Although Superman is an incredibly powerful being, he has a couple weaknesses, the most famous being Kryptonite. Another is exposure to red solar radiation as it takes away his powers. A third way to harm him isn't necessarily exposing a particular weakness unique to Kryptonians, but it has often been considered a weakness: Magic.
Now, in reality, Superman isn't particularly weak to magic as he is kryptonite, but it affects him nonetheless. He is as susceptible to magic as Spiderman is. The reason being that Superman doesn't derive his powers from magic (they come from his physiology) and isn't a magical being with that kind of resistance. So this got me thinking: How far does this susceptibility go? And how much can his durability stand up to magic?
It has been shown before that Superman is able to receive a cut from magic imbued weapons (as in the time Diana knicked Superman with a magic-knife in the For Tomorrow arc, drawing blood). If Batman, w/o kryptonite, tried to cut or stab Supes with a non-magical sword, the sword would shatter. Clearly, the magic in the aforementioned knife bypasses whatever invulnerability Superman has. But I have to wonder: could one theoretically kill Superman with such a weapon? If someone took a magical gun that shot magical bullets at Superman (who is magically prevented from moving out the way somehow), could that someone kill Superman? What about something as powerful as Etherion (Fairy Tail ftw)? If Superman had to stand there and take an Etherion to the face, would he, who has survived planetary explosions and collisions, die from something only powerful enough to match something like a nuke? I think most people would suggest that someone like Captain Marvel or Black Adam could take a magical nuke to the face and shake it off because of their magical nature.
I suppose the real question is this: does magic treat Superman as something with the stature of a normal human being, or is it something merely to penetrate his bio-electric aura?
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