Originally posted by Quick Freeze
I concede that despite how long I’ve been around, I’m still not nearly as well-versed in a lot of stuff as most regular posters are, for, in addition to a 13-year gap from regularly posting here, I tend to just reread pre-New 52 material when it comes to DC. So when I ask this, I’m genuinely asking and not trolling, and hope I don’t get “warned” or “banned,” but, despite these increaingly consistent “multiversal feats,” doesn’t Superman still have his classic weaknesses to Kryptonite, Red Sun, magic, etc.? Aren’t there multiple characters who are still smarter and faster, if not “stronger or more powerful?”I vaguely remember brief periods in which a mod would discourage the overuse of certain characters, but I can’t recall a point when a character is outright banned tentatively until their next story drops. Really not tryna cause a fuss I’m just genuinely curious
There's never any harm in asking questions if you're genuinely looking for an answer, so feel free.
Basically, a while back Mxy put things in to motion that caused the Post-Crisis Superman to merge with the New 52 one, and in doing so merged not just him, but also his history. If that wasn't bad enough, they also, in a recent comic called "Doomsday Clock" suggested that Superman isn't just the post-crisis Superman, but also the pre-crisis Superman that just had some timey wimey shit done to him. As an event, I would imagine most people are expecting it to have massive implications for DC continuity. As in, there's only ever really been one Superman. And that story is building up to a confrontation between Superman and Doctor Manhattan (yes, the one from Watchmen).
...and in Justice League this week, DC fully embraced the "Superman always wins lol" concept by having him punch out someone that had basically created their own multiverse and was going to replace the pre-existing one with it.
He still has his weaknesses. DC is just ramping up the instances of saying that in the end, they don't really matter.
