Let's Talk About Superman's NEW Powers Revealed in Action Comics
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2023
- In today's video let's talk about Superman's new powers revealed in Action Comics #1050, and why this upgrade makes Superman almost as powerful as Doctor Manhattan.
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Is it just me , or has Superman always had powers that show up for one comic only to be never seen ever again without explanation ?
oh god, don't remind me. The silver age was just really bad with that. I mean some of the various powers he had was shapeshifting, hypnosis, and in a few cases, absolute mind control over a large scale, the ability to shoot out miniature duplicates of himself, and elemental control depending on how he uses some of his regular powers, such as electricity control, and fire manipulation. Those are some of the ones that comes off the top of my head.
Later in post crisis new earth continulity, Superman had an energy form that granted him various powers for a time as Superman Blue and Superman Red. His electrcity and fire control after being enhanced a few events prior was able to fix tears in the fabric of space. He could see into a person's soul to know just about everything about them.
A lot of these powers tended to be one offs. Often being retcon or explained away as being a sort of temperary powerup.
But my god has a lot of this made it a pain to use superman in versus fights as a lot people don't realize that Superman isn't that powerful normally. That aside from the cartoony nature of the silver age comics, or later the constant gaining and losing of various power ups. Superman is generally pretty limited. But people still act as thou those are still part of his character. The same can be said with this recent comic.
Superman gained god like power for a short time from the dark crisis event. He lost most of it yet again, but it appears that he still kept a bit of it. As for how long that remains. Well it is hard to say.
Honestly when used in versus fights against characters like Goku or the hulk. Superman would normally lose, at least the common depiction of superman would. However there are Power-Up eras and versions of superman that I can totally see taking out those guys for no other reason than their powers being just that strong.
That happened a lot prior to the modern and could border on the bizarre such as creating a 'mini-me' in early iterations. Now Superman's power set is consistent though the strength of those powers is not.
The temporary new powers are rare unless Superman gets extreme exposure to a power source, such as literally entering the Sun (the most common), entering the fires of Apocalypse, or absorbing magical energies.
All depends on the writer. Verses manga this is the biggest strength in terms of the comics continuity and is also it's biggest weakness for stuff like this.
He's superman he's super in that he has what ever powers he needs to have .
That's not how super man was originally written. It's the new writer's that give super man all these powers in order to drum up comic sales point blank
Superman doesn't get buffs, he just gets slightly less nerfed.
He gets both lol.
@@mitchjames9350nope. His consistent counterparts have been getting nerfed after pre crisis.
@@thedelordhimselfgokublack He was nerfed in the bronze age, so he was nerfed in Pre-Crisis.
@@supervoss4321 crisis is what nerfed superman, pre crisis superman was towing solar systems without breaking a sweat, flying outside of the universe, and time traveling by accident.
@@Heavenly_demon223 Why do you people ignore the existence of the bronze age or Kryptonite Nevermore, where Superman divided his powers? Bronze age Superman couldn't do a lot of the things Silver age Superman could.
The frame at 5:06…is it just me, or is Superman drawn to look like Henry Cavill? Because that looks pretty damn cool.
Holy cow!!! Please tell me that you're not saying that because of how Superman can save Lois Lane when she's falling from great heights without hurting her, that he's the one that Spiderman should have called on to help save Gwen Stacy instead?😹😂
@@robertperry678 …What? No. I said what I said because he legitimately looks like Henry Cavill.
I thought so too
It's weird mix of Chris Reeve and Hank Cavill really
Yeah probably I got a superman sleeping bag in 1982 that look alot like Christopher Reeve
That cover is sick, it said ," I'm better than marvel, I'm superman" 👍
Boring
The best Superman stories are the ones where he's off-planet. Lets face it, he's too powerful for Earth; and for the stories to have any stakes, he needs to face a universal threat (in space).
So fuck the Green lanterns?
Kinda agree.
That's not true. He wants to avoid collateral damage. They did this in the animated series very well but not in the movies.
He's super powerful and can easily beat the villain, but also doesn't want that broken water tower to fall onto the street below and has to choose between saving the people or beating up the bad guy
I loved the bronze age power levels.
But it did make him too big for one planet let alone a small town.
All-Star Superman moved into the sun.
For me, one of the best Superman stories is about him finding a car stranded in the snow on the side of the road, the battery dead, the driver cannot get anyone to stop in a blizzard, and due to a fatal disease, the cold is especially painful. He is about to shoot himself in the car when Superman knocks on the window, and asks if he can get in the passenger side. Superman warms him up with his heat vision, and talks him out of suicide. Supes slowly heats the engine block, revs the alternator at superspeed to get the car started, then gives him directions to a nearby home until the blizzard stops. Supes then convinces the man to find his estranged daughter, and possibly spend his last days with her. The man says at the end, "Thank you." Then Superman flies off. There, that is Superman.
We finally have Bronze Age Superman back 🔥🔥🔥
Loved the Bronze Age Superman.
It's not that he was overpowered.
Earth was too limiting.
His world and adventures need to expand.
