Superman (Post-Crisis)

==Summary==
Superman is one of the most powerful beings on Earth and its greatest hero. Born to the illustrious House of El, Kal-El is one of the last surviving members of his race as his planet was destroyed not long after his birth. He was found and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent in Smallville, Kansas. Raised with high moral ideals, he uses his incredible strength, speed, flight and various other superpowers to fight evil and protect the innocent as a symbol of heroism and justice. In his civilian identity he is Clark Kent, a mild-mannered reporter working for the Daily Planet in Metropolis. Superman is also a founding member of the Justice League of America and a charter member of the Legion of Superheroes in the 30th Century.
==Powers and Stats ==
Tier: , usually , at his peak | , usually , at his peak, higher when Sundipped 
Key: Post-COIE​ | Post-Eradicator Absorption
Name: Kal-El, Clark Kent, Superman
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 35-40 years physically, Over 1000 biologically (Fought for around or over 1000 years in Valhalla, as seen in Action Comics #761.)
Classification: Kryptonian, Founding Member of the Justice League
Powers and Abilities:
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Attack Potency: Varies (Superman can mentally control his power levels, however, it is likely something not even he knows. According to Darkseid, in order for Superman's powers to work at their peak, he needs his full active brain otherwise he won't be as powerfulAction Comics Vol 1 #586, March 1987), usually Small Planet level (Stated that to be comparable in power to Superboy.Superboy vol 4 (1994) #0 Wasn't sure if he could stop a planetoid spore, but, as a possessed Superman could break out of Yellow Guy Gardner's constructsAdventures of Superman Annual Vol. 1 #Annual 4, October 1992 and he staggered Highmaster,Superman Vol. 2 #14, February 1988 who could stop multiple Green Lanterns charging at him,Millennium Vol. 1 #6, February 1988 he should be comparable to the individual Lanterns who stopped it, which would be this powerfulAction Comics Vol. 1 #589, June 198723 Zettatons), up to Low Multiverse level at peak (Defeated Darkseid in what he admitted was a fair fight,Action Comics Vol. 1 #586, March 1987 while depowered, defeated Mongul,Superman Vol. 2 #32, June 1989 someone on par with Darkseid,Hardcore Station Vol. 1 #5, November 1998 thought he could beat The Weird even after he defeated the Justice League, proceeding to fight him on relative terms, with Weird stating he was more impressive than the League,The Weird Vol. 1 #2, May 1988 stated capable of defeating the Hank Hall version of Monarch,Adventures of Superman Annual Vol. 1 Annual 3, October 1991 trading blows with him later,Armageddon 2001 Vol. 1 #2, October 1991 with Monarch being capable of twisting space and time, destroying Universes within atoms, and overpowered the Justice League. Suffered a mutual knockout alongside Death of Superman Doomsday,Superman Vol. 2 #75, January 1993 feeling energy surging through him from reserves of power that he’d never tapped into before,The Death and Life of Superman: A Novel - Chapter 10 and could harm Titus,JLA Classified Vol. 1 #51, March 2008JLA Classified Vol. 1 #53, April 2008 even when Martian Manhunter couldn'tJLA Classified Vol. 1 #53, April 200852 Universes) | Varies (His fluctuations in solar energy storage depend on emotional stateAdventures of Superman Vol. 1 #636, March 2005), usually Galaxy level (Stronger than before.Superman Vol. 2 82, October 1993Action Comics Vol. 1 692, October 1993Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 30, February 1994Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 31, March 1994Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 32, April 1994Action Comics Vol. 1 696, February 1994Action Comics Vol. 1 697, March 1994Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey Vol. 1 #2, May 1994Superman Vol. 2 #0, October 1994Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Vol. 1 #9, September 1997 due to absorbing the power of the Eradicator.Superman Vol. 2 #82, October 1993 As he's often considered the physically strongest being on Earth,Superman/Batman Vol. 1 #13, October 2004Superman/Batman Vol. 1 #32, February 2007Adventures of Superman Vol. 1 #643, October 2005Superman Vol. 1 #681, December 2008Superman Vol. 1 #710, June 2011 he should superior to characters such as Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner57.43 ZettaFoe), Low Multiverse level at his peak (Fought and traded blows with Time Trapper Superman-Prime,Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #4, June 