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    Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

    New 52 Superman Respect Thread(Finished!)

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    Lifting Strength

    With the assistance of Martian Manhunter he helps move the Brainac’s Mothership, this is extremely impressive when we take into considerations its size, and the fact that it was pummeling towards Earth at exactly 36,000 MPH. Taken from Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #1 and Action Comics #34 respectively.

    The following scans come from Superman #13, in this issue Superman was trying to test his upper limits, so he decided to travel to Dr. Veritas lab in where he Bench-pressed the equivalent of Earth for 5 straight days, and as a result of this he barely broke a sweat, presumably because of the lack of sun-light exposure.

    After being beaten up by Batman with a chunk of Kryptonite he was still strong enough to move the Warworld(Moon-size object) into the Panthom Zone projector. Taken from Batman/Superman Annual #1.

    Lifts the Sunturians Ship, which was large enough to disguise itself as a part of Metroplis. This is more impressive when we take into consideration that the Sunturians themselves are actually composed by Red-Sun Particles. Taken from Superman #19.

    Stops the Watchtower from falling into the Earth. From Justice League #20.

    Lifts a container ship and rams it against Wraith. From Superman Unchained #8.

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    Holds a bridge while at the same time taking a beating from Mangog(Who is empowered by magic), the same Mangog who in his Wonderstar form defeated both Major Disaster and Atomic Skull. Taken from Superman/Wonder Woman #16.

    Lifts a bridge. From Swamp Thing #20.

    Lifts a Submarine. From Superman #9.

    Casually breaks rookie Hal Jordan's chain construct and also his shield in Justice League #2.

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    We see a flashback of Superman saving a plane while talking with Supergirl. This comes from Supergirl #3.

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    Casually lifts and then throws the Daily Planet Globe. Supeman #1.

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    With the help of Wonder Woman he lifts an aircraft carrier. From Justice League #15.

    Lifts a Cargo Ship. Superman/Wonder Woman #2.

    Lifts a truck and then proceeds to use it as a baseball bat against the Parademons. Not much of a feat, but remember this is younger, weaker Superman. From Justice League #3.

    Moves a Cargo Ship against the ocean current and waves, remember weaker and younger version of Superman. From Action Comics #25.

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    Striking Strength

    While fighting H'el he delivers blows that are capable of shaking the entire planet and that can be felt from its very core all the way to the JL Watchtower, this is more impressive when we take into consideration the distance between Earth and the Watchtower. Taken from Superman #17 and Action Comics #962.

    Clark shatters a Mountain while fighting Helspont. From Superman #8.

    Hits a Kryptonian Dragon with enough force to topple a small-mountain. Taken from Superman #13.

    Punches Lobo into Orbit. From Batman/Superman #17.

    Punches a hole in O.M.A.C , the same O.M.A.C who fought Guy Gardner, Firestorm, and Blue Beetle. From OMAC #7.

    Punches Wraith through the Moon, this is more impressive when we take into consideration that Superman had two broken ribs when he performed this feat. Taken from Superman Unchained #8.

    As as side-effect of punching Mongul's shields he sets the clouds on fire, while at the same time threating to set the atmosphere on fire. Taken from Batman/Superman #7.

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    One-shots Gorilla Grodd. From Justice League #34.

    Punches Mongul 200 miles into the Sea, while still holding back. From Batman/Superman #6.

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    Punches Lobo Three Miles into the sea. Taken from Batman/Superman #17.

    Punches Mongul's ship so hard that it shatters windows all the way to the Metropolis Bay. Taken from Batman/Superman #6.

    Stops the conflict between the JL and JLA, I think its also worth mentioning that Superman had a piece of Kryptoninte inside his head, to what degree he was weakened at this point is unknown, though. From Justice League of America #6.

    Puts Shazam in his place. From Justice League #22.

    Combat Speed

    A young Superman is stated to be faster than lighting by Cosmic Man. From Action Comics #6.

    Superman and Rao fight from the Moon to the Earth, a solid relativistic combat showing for Superman. From Justice League of America #8.

    Superman bullrushes Doomsday through one Bizarro Moon and proceeds to blitz him multiple times through the other. From Action Comics #40.

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    Punches Wraith through the Moon. Taken from Superman Unchained #8.

    Superman and Supergirl fought from Siberia to China while having a conversation. From Supergirl #2.

    Blitzes Mongul within the span of a Milisecond. Taken Batman/Superman #6.

    Blitzes Orion all over the Metropolis-Bay. From Superman #20.