There's no shortage of talented, imaginative, creative writers who can keep him interesting.
Yeah Bronze aga.. More powerful than Modern Superman but still weaker than Pre Crisis.. We had the Super Sandman (krypronite nevermore) to thank for that.
@UCvAWkY6tXggBMVSvNCiuVNA do WHAT.
I wonder what Iron Age Superman will be like.
@@rugalthreesixteen6812 technically silver age and modern superman are all equal. There was a really good argument behind it too. In infinite crisis golden age fought post crisis superman, and they stalemated (well post was actually stronger he was just holding back more and more inexperienced.) The same golden age stalemated pre crisis, so they're all equal
I always had this head canon that it's cuz of how much clark is a puss boy that it nerfs him so much that it makes him vulnerable to city busters despite tanking multiversal blows. Almost like how Ichigo from Bleach gets nerfed because of how uncomfy he is without his powers
im here for the silver age supe upgrade!
Finally. They are trying to give Superman the proper respect he deserve. I’m tired of the writers nerfing him so he could be on Par with Street level heroes like Batman, it’s weird.
That’s like Nerfing Sentry to make Daredevil look cool by comparison.
Now I have to read this comic.
Yep! Even I was tired of mediocre versions of Superman it was not fun to see him get beaten up by lowly Character's.
Although some would argue that batman is cosmic level, not street since he's apparently omnipotent when he has "prep time"
As long as he slower then the flash
100%
9:20 Superman can now bend/manipulate space-time to cross any distance instantly
They finally brought out his powers are mentally based. This was touched on in the '80s when John Byrne rebooted him. But for me , it always made sense that Superman is as strong as he wants to be. It's all mental.
Well, it explains his ability to break "everyday physics" in non-obvious ways... but do they still describe it this way?
Why does people hate when superman gets new form or powerup but ignore that marvel literally make thor super op or hulk or even spiderman
Mostly because Thor does something that’s a temporary amp like upgraded hammer, two hammers, Odin force etc
What people hate is not the power amp, it’s the inconsistency.
Don’t make him this powerful, then next run he gets folded by Catwoman or something.
Or have him struggle to get somewhere fast and ignore the fact he can basically teleport where ever he needs to be.
Marvel is jus more consistent with their power levels
All mainstream superheros will eventually get a lowball its inevitable...Problem is fanboys of both DC/MARVEL are pressuring writers to create invincible versions cuz its a pissing contest between the two for power..So every main character has an Anime level OP version now to argue over supremacy.
@@drsupreme1971 yep comics now are just insane feats or lowball feats. And character assassination comes along with both
@@Blackstorm99 Its like they just gave into the fanboys of different brands...F the story and making a good saga lets just OP this character so he can beat everyone in dearh battle lol.
I always had the notion that Superman’s abilities would become elevated when he stopped limiting his mentality. It’s well known Superman has always disliked being different, having Super Powers. He always wanted to be normal. That kinda mentality causes mental blockages, limiting Supes from achieving his full potential. This is why it took CK so long to fly, in the show Smallville.
Superman's mental barriers weren't formed only because he wanted to be normal, but also out of a need. Superman is naturally so powerful that he's handling everything around him with the same level of care as a fragile egg; he is ALWAYS considerate. If he mentally brings himself down to our level, it's easier to act on our level day-to-day. At the same time, this makes it difficult for him to ascend those mental limits against the tougher opponents that occasionally show up.
That and WB have really weird restrictions on how characters powers and depictions can be done by other lincense holders. Example: Connor Kent in the god-awful Titans TV series is legally not permitted to be shown flying.
So true. Watching Smallville now(such a great show!) and they kinda drive that point home when Kara can fly, but he couldn't
He has few mental powers. No telekinesis or telepathy. He can't teleport or mentally dominant and enforce his will on others.
@@ouknow1446 ehh, he does have telepathy. Watch Superman Vs The Elite, when he communicates with The Elite with zero sonar. He also has telekinesis, also demonstrated in that same movie, when he made and kept up a 500m/m tornado while remaining stationary in the center. And those kind of powers show up from time to time. Superman's body has inherent biological control over all four fundamental forces; the nuclear forces of stars within his cells, his bioelectromagnetic aura, and his obvious mastery of gravity. Point being, it's largely up to him and his imagination, what he's capable of. This of course comes AFTER fully embracing his Kryptonian side and being taught to master his powers. Zod sometimes even displays a sort of telekinesis-beam: think of it as him being able to extend his bioelectric aura.
Exactly what Superman needed,....every power he didn't already have
i like how this can also kind of explain why hes so much more powerful than even other kryptonians bc he is so in tune, familiar, and precise with his powers hes basically learned how to break physics to accomplish feats vs just using them as raw physical power and speed
Yes, that had generally just been due to his experience but the actual thing that made him more powerful than other Kryptonians, even the ones who would have more potential than him, is that he spends his childhood and went through puberty under a yellow sun (G-type star). It's actually fairly known and accepted in the fandom but never explicitly stated in the comics AFAIK. The others Kryptonians were already adults when they developed their power, so he always could defeat them, only the Phaelosian kids have the opportunity to reach a similar level, while Jon and Lor-Zod could potentially grow more powerful.