2009Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #5, September 2009 overpowered the pull of Starbreaker alongside Hal Jordan,Justice League of America Vol. 2 #29, March 2009 staggered the Red King, making him yell in pain,JLA Classified Vol. 1 #35, April 2007 and was confident he could fight the Red King for an extended period of time.JLA Classified Vol. 1 #36, May 2007 Partially contributed to the energy of the Zero Hour Big Bang,Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #0, September 1994 shattered the boundaries of Space-Time and changed timelines while fighting his Earth-Two counterpart,Superman Vol. 2 #226, April 2006Action Comics Vol. 1 #836, April 2006Adventures of Superman Vol. 1 #649, April 2006 fought and took hits from the Entropy Aegis while explicitly stated to be holding back,Superman: The Man of Steel #134, March 2003 with the Entropy Aegis being stated to have the power to remake and destroy the universe,Superman Versus Darkseid: Apokolips Now, March 2003 damaged Professor Zoom,Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5, January 2011 is comparable or superior to Green Lantern (Hal Jordan),The Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 #22, April 2009 and helped defeat the Anti-Monitor with help from Parallax Hal Jordan, Supergirl (Pre-Crisis) and Flash (Barry Allen) (Pre-Crisis)Superman: Lois and Clark #1, December 201552 Universes), higher when Sundipped (Destroyed the hard-light constructs and beam tendrils of Warworld,Action Comics Vol. 1 #782, October 2001 which fatigued versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and Captain Atom couldn't destroy,Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 1 #117, October 2001 with it later adapting to strengthen a hundredfold, with the Entropy Aegis no longer being able to damage it)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Has tagged the likes of Darkseid, as well as Highmaster, who could react to Green Lanterns, and Titus, who could keep up with Martian Manhunter. Superman and Eradicator fought from the Sun to Mercury and back to the sun.Adventures of Superman Vol 1 #480, July 1991 | Jerry Ordway
) | Massively FTL+ (Comparable to Wonder Woman, and is swifter than Green Lanterns, Mon-El, and Karate Kid. Flew from Vega to Earth in a brief amount of time.Countdown Vol 1 #48, May 2007 Read through an entire library worth of books in seconds)
Lifting Strength: Varies up to Class G (Strained to lift a monster of this sizeMan of Steel Vol 1 #12, June 1992) | Varies up to Stellar at peak (Comparable to Lobo)
Striking Strength: Varies, usually Small Planet level, Low Multiverse level at his peak (Could hurt the likes of Darkseid, The Weird, and Mongul) | Varies, usually Galaxy level, Low Multiverse level at his peak (Capable of shattering Space and Time's boundaries with sheer force), higher when Sundipped (Can become significantly stronger than his base's peak)'''
Durability: Varies (He was immune to fire while unconscious, but upon waking up with amnesia, his durability went down and he was burnedAdventures of Superman Vol. 1 #426, March 1987), usually Small Planet level (No sold attacks from Yellow Lantern Guy Gardner,Justice League America Vol. 1 #66, September 1992 who's superior to his Green Lantern selfGuy Gardner Vol. 1 #14, November 1993), Low Multiverse level at his peak (Could take attacks from Death of Superman Doomsday. Recovered from an attack from MaximaSuperman: The Man of Tomorrow Vol. 1 #7, December 1996 sooner than the likes of Orion,Superman Vol. 2 #65, March 1992 withstood pain greater than what Darkseid could put him through,Action Comics Vol. 1 #656, August 1990 and survivedAdventures of Superman Vol. 1 #494, September 1992 the destruction of Blaze's dimension, which was implied to have been comparable to the power of Trigon by RavenAdventures of Superman Vol. 1 #470, September 1990) | Varies, usually Galaxy level (Absorbed enough Anti-Sunlight to vaporize half the galaxy,JLA Vol. 1 #41, May 2000 while having been chained up and having his mind broken priorJLA Vol. 1 #40, April 2000), Low Multiverse level at his peak (Survived a blast from Mordru,Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #4, June 2009 survived an attack from the Red King while weakened,JLA Classified Vol. 1 #35, April 2007 survived the collapse of the universe,Superman: Where Is Thy Sting, 2001 survived Aztek's self-destruction of Fourth Dimensional energies,JLA Vol. 1 #41, May 2000 is implied to require the full power of Captain Atom to be defeated,Captain Atom: Armageddon Vol. 1 #7, June 2006 endured many attacks from Hal Jordan,Superman/Batman Vol 1 #29 October, 2006 and took attacks from Child Brainiac with the power of an infinite space TesseractAdventures of Superman Vol. 1 #605, August 2002), higher when Sundipped (Survived two Big Bangs, which were described as infinities that were creating both space and time,Action Comics Vol. 1 #782, October 2001 as well as twelve and a third dimensions, depicted as different EarthsAction Comics Vol. 1 #781, September 2001)
