what Superman say about him and planets (and hes talking about Darkseid by the way)...
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-84b80918c3ae70687ddcc936a1fb756a-c
Originally posted by carver9😂
After bench pressing the Earth, let's see what Superman say about him and planets (and hes talking about Darkseid by the way)...https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-84b80918c3ae70687ddcc936a1fb756a-c
What a way to spin it ahahahhaha
Carver you are special