@@Xainfinen Don't forget that Kal was altered by Jor to process sunlight more efficiently than other Kryptonians AND that the House of El is descended from the demigod son of Rao. So Clark is not just a Kryptonian that grew up under a yellow sun, he's a Kryptonian with enhanced genetics and supernatural ancestry that grew up under a yellow sun. At least if you go with some of the stuff revealed in Post-Crisis. Cythonna outed him as looking exactly like Rao while the story Memories in Our Blood tell the story of El, the first member of the House of El, a Samson/Hercules character that grew up in a desolate Conan-esque age on Krypton.
If we look at Superman Prime One Million, Superman is immortal while his descendants are not. Jon will never become more powerful than Clark because Jon will age and die while Clark will live indefinitely and will only grow stronger the longer he lives until he's reached Strange Visitor Superman levels which make even this new version of Superman seem weak in comparison, although this new version is hella powerful and I'm glad to see him finally admit that weight, time, distance are all immaterial to him. Goku, who?
Also Kal's intelligence is genius level even by Kryptonian standards.
He inherited that from Jor-el of course.
@@Falcun21 Yep, born from parents of an unparalleled pedigree, and raised under the perfect conditions to sublime his species potential.
This is the Superman that I read about in comics back in the day...ALL POWERFUL!!!
With powers like that, a speedster like the flash has become the fastest errand boy who is almost always late.
Good thing he doesn't deliver pizza!
Stop it Wally ran faster than instant teleportation and He also outran death to the edge of the universe and beyond.
@@opchase Well, Superman here pretty much said space and time is redundant, so both are equal in speed now.
@@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger for now lol. They always get unnecessary power boost, but tbh a lot of the time they just do those feats once and that speed or strength is never seen again so who knows.
Flash is still faster. Hands down. Different dimensions.
To be honest I always figured there was more to Superman's powers than we'd realised..
If his flying ability was a mental power it stood to reason he could have affected other things too in a similar manner. .
Perfect! Being a Superman fan myself, love his new powers😋
What power
@@tanjiroushirogane690 now he can open wormholes at will to travel distances of 4000 light years almost instantly like teleportation. Disarm the Lex luthor's high-tech mechanical Biosuit with a light touch from his finger
@@HyperMegaversal i would say he used matter manipulation
@@milkmansuperman1232
Matter manipulation and possibly bending reality.
He's opening portals at will and just that feat alone takes a massive amount of energy but he doesn't even seem winded.
The next upgrade wld be to traverse the multiverse the same way really.
This seems like an extension of what Bruce Wayne observed about superman’s speed. The whole thing about mini wormholes being opened for fractions of a second
Superman is NOT broken. The majority of his readers and writers lack the sufficient imagination.
Superman is not broken he is boring and redundant, think about it how many stories can you make about him being tricked into losing until he stops holding back enough to win? I guess when you model superheros after Santa and Jesus Christ, these are the type of story lines you are stuck with.
@mrxexes Everything you said reinforced the previous comment that the majority of readers and writers lack sufficient imagination.
@@grunt-sw8si Well why don't you write a compelling story about Superman a.k.a adhoc man/ the new Jesus/ one ups man/ the man with all the powers. The same guy who went from leaping over tall buildings and faster than a bullet to being able to fly faster than the speed of light and able to withstand a trillion exploding stars. Just imagine someone like Jessica Jones being redcon those powers without any explanation by the writers.
@@mrxexes Are you kidding? Just watch Superman TAS & Justice League Unlimited. There’s so many stories and directions they could go.
@@a1pha_star If DC were smart they would place Superman in space so he could fight guys his pay grade without worrying about destroying the planet.
IMO the best part of this one was Val-Zod's one-page appearance. I hope we get to see the rest of the Earth 2 heroes in Jon's book.
This!
Two years ago, the immortal hulk became the avatar for the One Below All. You knew, DC would not let Superman by and take any of these L’s did you?
But he still gets slapped around by Thanos. No matter how Powerful HULK gets. Thanos always puts him in his place below him. Superman is on a different Tier compared to HULK. Superman has beaten Doomsday and Darkseid, it a different playing field all together.
He's been able to manipulate space-time since the 1950's. An ability to create wormholes is just an extension of that.
This is actually a great hack. It's actually great that they gave an explanation to his other strength based powers
Superman once had this powerful finisher energy attack called solar flare ( which is basically his own Kamehameha sort of ) but then, rebirth came and although Rebirth Superman possess the powers of both post-crisis and New 52 supermen, rebirth Superman never showed his Solar Flare attack ever again.
I think the same thing will happen to this new ability once a new author handles the current story run of Superman.