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    Superman blitzes through a space station called The Lighthouse in Superman Unchained #1.

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    Scott Snyder confirmed that the Lighthouse was the size of a small city block.

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    Blitzes rookie Hal Jordan in Justice League #1.

    Blitzes Parasite into oblivion. From Superman #27.

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    Bullrushes Wraith to the Moon. From Superman Unchained #8.

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    Bullrushes Orion in Superman #20.

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    Travel Speed

    Travel across the Universe and back to Earth within 60 days, later on he goes an implies he went through multiple Black Holes. Taken from Action Comics #35 and Batman/Superman #18.

    Superman travels to another Star-System on a few pages. From Batman/Superman # 29.

    While searching for Red Hood and The Outlaws he goes from Pluto to Earth in mere moments, he also finds them in what seems a couple of minutes at the most. Red Hood and The Outlaws #14.

    Goes from the Sun back to Metropolis in a few instants. From Superman #13.

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    Goes to the Sun and back within moments, the reason why Clark needed Luthor's Jetpack to help him was because he had been affected by Red-Sun radiation earlier on that issue. From Action Comics #21.

    Blitzes Doomsday to Venus and comes back to Earth within a couple of moments. From Superman: Doomed #1.

    Goes from Earth to Mars in a couple of panels. From Action Comics #14.

    Flies 100 times faster than the human-race ever could. Taken from Batman/Superman Annual #1.

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    While searching for his ''Joker'' he goes around the globe twice on panel. Taken from Batman/Superman #17.

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    Goes around the world, while at the same time he implies he does this quite frequently. From Action Comics #30.

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    Searches around the entire world for Doomsday, while moving at 1,000 Miles per second, or Mach 4,733. From Superman: Doomed #1.

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    Even a much weaker version of Superman was capable of running at 25,000 MPH. From Action Comics #7.

    Durability

    Survives the destruction of the Great World, highly impressive when we take into consideration that Superman was affected by Pseudo-Kryptonite radiation earlier on. From Superman #37.

    Tanks a Continental-Cracking attack from the Warworld. From Batman/Superman Annual #1.

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    Survives a punch from H'el. Keep in mind that Superboy stated that he had never seen someone be hitted by that kind of power, even though he was present when Superman shook the Earth fighting H'el just a couple of pages ago. From Superman #17.

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    Superman is restrained in one of Rao's cathedrals. Prior to the images below, Rao himself who is amplified by billions upon billions of lives, stated that even he is unsure if he could break free from such restraints. Rather than attempting to break free with the brute strength of each individual limb, he pushes against the restraints and flies the cathedral out of the planet, crashing and destroying it on the moon, resulting on a Country-Level explosion. From Justice League of America #7.

    While carrying a Doomsday-Device statue he tanks a Country-Sized explosion on the Moon and the fall back to Earth. From Action Comics #18.

    Tanks an attack from Lexus, and isn't completely KO'd. From Action Comics #23.

    Superman takes a massive Kryptonite bomb and gets up withing 2 pages. From Action Comics #32.

    As seen on the second scan above the residues from the explosion could be seen all the way to the Artic, very impressive considering that Superman was on the Atacama Desert, Chile when he was bombed.

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    Superman tanks an attack from Straith, who was shown cutting in half a ship the size of a small Moon earlier on that issue. From Action Comics #22.

    Superman and Rao's blows can be registered on seismographs in Metropolis. From Justice League of America #8. It was confirmed by the Bryan Hitch that Rao and Superman where fighting on the Himalayas, very impressive when considering that the average distance from the Himalayas to the USA is 7,893 Miles.

    Wraith throws Superman from the Gobi Desert to Anapurna (a part of The Himalayas mountains) in Nepal, a distance of approximately 2,670 km/1,659 miles, delivering a multi mountain busting attack on Superman. Afterwards, Superman only suffers two broken ribs from Wraith's attack. From Superman Unchained #8.

    While pursuing Lobo Superman tanks eight smart-bullets. From Batman/Superman #17.

    What makes this feat so impressive is that Batman confirmed that they were made of fragments of Brown Dwarfs.

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    Tanks a kick from Wraith that send him flying from Utah to the Needle Mountains in Colorado and a Mountain falling on top of him. This comes from Superman Unchained #3.

    Tanks getting hit by Straith at what appears to be thousands of miles. This is from Action Comics #22.

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    Tanks getting hit into orbit by Eradicator, while weakened by kryptonite. From Superman #30.

