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Superman's powers
His powers include:
Near invulnerability: In the 1940s, "nothing less than a bursting artillery shell could break his skin"; by the 1970s he could fly through a star and shrug off a nuclear blast. In 1986, Superman was somewhat depowered. Still able to withstand artillery shells, lasers, and even nuclear explosions, he would be killed if he flew into a star. His powers have since increased, allowing him to fly into the sun unharmed. In addition, his immune system protects him from toxins and diseases. The most common explanations for his invulnerability are Superman having a super-dense molecular structure and/or a bioelectric "aura" creating an invisible "force field" around his body within a few millimeters from his skin, and presumably within his body as well. Certain recent stories imply he can consciously extend this field to an undetermined extent to protect a greater area, though how he does so without greatly reducing the field's effectiveness is unknown.
Stamina: Ability to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an undefined period. Theoretically, Superman has unlimited stamina, nourishment coming from the solar energy his cells process; he does, however, have the psychological need to eat, drink just as humans do, though he receives the majority of his nourishment from the Sun. He does require sleep on occasion so he can dream. He can also hold his breath for an undefined duration. After Byrne's origin revamp, Superman could only hold his breath for several hours at the most, requiring him to carry an external breathing apparatus for prolonged periods in space; however, recent training from Mongul now allows him to process oxygen for far longer while in space. Some stories suggest that Superman may be effectively immortal as his Kryptonian cells constantly regenerate at an accelerated rate, although he may appear to show signs of aging, while other stories present Superman as aging at the same rate humans do.
Vision-related powers (sometimes collectively referred to as "super-vision"
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X-ray vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. He can see things behind a wall as if the wall were not there, or can "peel back" layer after layer of matter in his mind. Opponents sometimes used lead-lined constructs in an attempt to hide things from Superman. In one post-Crisis story this trick backfired when Superman simply scanned the field for lead, which instantly stands out as the only opaque substance to his vision, and found the hidden item easily. In his earliest incarnations (pre-Crisis) his X-ray vision was X-rays and generated them as such. In one issue, Superman ruins some photographic film inside a camera with a quick burst of his X-ray vision. Nowadays, it is theorized that Kal is able to focus his vision past layers of matter, literally seeing "through" them. Although referred to as X-ray, this power does not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as normal X-rays. This however, is not a hard and fast rule with some older stories.
Telescopic vision: The ability to "zoom in" his distance to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. The total telescopic ability is unprecedented, but limited to some extent.
Superman can also see the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including infrared and ultraviolet, allowing him to see in the dark. It has also been established in Superman: Birthright that he can see and identify radio/television and any and all broadcast/tansmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods.
Microscopic vision: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the atomic level.
Heat vision: The ability to fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it with the conscious act of activating this power. Visually, the power is typically depicted as twin laser beams firing from the eyes. These beams can be made invisible, allowing Superman to work undetected. This ability was first introduced in the 1950s comics as "the heat of his x-ray vision"; in the early 1960s, heat vision became its own power distinct from x-ray vision. This power uses his stored energy and can be projected to an undetermined range. The maximum temperature of his heat vision is said to reach those of nuclear detonations. Area of effect can be consciously determined by Superman, down to the microscopic level. Recent stories imply the precision is so exact it can bypass a target's outer shell (not causing damage to a person's skull for surgical purposes) or even defenses (such as invulnerability or intangibility).
Super hypnotism: Pre-Crisis, Superman had the ability to hypnotize others at will. This ability was dropped in the modern comics. One late 1970s story, attempting to explain the effectiveness of Superman's disguise as Clark Kent, suggested that his super-hypnotism, aided by his Clark Kent glasses, worked continually to make others see him as a thin, mild mannered man, not an athlete in a suit, and even included photographs of himself. However, this theory presented numerous flaws, such as various stories where Batman would disguise himself as Clark Kent; it also failed to account for anyone studying Kent's build from behind, let alone how the illusion could work on a video camera or whenever Kent was performing his job as a TV news anchorman. For these reasons, this explanation for his disguise's effectiveness was dropped, in favor of the traditional "suspension of disbelief" status quo.
Super-hearing: The ability to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. The only Earth creature who can detect sounds at the frequency he can is a Blue Whale (0.01-200,000 Hz). He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency. In JLA #1, Superman was able to detect disturbances in the frequency the human brain operates. In Kingdom Come its been said that Superman can hear an atom split.
Super voice: Superman is a master ventriloquist; he used this once to rescue Lois from criminals. He is also a brilliant mimic, able to impersonate human voices or animal sounds. Pre-Crisis, Superman also possessed the power of "super-ventriloquism," or the ability to pitch his voice across vast distances, which he would use in combination with his super-hearing as a means of communication. The Pre-Crisis Superman even cancelled out the effects of a nuclear blast with his 'Super-yell'.
The power of flight, by force of will, which also allows him to maneuver precisely in any direction, as well as hover. Originally, Superman could jump 1/8 of a mile, and only acquired the ability to fly in the early 1940s, when the first Superman animated films were being produced and super-jumping proved to not look very impressive on theatre screens. (These quirks were later retconned into the early career of the Earth-Two Superman, although he later learned to fly.) Using this power, Superman effectively cancels the pull of gravity on himself and, to a lesser extent, any object he is carrying.
Super breath: The ability to create hurricane force winds by blowing, and to chill his breath to freeze a target (this latter ability has also been called "freeze breath" and "arctic breath"
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Super speed: The ability to move at an incredible speed, like the Flash. This includes running, but flying is less strenuous and more versatile. The earliest Superman ran at a mere 30 miles per hour, but quickly became much faster; by the 1950s, Superman became capable of flying through space at faster-than-light speeds, as well as travel through time. Post-Crisis, his top speed seems to be at or near the speed of light, and he can no longer travel through time under his own power. It has also been established that he is not as fast as the current incarnation of the Flash, Wally West, who can exceed the speed of light. Superman has had difficulty keeping pace when the Flash is running at the upper limits of his speed.
Super strength: While the exact magnitude of Superman's strength is unknown, it is generally accepted that his strength easily surpasses the capacity to lift 100 tons, but how much more is not known exactly. This is because Superman's strength, like his other powers, has fluctuated over time, with the Man of Steel being at times able to shift a planet from its orbit. With the exception of his original incarnation in the late 30s, Superman is believed to have been at his weakest when he was reinvented by John Byrne in 1986, following Crisis On Infinite Earths. In fact some fans have actually referred to this version as "Byrne's Weak Superman." However, it should be noted that even though Byrne may have placed a few more limits on the Man of Steel's strength level, Superman's power was still staggering. Within a few months of his debut, DC printed in an issue of Who's Who, their official directory of characters, that Superman could easily lift The Great Pyramid of Egypt, which is said to weigh over 6 million tons. In the Elseworlds saga Kingdom Come, the elderly Bruce Wayne makes reference to Superman being able to "split the Earth in two." Superman possesses enough strength to move a Pluto-sized planet if he supercharges himself. The newly released series All Star Superman, written by Grant Morrison, has Superman's strength being tested by scientists on a lunar lab after flying through the Sun's corona and being supercharged to the point of self-damage. The scientists found that he was able to resist weights up to 200 quintillion tons (1/30 of the mass of the Earth), tripling his strength from an earlier point and hadn't yet reached an upper limit. Although the All Star imprint may not be strictly canonical, this firmly places him at the top of superhero power levels in virtually any comic book universe, surpassed mainly by his own pastiches (Mr. Majestic being an example) and divine creatures or similar.