There is a certain amount of truth in Lexs thinking, and the symbol that Superman is. He's the bright hope of humanity, not just as a savior but also as a beacon to aspire to; the pinnacle of what humanity can be in nearly every way. Humaninity has always looked up and wondered what's out there, dreamed of what heights we can reach, and aspired to be better. But where lex misunderstands is that superman isn't meant to be a god above all the little people, he's a star in the night to guide us, and he's able to be that way because of humanity itself and having been raised in a way to be the very best of what we can offer.
Superman stories can be written through morality like is he doing the right thing? Those are stories that make Superman interesting.
That Superman power is Tactile Telekenisis. That is Superboy’s superpower. And Superman’s previous power that people discarded in the 2000’s.
This is an old power returning.
I would love to see Cosmic Armor Superman in more comic stories. He is the Ultimate All powerful OP Supes. This Superman is more Powerful, but is he on par now with Superman Prime or Superman 1 Million or SAS Supes ? We shall find out.
I'd like to see fight Goku God mode fight him. Which of course, we all know Cosmic Armor Superman would obliterate him.
Love this! I think this was a long time coming. He literally has the power of a star in him, it makes sense that his cells would go through some evolution and reveal new abilities at some point. He's getting close to being able to go head-to-head with someone like Dr. Manhattan.
He’s up there with the surfer now to be able to bend space and time..lol😂
Yeah, now he's a stupid character.
I wouldn't say this is as strong as he's EVER been and I'm talking about his main timeline.
The writers finally catch up to Supes power level.
Yep
It seems like this power is an OP version of what he had in Superman 2. Superman, Zod, and Zod's crew were teleporting around the fortress during their fight there.
Yeah yeah!! Back to the 80s y'all! True you spoke truth
I think they were teleporting due to the fortress doing something... Or idk.
I seem to remember John Byrne explaining that a force field around Superman keeps his costume from being destroyed.
Gravity effects time, so in the comics world today’s Supes could potentially be able to manipulate time or somehow travel back in a point in time, like Christopher Reeve’s Superman was able to do in the first movie.
So… they are turning him slowly into Doctor Manhattan?
That's kind of my assumption. And I hope they actually deal with wherever that leads them, and find a way to put the genie back in the bottle eventually, even if it's only through some brake on his mind that someone manages to impose.
Based upon what was disclosed about Superman in All Star Superman this makes total sense. That is assuming it’s canon
If dude has cosmic awareness and can see the connectedness of all things, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say he has these abilities. He probably didn’t need to use them as much.
Love your energy and commentary. Keep it up!
When Superman started in the comics, he was merely faster than a speeding bullet (far less than light speed), stronger than a locomotive, able to leap over tall buildings (but unable to fly). It got way out of hand from there.
@Shalok, No. It was merely stated that he WAS all those things, not that those were his limits. His only limit listed officially was that his skin was tough enough to repel anything less than a bursting artillery shell, which essentially means .155 Howitzer or battleship cannons since this was in early World War II, but even that went away fairly quickly. By 1948, he was so far beyond light speed that he could travel through time while following the trajectory of the meteorite that first brought him into contact with Kryptonite. It was revealed that like all versions of Superman, he gets stronger as he ages and he had never flown before in the comics because it was a further evolution of his powers, just like Heat Vision evolved from X-Ray vision and he had never tried it before because it never occurred to him to do so. Plus, like all other people of that time, he never imagined a man could fly, because he didn't learn he was an alien until 1948. Prior to that he didn't know how he got his powers. The thing was, was in the early days, he didn't get his powers from the sun, he got them due to the lower gravity of Earth versus Krypton and the millions of years of evolution that separate Kryptonians from humans. To Kryptonians, humans are essentially about the mental equivalent of apes. It wasn't until a few years later that the sun got added to his reasons for having powers and THEN he got POWERS that went from Golden Age Superman having the ability to shapeshift by remolding his facial features to Silver Age Superman making up new powers as he needed them.
@@Falcun21 still got out of hand.
@@Falcun21 I guess, was it really necessary though?
@@SBaby Whether it was necessary or not is immaterial, it happened. Lots of things happen that are not necessary, we learn from them and move on.
@@Falcun21 No he started flying because it was cheaper to show him in the air with nothing around him, Ink was expensive, and the artists have confirmed that in many interviews. The same thing happened with the Hulk green was too expensive, so they went with a gray looking pic, but always stated in the story he was green. It was all cost back then. Also, the with age he gets better control of his powers is BS, when was the last time Superman shot mini-Supermen out of his fingers to do some things. The guy is broken, and they even have to keep going back and make Darksied more powerful because of it.
In real life, the closest thing we ever had to a man who could fly was Michael Jordan.
I love how Lex more or less without saying it said Jon can't pay the bills. As superman but OG can pay mouth a head.
New52 Supes flew from the Virgo cluster (65 light years) to Earth in a very short time. This Supes came back from Canis Major (almost 4900 light years) in seconds.
Maaaan. Superman is even more OP now. Thanks for the info. You delivered it awesomely.