Stamina: Superhuman (Capable of fighting for weeksSuperman (Volume 2) #5) | Superhuman (Capable of engaging in constant physical activity and protracted battles as long as his solar reserves hold out. Could fight after both getting his blood turned into Kryptonite, and being impaled by a Kryptonite sword.Superman/Batman Vol 1 18 Fought and defeated a physically superior foe while suffering from a heart attack.Action Comics Vol 1 #824 Fought in the frontlines of a 1000-year long war throughout its entiretyAction Comics Vol 1 761)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Planetary with Heat Vision and shock waves (His punches can affect entire planets)
Standard Equipment: None notable
*Optional Equipment: The Cosmic Armor (Received in one issue by fusing with Ultraman)
Intelligence: Gifted (An experienced fighter to the extent he could fight a faster and stronger alternate Superboy and deduced his overarching plan.Action Comics Vol 1 #591, August 1987 Quickly figured out how to cut off Gunge's power source and defeat himSuperman: The Earth Stealers, May 1988) | Extraordinary Genius (Superman is well-acquainted with highly advanced Kryptonian technology and has used it to build and maintain the Fortress of Solitude, memorized the design of the Miracle Machine and has repeatedly outsmarted Lex Luthor. He is skilled in Torquasm Vo, a Kryptonian martial art. Good deductive and leadership skills. He has massive battle experience with all kinds of powerful beings, and is highly resourceful, with his quick thinking saving countless lives on numerous occasions. His mastery over his powers is greater than that of the Kryptonian Military Guild.Superman: World of New Krypton #1 He was trained in rapidly recognizing and analyzing situations in mere seconds by BatmanSuperman/Batman Annual Vol 1 2JLA Classified Vol 1 #32, March 2007)
Standard Tactics: Superman is known for holding back his immense strength due to his kind and good-hearted nature. He vows to never kill or seriously harm, and thus, almost never goes 'all out'. 
*Superman admits to holding back against his enemiesSuperman Vol 2 #153, February 2000
*Superman goes through great care not to hurt people, and only goes hard against people who can take it.Action Comics Vol 1 #831, November 2005 
**Note: This doesn't mean he goes all-out, but that he'll just go a bit stronger against these guys
*Superman decides he has to be as relentless as Doomsday, implying he wasn't going all out before, when he really should have.Superman Vol 2 #75, November 1992
*A "sun drunk" Superman has to actively hold back so he isn't a danger to othersSuperman: The Man of Steel Vol 1 #50, November 1995
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* and can Batman: Hush
*.JLA Classified Vol 1 #32, March 2007
Weaknesses: Kryptonite (various varieties, all with different effects on him), red stellar radiation (absorbing it instead of yellow stellar radiation will cause him to lose his powers), and magic. He will put himself in harm's way to protect innocents.
Feats:
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Attack Potency:
*Pre-Death - Superman and Doomsday's Deathblows​ shook the planetCountdown Vol 1 #15, January 2008
*Post-Absorption
**Casually destroyed a few planetoids by flying through themSuperman Vol 1 #675 June 2008
**Destroyed the Shadow MoonJustice League of America Vol 2 #30, April 2009
**Pulled the Earth against Starbreaker with Hal.Justice League of America Vol 2 #29, March 2009
**Pulls the Earth with Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter.JLA Vol 1 #75, January 2003
**Turned the millwheels of the MageddonJLA (1997) #37-41
Speed:
*Post-Absorption 
**Escaped a double black holeSuperman Vol 2 #191 May 2003
Durability:
*Pre-Death
**Survived attacks from Starbreaker.Justice League America Vol 1 #64, July 1992
*Post-Absorption
**Survived a sun-eater's implosion which was powerful enough to knock him light-years away and back in time.Adventures of Superman #477, Action Comics Vol 1 #664, April 1991
**Flew through a red sunInfinite Crisis Vol 1 #7 June 2006
**Able to withstand being in a localized gravity field that simulated the pull of a large black holeSuperman Vol 1 #665, September 2007
Other feats:
