Exactly How Hard Can Superman Punch?

@darkhoudini: Most people with planetary durability have that level of durability when we talk about energy. Yeah we certainly need more tanks.

if we're talking Earth-1 Superman: imo his greatest feat was punching through John Stewart's construct. Considering how strong John's constructs are, it puts Superman fairly high with his punches. Somewhere in the planetary range.

If we're talking Earth-2 Superman: Then Kal-L is a star buster.

@darkhoudini said:

From least to most powerful, shall we...

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Planet shaking

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Moon splitting

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Moon busting

Planet busting

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Solar System shaking (which would be way above multi-planet busting)

I know this is a bit dubious.

The fight which she is referring to is this one:

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Judging from the fight itself, if Bekka's statement is literal the Solar System shaking punches were those two at the end that incapacitated Darkseid. Given Darkseid’s power level and durability I don't think it's too outlandish to believe that this kind of strength is required to KO him in just two punches, while also breaking his skin in such a manner. Even Superman himself has sometimes survived multi planet busting blunt force trauma, like in the aforementioned Shadow Moon feat, with the speed that it was hurling towards the Earth it would have been able to completely devastate the planet 661 times over. Also remember, Superman has hurt and/or staggered insanely powerful foes, with his physical strikes alone, i.e. the Quantum Mechanic, Mordu, Dominus and more.

You know can't spout these FACTS on the Vine :) You might disrupt the hulk massive. :)

Personally i like to use the shadow moon of mystical energies with the same mass and size of our moon. The last time i check Mystical dark energies are related to magic but who knows i could be wrong :). If i am right :) This is not only a feat of magical resistance but also his durability and striking when he is working hard enough. You will see others down play it stating its a regular moon. :)

Since the new 52 superman came out user Tensor and i argued a bit about him doing all these feats at half strength. You do recall what happen when he got blast by Apollo. Superman had to leave the planet due to been too powerful. He can only hold back so much. That happen in Superman Wonder Woman i forgot the issue.

I'd put Superman at the level of being able to destroy a planet like Earth with one punch. I know he hasn't busted a planet on panel, but if you look at some of the feats of strength that he's performed, they'd indicate that he's capable of it. For example, Superman and Martian Manhunter pushed back Brainiac ship in the New 52. Keep in mind that this ship was fifteen times the size of the Earth, and moving at over 30,000 mph, so the force they would have had to generate to push it back would have been at the multi planet busting level. He has other feats to show he is technically capable of it, but that's just an example.

Capable of one-shotting a continent at absolute worst.

I know when George Reeves played him, he'd give body and face punches to Earth villains; but he must've been pulling punches because if he punched someone from Earth as hard as he could, the person would be dead.

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@limpoyzloan:No, it was them damaging reality, although that is indeed incalculable they still did nonetheless, One could argue that the fact they were making Physical contact with one another would have been what caused it, but that is irrelevant to the Feat as the Writer's want that as a Legit Feat.

hard enough to obliterate a tectonic plate at the very least.

Around Moon busting i would say.

Enough to shatter a planet. Through scaling a star.

He can shatter a Planet Earth-sized, his feats support it! but hasn't shown!

(for me he already is on side of hulk, since I believe in his reliable statements, but feats are better)

Well we know for sure it more than a planet. How much more? i do not know.

for pre 52 supes, large moon or small planet level.

Ever heard of attack potency? Superman can punch planets apart (stated such multiple times PC) but controls it or holds back for the sake of his home planet. Why would he want to endanger billions? I also don't doubt N52 Superman can bust a planet considering his other high end feats. Generally if you're doing stuff like hundreds time FTL speeds, moving Brainiac's mothership (with help albeit) and tanking black holes you can probably bust a planet (with what difficulty who knows)

@supermanfan1938: that black hole was much more than planetary because as we a dust of black hole is enough to wipe a planet out and that black hole matched 1/3 of earth.

The question isn’t wether or not how hard can Superman punch. Rather, how which Superman can punch the hardest.

Kal-El of Krypton was able to punch Sinestro so hard, that he sent him careening back to Qward.

Kal-L of Krypton was able to punch apart The Anti-Moniter’s burning head.

New 52 was once capable of punching Braniac Prime so hard, his avatars felt it.

If that's the case then it would be the strongest Superman, Thought Robot obviously. Excluding that, Strange Visitor Superman or Superman Prime

Feats wise, the strongest punch would go to Rebirth Clark or Pre-Crisis Clark. Rebirth punched the World Forger, Pre-Crisis punched so hard the energy countered the multiversal energies of the future GL and it restores the timelines (pre-crisis had infinite timelines/universes)

@supermanfan1938: Need to see that Pre-Crisis feat. Sounds awesome.

He has planet level striking at his hardest.

Well his strength comes from the sun's radiations. I all depends what kind of sun he's around.

We've also never seen him wear any sun radiation collector/generator like superboy-prime once did. Superman might be so strong that it's unimaginable.

@supermanfan1938: I'd like to see that Pre-Crisis feat.

@jogga, @mercinwithamouthThe feat is from Superman vol 1 #295. He fought a being equal to his power. Here's scans of it from imgur: https://imgur.com/a/iSamvDw, https://imgur.com/a/oTu39PT. Keep in mind timelines were also alternate universes pre-crisis before Hypertime was thought up way later. He effectively generated raw power that countered the energies that were destroying universes and messing up time.

As hard as he needs too. Why because he is Gawd darn Superman.

If you don't understand go read up on Superman.

Superman is only mountain level at best

However the writers feel like level.

Probably small to mid planet level with punches.

With an IMP I'd say multi planet level.

With his most consistent feats, Small Planetary (Moon) level, and with some wank here and there he could at very best be Small Planetary+ (Mars) level but that's unlikely.

Writers still didn't give Superman a proper Planetary (Earth) level Striking as many people would want, so the former option is the best Clark could have.

Anything Above Planet level.

Facts

Planet level by statements and scaling. Continental by feats.

Feats to back up those "facts"?

An amped Superman recently hit an alternate Earth as hard as he could with the intention to destroy it, together with a bunch of other heroes and failed to do so unfortunately.

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He also recently exhausted himself while moving a planet the size of Venus for only 13 meters, which translates in less than 1% of Moon busting energy, let alone planetary or above.