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I loved this issue and kinda am happy to see him reach this pinnacle with the upgrades his villains have been getting and will continue to do so, like Metallo, Mongul, Olgrun and whoever comes next
I'm honestly fine with this; I've been wanting some big superman stuff for awhile now, and I may not have been keeping up too much with him since DC's been treating him as an afterthought next to the bajillion f*cking Batman comics getting shoved down our throats. And with whats going down with the Super-Family with Dawn Of DC, I'm excited to see DC pay attention to their flagship boy again
well done! great info presented quite well!
Superman’s moral compass is what keeps his powers in check to where you can really do a lot with his powers cause his morality is more defensive than kryptonite
Superman is a very small human-shaped Kaiju. A friendly one! But the best stories for him are the sort where it isn't about Superman but about all the people impacted by him and he's the disaster that ruins disasters.
*Superman seems to get more powerful each year however if people read his comics superman gained all these powers in the 1950s already*
This reminds me of an old power superman had, minor hypnotism with his eyes.
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Excellent issue overall I'm excited for this new era of Superman
Maybe the dead Supermans are linked to the increase in Supermans powers; just like the Jet Li character in the movie "One"?
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Then in the comics he should be able to enter thespeed force as the flash is able to do
Funny thing is in the comics at one point Manchester black not only finds out who Superman is but tell the entire world then later undoes it when he's about to die and it really pisses off Lex Luthor to know that he used to know who's Superman was and can't remember so this is not a new thing for Superman this happened back shortly after War World during the whole president Alexander Luther thing
Superman is back to pre crisis level of strength and speed more reasons for me to love the man of steel. But the writer said he doesn’t have any new powers just getting more creative with his bio electric aura.
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This is just Superman slowly getting back his Silver age powers.
Part of the reason behind "Crisis " was about Superman being overpowered - Superman "Prime" the one I grew up with, could literally move planets, and fly the Galaxy without the need to breath. I had older relatives who had the Superman comics going back to his first appearance. I remember telepathy, shape-changing, telekinesis, as being just a few of his powers - Prime of course was the infant that was exposed to Yellow Sun radiation while in'flight to earth, he did not come into his powers later in life, instead, he was the result of a life lived at power (re: Superbaby, Superboy (Clark Kent in Smallville), and eventually Superman - all this before the Krypton reveal (a retcon, before it was a thing), wherein he saw thru the screen memories implanted by Jor-el, about the "true nature" of Krypton, though I can't really remember if that was still Earth Prime (BC) - Rarely touch any of the comics nee graphic novels, once they became investment items, I gave them away. Thanks for the video, I might take a quick revisit to see what The Man Of Steel/Tomorrow is up to & I subscribed :)
I love a Superman with Bronze age power levels.
Only difference now is that modern writers are catching up with him in terms of imagination and creativity.
The real world has upgraded with art and science.
I want days where Batman isn't a mary sue and has mega plot armor, but that's not how DC works unfortunately.
Nah, I want Superman to be an absolute God like entity with absolutely "No Weakness"
@@ineedpowers5151 But he has to have SOME weaknesses.
Otherwise he would no longer be Superman.
There'd be no reason for him to even live on Earth anymore.
That version of Kal-el that you're talking about can only live in the future where human beings have also evolved in an effort to keep up with him.
@@ineedpowers5151 just pretend
Its about time
I love that you mentioned Teddy Long!!!
The awesome cover of Action Comics 1050 depicts Superman's evolved powers. An awesome commentary.
This is pretty much confirmation of the tactical telekinesis Connor has. Now we know how he just destroys things with a touch.
indeed you're correct.
Táctile not tactical
It's also how he lifts buildings etc. Without them be destroyed under there own wait , or how he can fly or run with people or in his clothes because the field extends
Writer confirmed on Twitter its not telekinesis or tactile telekinesis, it's just the bio-electric field
@@brandontrammel4581 It's actually not tactile telekinesis, though the effects are similarish.
Due to Kal-El's Kryptonian physiology and molecular structure, whenever his cells are exposed to high-frequency solar radiation, his body's biomatrix begins to generate a powerful bioelectric aura that protects his internal organs, strengthens his molecular structure, and then extends outwards within millimeters of his skin like a force field.
This aura also slightly extended to whatever he is touching, allowing large objects to maintain their structural integrity. And in the case of people, that's why he can grab someone and move at super speeds or fly while carrying someone at high altitudes without them succumbing to dangerous g-forces, or gravitionla pressure, inertia, etc. This has been the most consistent (as there are many😒) explanation over the years, especially in the later parts of the Post-Crises era. Following the New 52, it was the definitive/unquestioned explanation for his logic breaking lifting and durability feats. This has since been carried over into the Rebirth Era and the current ongoing status quo changes that emerged since.
Outside of the comics, this explanation was also given on shows like Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Smallville, and the DCAU (Batman Beyond/Superman TAS/Static Shock/JL/JLU and their tie-in media). This even carried over into the arrowverse with Supergirl, the many crossover events, and then Superman & Lois.
Kalel is more powerful now because it is fitting the current writer's story .