*Mixed Lists
**Superman Feats Timeline Project
**Superman - Crisis to Crisis (This is a Respect thread that contains most of the post-crisis feats from 1985 to 2010)
*Pre-Death Feats
* Post-Absorption
**Survived inside The Sun Eater who could consume stars.
** Has defeated New Gods avatars like Darkseid.
**Repaired a hole in the cosmos.New Gods Vol 4 #10, August 1996
**Destroyed an army of imperfect Doomsday clones with his Heat Vision.
**Warmed up the entire Earth with his Heat Vision.Adventures of Superman Vol 1 #620, November 2003
**Split an entire sea with his Heat Vision.Our Worlds at War Vol 1 #1, September 2001
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Kryptonian Physiology: Superman's cellular structure is much more dense, resilient, and biologically more effective than human tissue. He does not possess superhuman strength levels despite his enhanced cellular ability without his cellular structure charged with yellow solar energy. Without such charging, his physical capabilities are identical to a human of his height and weight who engages in regular physical activity. As an alien, he possesses several organs whose functions are not yet disclosed or understood but are believed to be part of or the source of his bio-matrix force field and reclamation aura. Superman's body also stores energy actively within his bio-cellular matrix as an energy pattern that is linked to his body's electromagnetic field. This energy powers most of his electromagnetic capabilities such as flight, heat vision and other "sight"-based abilities while supplementing his physical abilities to superhuman levels. 
**Solar Radiation Absorption: As a Kryptonian, his cells function like a super battery, hyper metabolizing specific wavelengths of radiation as fuel to enable living functions and/or superhuman abilities. Different wavelengths of radiation have different effects on Superman's physiology and well being, but his cells cannot absorb or utilize all types of radiation. The wavelength of his home solar system's red sun enables his body to function on an identical level of a healthy human while the Earth's solar radiation in both its raw and filtered state through the Earth's atmosphere acts as fuel to enable all of his powers. Every time Superman uses any of his superhuman abilities, his body expends absorbed sunlight and he is capable of utilizing any of them to various degrees through controlled circumstances. The solar-based radiation of a foreign blue star proved to increase his known abilities under a yellow sun to a higher degree and enabled additional powers. The existence and constant exposure to proven "healthy" radiation sources are not required for him to live and utilize his powers, but prolonged periods without exposure to them and/or utilizing his powers will require Kal-El to recharge in order to live and continue using his powers.
*Heat Vision: Can accurately target things smaller than human beings from orbit, narrow or wide-beam, heat intensity can be greater than the core of the sun, can modulate it to deliver different frequencies and types to best effect his opponent after analyzing them with his sensory powers, can generate enough power to move entire planets.
*Electromagnetic Spectrum Vision: He can see into all of the EM Spectrum. Superman can see and identify radio/television and all broadcast/transmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods.
*Telescopic Vision: The ability to focus his vision to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics.
*Microscopic Vision: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the subatomic level.
*X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. Since it is passive, this ability would not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as a focused projection of hard X-rays.
*Thermal Vision: The ability to see through the heat tracks left by a living being or object.
*Freeze Breath: He can flash freeze opponents with his Super Breath to restrain them.
*Invisibility/Intangibility: Superman can manipulate his atoms to phase through attacks and turn invisible.
*Infinite Mass Punch: Superman vibrates his body and travels under light speed, so his punch can hit with the force of a white dwarf star.
*Torquasm-Vo: A Kryptonian psychic discipline that involves the control of one's consciousness, and allows two practitioners to mentally battle one another.
