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They tried to answer this question once and say it was a mix of telekinesis and his own solar battery powers. Like he can use the energy from the sun and what not.
Solar Battery
Superman displaying his power
As a Kryptonian, Kal-El possesses the ability to absorb the solar energy from yellow stars. His Kryptonian body is constantly absorbing and storing energy from Earth's yellow sun (allowing him to retain energy under roofed structures and even at night) which in turn grants him incredible powers, including superhuman strength, enhanced senses, impenetrable skin, and the ability to defy gravity.
His body is also able to absorb the energy of a blue sun, which also grants him increased strength and various other powers (although not to the same degree as under a yellow sun). Superman has also been shown to be able to absorb anti sunlight as during the World War III storyline, Superman drained Mageddon's core by absorbing the anti sunlight radiation, defeating Mageddon in the process.
Super-Strength
Superman has the ability to physically lift impossibly massive amounts of weight. Superman's strength easily surpasses the Class 100 strength level (this is the ability to lift over 100 tons under normal conditions) which is the ability to lift in excess of 100 tons with absolutely no effort at all, and has no known limit. Superman's strength is aided in lifting/supporting the most massive objects--especially when flying--by the bio-electric force field his body produces.
The upper limits of Superman's strength have not been determined in "The New 52" reboot. Previous incarnations have shown Superman capable of moving planets out of orbit without too much difficulty but at a later point in time he once needed Lois Lane to encourage him to achieve a similar feat. During the World War III storyline, Superman was chained to the endless wheels of the Mageddon machine and forced to move the gears of a weapon that dwarfed the combined size of the Earth and the Moon.
In The New 52 he has displayed the ability to lift a submarine with ease and while seeking to measure his strength and determine it's limits, was able to bench press weight equivalent to that of the Earth itself for five days straight (it was stated the Earth weighs over 5 sextillion tons) while being deprived of sunlight, thus rendered unable to replenish or build his strength during this test/feat of strength
Yeah got that from comicvine.
That's really interesting with the Richter magnitude scale stuff!
I wondered how Sups generates his strength?
Here is what I mean:
If you or I wanted to lift something we devote a certain amount of force to it and need to apply more force to something heavier in order to lift/push whatever it.
Is that how Sups work?
If so, then that would mean that he has to seriously will himself to those levels(that were talking about) and something like that would only manifest if he's in a situation like a fight with someone thats capable of pushing him that far. Someone like a Hulk or Darkseid that can multiply their effort(strength) forcing him to match/exceed theirs.
Once more I don't know how someone like Batman could be on the JLA team if they are fighting enemies on those types of scales. That's no place for any human, let alone a hero with limited powers.
The army guys with guns..it didn't matter they were flies/maggots/ grains of sand. Helpless....really small
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They tried to answer this question once and say it was a mix of telekinesis and his own solar battery powers. Like he can use the energy from the sun and what not.
Solar Battery
Superman displaying his power
As a Kryptonian, Kal-El possesses the ability to absorb the solar energy from yellow stars. His Kryptonian body is constantly absorbing and storing energy from Earth's yellow sun (allowing him to retain energy under roofed structures and even at night) which in turn grants him incredible powers, including superhuman strength, enhanced senses, impenetrable skin, and the ability to defy gravity.
His body is also able to absorb the energy of a blue sun, which also grants him increased strength and various other powers (although not to the same degree as under a yellow sun). Superman has also been shown to be able to absorb anti sunlight as during the World War III storyline, Superman drained Mageddon's core by absorbing the anti sunlight radiation, defeating Mageddon in the process.
Super-Strength
Superman has the ability to physically lift impossibly massive amounts of weight. Superman's strength easily surpasses the Class 100 strength level (this is the ability to lift over 100 tons under normal conditions) which is the ability to lift in excess of 100 tons with absolutely no effort at all, and has no known limit. Superman's strength is aided in lifting/supporting the most massive objects--especially when flying--by the bio-electric force field his body produces.
The upper limits of Superman's strength have not been determined in "The New 52" reboot. Previous incarnations have shown Superman capable of moving planets out of orbit without too much difficulty but at a later point in time he once needed Lois Lane to encourage him to achieve a similar feat. During the World War III storyline, Superman was chained to the endless wheels of the Mageddon machine and forced to move the gears of a weapon that dwarfed the combined size of the Earth and the Moon.
In The New 52 he has displayed the ability to lift a submarine with ease and while seeking to measure his strength and determine it's limits, was able to bench press weight equivalent to that of the Earth itself for five days straight (it was stated the Earth weighs over 5 sextillion tons) while being deprived of sunlight, thus rendered unable to replenish or build his strength during this test/feat of strength
Yeah got that from comicvine.