Superman haters mad rn😂😂😂
@@BLACKSTA361 I don't think it's about hate, superman has always been like that his as strong as the story require him to be cause his well superman
@Lex Bryant Yes and it will reset once this run ends and the next one starts depending on the story.
Agreed, that crap about Superman knocking out World Forger is as dumb as Lex Luthor snapping Brainiac's neck.
@@midnighteye2737 exactly
Technically we've known about this power since the 90's. When they cloned Superman, Superboy writers gave Superboy "Tactile Telekinesis" , and it was suppose to be explained that it's why Superman can hold stuff without breaking. That Superman's Strength was more than just physical but it was this mental power. Superman writers at the time hated this idea, and ignored it. While Superboy Writers double down and would constantly mention the Tactile Telekinesis powers. Young Justice comics would later parody this by having Superboy say "Tactile Telekinesis" almost every time he would pick something up.
Awesome video!
Excellent coverage of late-cyle Superman's power! Superman’s powers don’t seem to maintain an upper limit for very long. In the comics business, it's called “creeping powers syndrome”. Superman, and every superhero that followed him (by which I mean ALL of them) was created with their powers and abilities defined. In 1938, Superman could “raise tremendous weights, leap an eighth of a mile, and nothing less than a bursting shell could penetrate his skin”. No vision powers. He couldn’t even fly yet!
As his adventures progressed, writers had to think up bigger, more dangerous threats for Superman to face. Little-by-little, Superman’s powers crept up to match whatever challenge was thrown at him. Within his first twenty years, his powers had grown to include not just his vision powers, but faster-than-light flight, and cosmic level strength. He could cross the galaxy in minutes and juggle whole planets. That was near the end of his first mythic cycle, in what is now called "The Silver Age". Now, in current continuity, he's reached that power level once again.
DC has rebooted Superman at least six times-twice since I helped create The Death of Superman in the 1990s. Rebooting is done every 10-20 years, partly to remedy “creeping Powers syndrome” and let Superman begin again at something closer to his original power level.
For the last couple of generational reboots, much of Superman’s powers are thought to come from his natural Kryptonian abilities being exponentially augmented by Earth’s yellow sun. We once did an extended story arc in which Superman’s metabolism goes haywire, and he can’t regulate his solar absorption. He gets too overcharged to control his strength (see Superman-The Man of Steel issues #30-34).
There have been hints in current canon for years that DC was heading toward an “explanation” for why Superman can have seemingly indomitable, godlike power levels in the face of a major cosmic threat, but reduce to more street-level super-powers when he returns to normal life in Metropolis. He does seem to have an inexplicable knack for rising to any challenge. Most of the heroes in the JLA have remarked upon it, and count on it in their most dire cosmic encounters.
Some fans and pros alike have long thought it's possible that in space, Superman’s body metabolizes energy from the sun differently-unfiltered by our atmosphere. Or, it could be that Superman starts absorbing and metabolizing energy from multiple stars or other cosmic energy sources the minute he’s outside Earth’s magnetosphere.
Then again, Superman’s apparently fluctuating power-levels may be due to something as yet unimagined or unrevealed. Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in Julius Shwartzian sci-fi double talk.
My personal suspicion has always been that Superman somehow just summons more power when the situation requires it. Because he spends most of his life suppressing his power for the safety of others, he’s just never fully explored the uppermost limits of what he can do. I used to speculate that he keeps his full strength so under control at all times, that psychologically, he can’t access it-until it’s needed! Now, in his middle age, it seems he's learned just how deep he can dig when he needs to!
So are you really John Bogdanove the artist?
@@midnightson8586 Yes. Not that it matters, but it’s “ Jon” not “John”.
@@JonBogdanove when I read 90's Superman comics I never would have thought someday I would talk with you. I'm a huge fan of your work. Your style, combining both tremendous plasticity and rough traces brought an unique power in all your drawings. Definitely one of my favourites Superman artist of all time. You helped to define an amazing era for me, so thank you for all the amazing moments. And yes, back in the day I remember I noticed your name was without "h" and that caught my atention, and of course it matters. A pleasure to talk to you, Jon, greetings from a lifelong fan of you from Spain.
@MidnightSon ¡Gracias por sus amables palabras! ¡Yo amo España! He visitado muchas veces. ¿De qué parte de España eres?
@@JonBogdanove No hay de qué, tu talento bien las merece! En serio? A qué parte de España has venido? Soy de Sevilla, en Andalucía
I don’t think this is the strongest. But they essentially brought back Golden Age Superman
You mean silver age. Golden age superman was the weakest version of him
@@godofyoutube3410 Yup you're correct. Silver age!
@@godofyoutube3410 Not even close to true. Golden Age Superman went toe to toe with Post-Crisis Superman and they were altering the reality around them with their punches. Golden Age Superman tanked the Big Bang. Golden Age Superman was time travelling ON ACCIDENT just ten years after he debuted. Golden Age Superman shattered the walls of reality when Superboy Prime was too weak to do so. All SBP could do was change the reality with his strikes, Golden Age flat out shattered the dimensional wall between the paradise dimension he was in with Golden Age Lois, SBP and Alexander Luthor with a single punch because he was angry. The weakest version of Superman was Post-Crisis when he debuted and for several years after that. I have a 1988 comic where he struggles to stop a speeding cement truck. He dug his heels into the pavement instead of just holding against it and flying towards it. There was no need to wreck the road. That Superman was also where we get the Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League and Justice League Unlimited Superman levels of strength. Post-Crisis eventually became strong enough to go toe to toe with Golden Age Superman.