    Is barely damaged by H'el uppercuting him into Orbit. Supergirl #17 and Superman #17.

    Tanks getting punched from orbit back to Earth by an amped Vandal Savage. From Superman #50.

    Gets thrown from Metropolis to Ireland by a Kryptonian Dragon, is barely hurt. From Superman #13.

    Superman bullrushes Rao through a mountain. From Justice League of America #8.

    No-sells Powergirl's Heat Vision. which was shown slicing the top of a Mountain in half. Taken from Batman/Superman #8.

    Gets punched by Supergirl through the Great Wall of China, is seemingly unaffected. Taken from Supergirl #2.

    No-Sells an attack from the Warwold that was meant to wipe an entire city. From Batman/Superman Annual #1.

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    Survives in the heart of a dying Krypton, this is more impressive when we take into consideration that Superman was depowered due to being in proximity to a Red Star, and that Krypton's core is actually much hotter than Rao. Taken from Superman #25.

    Takes Ulysses Heat Vision. From Superman #34.

    Even while massively damage he could still survive Rao's Heat Vision. From Justice League of America #8.

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    Survives 420 miles beneath the surface of Earth. Superman Unchained #8.

    Superman flies into an erupting volcano and stops the flow with a massive boulder. From Deathstroke #10.

    Combat Smarts

    Two instances of Superman using his X-Ray Vision to analyze the physiology of his foes, which leads him to attack with less restrain.

    First scan is from Action Comics #27.

    Second is from Superman: Unchained #2.

    Reaction/Processing Speed

    Quickly process information that would had taken a Supercomputer years to finish. From Action Comics #14.

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    Reads every medical book ever publised. From Action Comics #12.

    Analyzes Smallville citizens DNA during the span of nanosecond. From Superman #30.

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    This is Superman after being affected by solar pits of of Apokolips, after being affected by massive amount of Kryptonite during the battle with Vandal Savage and his children and after tanking a beating from Rao that almost killed him. He was dying and was so weakened, he was hurt by low mid tiers. Yet he was still fast enough to outrun Heat Vision from Solar Superman directed towards Lois Lane. He was just as far away from Lois and Solar Superman was, if not even more. Yet he started to move after he started to fire his Heat Vision, yet Clark even in this weakened state was able to reach her before she got hit. From Superman/Wonder Woman #29.

    Deflects fire blasts while moving at speeds that would rival Lighting. Taken from Superman #1.

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    Superman moves out of the way of Lighting. This comes from Action Comics #6.

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    Even while massively depowered he was still fast enough to save Wonder Woman from a Point-Blank Atomic Explosion. From Superman/Wonder Woman #6.

    Outruns a nuclear explosion without much effort in Superman #12.

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    Searches around the entire world for Doomsday, while moving at 1,000 Miles per second, or Mach 4,733. From Superman: Doomed #1.

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    Blitzes Mongul within the span of a Milisecond. Taken Batman/Superman #6.

    Reacts to a Light-Based attack and intercepts it. From Batman/Superman #6.

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    Reacts to an explosion and saves Jonathan Caroll in half an instant. Superman #27.

    Analizing an alien gun at super-speed and shielding a guy from a surprise attack of Starfire. From Superman #29.

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    Saves multiple persons who where trying to commit suicide. From Superman #18.

    Caughts a dozen bullets at point blank range before they can hit its targets. *Citation needed*

    Even on his T-Shirt and Jeans day Superman was still fast enough to outrun bullets without breaking a sweat. From Action Comics #1.

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    He caught a bullet fired at him by Eros just before it hit him in the chest. From Young Romance: The New 52 Valentine's Day Special #1 - Think it Through; The Lighthouse; Dreamer; Seoul Brothers; Another Saturday Night; Truth or Dare.

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    Reacts withing 1/100 of a second. From Action Comics #26.

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    Super Senses

    Five different instances of Kal using his super vision to view objects down to a their Molecular level.

    Can tell that across the Eastern Seaboard, the average human heart rate went up by 300%. From Batman/Superman #5.

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    Hears gossip all around the world meanwhile he's on the Artic. From Superman/Wonder Woman #3.

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    Can see Atoms. From Superman/Wonder Woman #6.

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    Views a ship hovering over Metropolis. From Superman #7.

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    Scan people's DNA with his X-Ray Vision. This comes from Superman #30.

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    Uses X-Ray Vision to see nuclear and electrical energy from an engine. From Superman: Unchained #1.

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    Heat Vision & Freeze Breath

    Freezes a parking lot. From Superman #27.