Notes:
*Death implied that the events of Where is Thy Sting really happened,Superman: Where Is Thy Sting, 2001 Lois referenced WITS in Infinite Frontier,Action Comics Vol. 1 #1030, June 2021 and Where is Thy Sting makes a reference to a line in an earlier comic where Wally West travels to the end of time, stating that he saw Superman experience the events of the comic, further showcasing it really did happen.The Flash Vol 2 #141, September 1998
*DC Staff described their portrayal and depowering of Superman as no longer a planet juggler.Superman Vol 2 #90, June 1994 | Dan Jurgens
*"Bellowing in pain, Doomsday lashed out and kneed Superman in the chin. Superman stumbled, and the monster pressed on, delivering a slashing left that laid open Superman’s cheek. The Man of Steel could feel the blood flowing again, but even more he felt the energy surging through him. If he had held back earlier that day, he now reached down into reserves of power that he’d never tapped before." - The Death and Life of Superman: A Novel - Chapter 10
* Following Superman's return after his fight with Doomsday: Cyborg Superman rips off a pipe spewing Kryptonite radiation and aims it at Superman. The Eradicator shields Superman from the burst, but it ends up passing through his body, striking Superman. The room is filled with Kryptonite radiation. Superman now emerges from behind Cyborg, taking his cape back and striking the Cyborg with a powerful blow that goes through his body, revealing that the Kryptonite passing through the Eradicator's body had changed and now restored all of his powers.Superman Vol 2 #82, October 1993 | Dan Jurgens It is later shown that Superman's powers have increased dramatically from this incident.
*Following the encounter with Parasite, Superman was depowered to just before his powers were growing out of control.Superman Vol 2 #0, October 1994 | Dan Jurgens
*The description used in the Sun Eater explosion is almost certainly referring to the difference between a supernova's initial neutrino burst (which carries 99% of the supernova's energy), and the radiation, which escapes after.
*Although Superman has withstood point blank weapon attacks from the Void Hound,JLA Vol 1 #113, June 2005 the Void Hound destroying ten star systems during a test-drive was done one by one, using a unique weapon for rending a sun to shreds.JLA Vol 1 #111, April 2005
*The feat involving Apokolips and New Genesis colliding into SupermanDeath of the New Gods Vol 1 #8, June 2008 was evaluated and deemed inappropriate to use. There are several reasons for this: 
**Superman only withstood an extremely small portion of the actual collision.
**There are multiple inconsistencies regarding the sizes of Apokolips and New Genesis in different comic book stories, which makes it hard to determine which version that should be used.
**Superman's own size was automatically massively increased by Boom Tube technology.
**Given the sizes of New Genesis and Apokolips, they would have collided at faster than light speeds, which makes it impossible to calculate the kinetic energy involved.
**The entire "Death of the New Gods" storyline has been considered to be of dubious canonicity.
*Starbreaker's "destructive force of a nova" is determined to be hyperbole. Starbreaker's MO is that he moves a planet into the gravitational pull of the nearest sun, and he absorbs the energy from that exploding planet. At the moment, he has not reached his goal of living up to the name 'Starbreaker.' "By attacking this planet from three different corresponding points of structural weakness, I will set off a chain of events that will culminate in the most explosive climax of energy released anywhere!" So the 'Nova' energy used against Superman < Energy of a planet exploding.
*Superman's training and fight with Muhammad Ali was canonized in his numerous mentions of the event, despite originating in a Pre-Crisis comic book.
*To illustrate why he is such a great character, please read this comic book segment.
==Gallery==
Man of Steel 1.jpg|A new beginning.
Superman - First flight.jpg|The first flight.
Death of Superman.jpg|The death of Superman.
Superman versus Asmodel.jpg|Versus Asmodel.
Superman - Mageddon.jpg|Defeating Mageddon.
Superman Truth & Justice.jpg|Superman's ideals.
Superman - Our Worlds At War.jpg|Our Worlds at War
WW hug - Our Worlds at War.jpg|Our Worlds at War Aftermath
Superman - For Tomorrow.png|For Tomorrow.
Superman - Infinite Crisis.png|Infinite Crisis.
Superman - A good friend.jpg|A helping hand.
The Evolution of Superman.jpg|The Evolution of Superman.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) Itachi's Profile (Post-Eradicator Absorption Superman and Edo Tensei Itachi were used. Speed was equalized)
Losses:
Son Goku (DBS Manga) Son Goku's Profile (DBS Manga Universe Survival Goku and Post-COIE Superman were being used, both were 2-C, Goku was bloodlusted started in SSJB and could go Ultra Instinct, and Speed was equalized) 
Inconclusive:
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