@@Falcun21 It took Golden Age Superman decades to reach that level of power.
At the same age post crisis Superman was more powerful.
@@Falcun21 haha this guy watched some quick videos on RUclips to research that. 😂half of what you wrote made no sense. Your all over the place, like a angry kid. Bruh they brought back golden age and gave him power ups. Prime example the dude couldn't even fly. For you to say golden age superman is superior to silver super age superman is evidence of stupidity. They only brought back age during the crisis of the multiverse was to make him relevant. He literally died. 🤣 and why even bring superbly prime into the picture, the balls on this guy. Superboy prime took on every hero including golden age superman and wreck them. You need to go reread silver age superman abilities.
I love it, much this has returned from his past. He has many powers never mentioned in fights with other big guns.
The craziest part of all this is that Superman wasn’t even under a blue star when he did it.
Well it makes him ridiculously op but at least it makes sense like how his glasses keep his identity being some sort of hypnotic suggestion cause its still stupid to think glasses can mask him. It being that he can control some physics defying field like Dr. Manhattan gives sense to a lot his how he doesn’t break the world from the force of a single punch with his absurd strength or have a pile of chopped meet in his hands catching people.
I'm still wondering when lex is going to activate the younger version of himself that he has on ice from dark knights metal
Sounds to me like this an opportunity to make Superman into a cosmic level hero/ character. In the vein of the Silver Surfer. It’s a chance to give stories that are more existential or metaphysical and have him grow beyond his usual gallery of villains like Luther. That would be kind of cool.
You have a great voice by the way. Your passion for the subject matter really shines through without bordering on excessive fanboyness (if that’s a even a word lol).
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This takes him into another tier of power.
What power
So midway thru the warworld imprisonment I had paused reading the series and let it pile up accidentally 😂. Seems it's a good time to catch up. I hope these abilities aren't retconned..
Edit:Just discovered I'm 10 issues behind. Definitely gotta catch up💀💀💀
He is the Last Boy Scout and is capable possibly to do anything we can imagine out
Superman already has spirit bomb. Remember him being able to release all of his energy all at once then becoming human for a while?
It’s good they finally just admitted it. They had him fly out of a universe literally designed to depower and trap him for eternity. He flew straight out of it, instantly, across multiple dimensions, again instantly, and one punched someone who is literally considered to be like the second or third most powerful being in existence. He one shotted him. A single punch. Freaking one punch man. When I saw that I knew he was literally the most powerful hero possible.
Plot armor, poor plot armor at that.
Let's never forget that the only "limitations" Superman has is self-imposed either by fear of what he could become or just ignorance of self.
This is what makes him so special, he's in constant evolution and writers should always keep that in mind instead of selectively forgetting his evolution from new story to new story.
What makes an op character so special and in constant evolution?
@@mitchjames9350 His day to day life, living in a planet that is not his home, a being with unlimited powers, surrounded by fragile beings he loves so very much, being so careful not to accidentally destroy anything or anyone. There was an old Comic about him where he had to get away from our solar system so not to destroy it because he had to sneeze, he ended up destroying another star system far away from us (1961, Action Comics #273).
If you've ever been an "Alien" (talking figuratively) in a foreign land you would understand him a bit better. To me, along with Batman, is the most fascinating and profound Superhero ever created.
SUPES IS GOATED 😮💨🔥
Love the presentation
If Superman wasn't OP enough, damn...
Now only i hope his superhuman intelligence is there too
@@christianrapper exactly 😂😂😂😂
He's always had super intelligence, but and this is the big BUT, he doesn't use it until he has to. He can do math in his head that would make Tony Stark and Reed Richard's brains melt. He can do complex equations that would cause a super computer to overheat. He just doesn't need to do anything like that on the daily. He can do anything scientific that he needs to, but he has to read up on it first and he's not interested in learning every field of study on Earth. He's a genius by Kryptonian standards without yellow sunlight enhancement. With the yellow sun, he's even beyond genius Kryptonians. He has completed and improved his father's inventions, he's thought about offering to improve all of Batman's gadgets to be 100% more effective but noted that Batman would take it as an insult. His problem is that he's not sneaky. He could be the smartest being on Earth and still get taken for a ride by Bruce or Lex because they think in ways that just never occur to him. He's not a bad guy at heart so doesn't think of the dirty play.
@@Falcun21 thanks man. That’s the thing i never understood about his intellect. With yellow sun enhancement his intellect should be limitless like brainiac’s intelligence normally superman should have a 12th level intellect by coluan standards his intellect should be way above superhuman intelligence.
Thank you sir!