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    Freezes a large area from a Venezuelan Jungle. From Action Comics #29.

    Freezes Clayface. Batman/Superman #28.

    With the help of Captain Cold gun he freezes AMAZO. From Justice League #39.

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    Superman freezes the Surturian ship with was big enough to disguise as a part of Metropolis. From Superman #19.

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    Beaten up Superman temporary kills Doomsday with Heat Vision. From Superman: Doomed #1.

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    Non-Conventional Durability

    Lex Luthor reprograms his DNA. From Action Comics #19 and Action Comics #20 respectively.

    His inmune system kicked off the virus.

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    Tanked a long beating from Doomsday, and after fighting from the Earth to Venus and back he finally ripped him in half. The whole fight is over 7 pages, this is just the conclusion. From Superman: Doomed #1.

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    Dr. Veritas confirmed that the Doomsday Mist destabilize the molecular structure of any object it came into contact, and that only Superman could withstand being in its proximity for 10 minutes.

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    Tanks attacks from a creature that transmutes everything it comes in contact with into fire. From Superman #1.

    Tanks attacks from a creature that transmutes everything it comes in contact with into ice. From Superman #3.

    Solar Flare

    Overcharges Ulysses by using his Solarflare. From Superman #38.

    Uses the SolarFlare to destroy a cloud composed of the Doomsday mist. From Batman/Superman Annual #2.

    Destroy the top part of the Khentii Mountain. From Superman #40.

    Uses his Solar Flare against Mobius and damages him, albeit it hurted Clark more than it did Mobius, also the reason why he wasn't depowered right after using it was most likely due to the overcharge that he gained from the Apokolips firepits. From Justice League #49.

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    Huge thanks to @lvenger and @toptom and anyone who posted a feat in the original New 52 Superman RT, also feel free to post any feats than im missing...I know that they are alot, I will add them later on.

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    @thekinfing: Dude you got your thread up, nice work! I'll see about posting any other ones for a section like energy durability but you got a lot of the good stuff here. Bookmarking this thread in my feats folder :)

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    #4  Edited By Lord-Parallax

    I did some Calcs for the Pluto feat and that feat puts him at around 850x FTL.

    Awesome work btw.

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    @krleavenger: Unfortunately New 52 Superman does still have a vulnerability to magic.

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    @krleavenger: The Justice League Dark one was magic teeth which Wonder Woman and Cyborg were amazed could hurt Superman. And the second one has several quotes confirming Superman's vulnerability to magic; "well magic isn't really my forte" and "As he indicated to Lourdes, magic is something that often counters Superman's natural abilities." So I'd say the magic vulnerability was carried over.

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    @krleavenger: Well in the case of the Godslayer sword it was technically more mythologically/fantasy powered than by magic or supernatural energies. But in Deathstroke #10 Superman charges at the titan Lapetus and Lapetus just sends him flying with a magic blast with Slade commenting on how Superman doesn't do well against magic.

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    I find Diana's comments to be more indicative of the magical control Enchantress was wielding as opposed to her possessing that much raw power. Hell Enchantress is going to be the Suicide Squad's counter to Rebirth Superman in the Justice League vs Suicide Squad event so it's consistent.

    How was Pre Flashpoint Superman's magic vulnerability worse? Sure he did get chumped by magic but so has New 52 Superman and he tanked some very powerful magic attacks too from blasts to transmutation. Both Supermen are equally vulnerable to magic.

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    Great job!

    No offence but isnt new52 like

    Dead....

    So, why did you put all this effort in this lol?

    Still nice work tho

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    @eto: People still like to use him in battle threads. Also thekinfing's version is a more updated version of the respect thread.

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    This is a pretty badass respect thread. Nice work man.

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    Great work, man. Very thanks.

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    Good work.

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    Great stuff. Keep it up. Bookmarked.

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    Shameless bump, took me close to 2 years but it's finally done.

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    There may have been some missteps, but damn if this doesn't make me miss New 52 Superman :(

    Excellent work bro

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    @thekinfingI'm not into totally it, so the Superman of the new 52, is he not canon (or just some HQs that are?) or the new 52 is merged with pre 52/rebirth actually?

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    @thehercules: For some reason I didn't got a notification for this.

    I honestly don't how is the current set of affairs related to Superman canon, but at least some event from the N52 have remained, like H'el on Earth and the Solar Flare.

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    This was good, first time back in who knows how long and this is the second post, thanks for the nostalgia.

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    Not sure if this is finish yet :)

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