Oh dang. I know they used to give Superman powers to fit the situation back in the day, but this is One Punch Man level stuff now.
This is the Superman I've longed for. The ultimate, heroic force in existence.
i sorta love it.
if he keeps powering up, they better use the mullet for super saiyan 4 superman
Good job!
I love your Teddy Long reference
Superman had that power to traverse intergalactic distances for a while now.
He had FTL flight as far back as the 60s and 70s, even as Superboy. It's why the Fortress is always filled with weapons he'd taken from intergalactic despots when he defeated them to help subjugated races across the universe.
He also demonstrated this power when he was teleported to the far reaches of the universe during the "Metropolis Burning" storyline in which the Legion of Doom showed up in Metropolis to kill him. He was able to return within moments, despite the almost inconceivable distance involved.
So this power is nothing new. What is new is his copying Conner Kent's power by disassembling Luthor's latest battlesuit with just a touch. Of course, given that Conner's powers are a copy of Clark's, perhaps Superman always had this power. Then again, maybe Supes pulled a Flash stunt by vibrating his hand at just the right frequency to force Luthor's suit to fall apart (if so, it's not the first time he's borrowed a technique from Flash's bag of "Flash Fact" tricks).
It"s a bit different now, Superman opened a whormhole at Will to travel 4000 light years as fast as teleportation
Technically since the mid-50's Superman speed was near immeasurable and above The Flash speed.Superman just mentally limited his powers/abilities to levels like Martian Manhunter,Shazam etc.Otherwise he's always been as powerful(or almost) as his Silver Age/Pre-Crisis levels.
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Yeah, he became so powerful that they had trouble coming up with good stories and villains powerful enough to stand a chance at beating him.
That's where Mongul came from. In their first fight, even teamed up with Starman, Mongol kicked Superman's butt. Knocked Supes out and got down on his knees to continue pounding on the unconscious hero. In fact, Mongul would have killed Superman if Robin (Jason Todd) hadn't dropped the Black Mercy on him.
That's DC's excuse for handing over writing and management of Superman to the cursed John Byrne after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, to depower him to make writing him more manageable.
Byrne wanted Kal-El to be the sole survivor of Krypton. He also wiped out all the great stuff from the World of Krypton backup stories (why there was a taboo against flying despite Kryptonians being a highly advanced race technologically, the Adam & Eve of Krypton, etc.) with a stroke of his pen. He also destroyed all the Superboy stories, screwing up the continuity of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Fortunately for Superman's longtime fans, DC eventually restored most of Byrne's spectacular screw-up: Supergirl, Krypto, the World of Krypton (mostly), etc.
And now it looks like Superman has been fully restored to his former power levels.
Here's a pop quiz question for Superman fans out there:
Like so many names here on Earth, Superman's Kryptonian name means something. What is the meaning of Kal-El?
Answer below...
El = "star"
Kal = "child"
So Superman is the "star child."
@@jimgilbert9984 Yeah I agree Superman was vastly powerful till the mid 80's and depowering him was an lazy excuse to make it easier to write stories.I think some fans don't understand that SM is exactly that super in everything he does.I'm glad he's back to those levels like he's meant to be.The answer to your question is hope.
@@heralldinnall3007
Nope, not hope.
That's what the emblem on his chest stands for.
Scroll down below the question for the answer.
It's always been postulated that Superman, as a Kryptonian who is millions of years advanced beyond human beings, has the power of mind control: that's why nobody has ever noticed the resemblance between Clark Kent and Superman. Superman uses his powers of mind control to make Clark Kent appear significantly different from his true form: when people see "Clark", they see a stoop-shouldered, fumbling, underweight weakling.
Interesting take--very similar to my defense of why Clark Kent doesn't get recognized as Superman.
@@brucetjetrick9728 That's why it doesn't work on Batman--his mind is too strong for Superman to control. Or else there's a lot of lead in the water supply of Metropolis.
The power to command others to "IGNORE ME!" Of course, there's no other way that he uses this power... Sorry, not buying it.
His story would be better if he was really a sleeper cell used to infiltrate the humans and was given implanted memories only to find out he really a ugly alien whose sole purpose was universal conquest. Now that would be a movie I'd watch, and basically Invincible is capitalizing on that concept making it more interesting than any Superman story.
Supes mind control is nothing compared to Martian Manhunters though.
6:18 the guy in the back "Oh Snap!"
Damn that Truck kun.
Action Comics#1050 seems like a great issue. Just hoping different writers can still make quality stories as a 'broken' character is now OP.
No one is more op than batman
the best way to write superman will always be instead of showing off his power hes trying to contain it and be the embodiment of morality and justice vs just oh im more powerful than this other character. Basically make him the best by being the best personality and an icon for good
@@jlogan2228 That works in All Star Superman & Superman Vs The Elite. Though not every writer is skilled enough to keep that concept fresh.
@@freeweights101 Joe Chill, Sid The Squid & Joker may say otherwise.
@@BlimpCityFeeder if a human being can beat Darkseid he's OP.
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