Superman's powers
Faster. Stronger. Sharper.
Every power he has comes from one place: the light of our yellow sun.
And what can stop them: Weaknesses
The big four.
What everyone knows he can do, and how each one started.
FlightHe used to leap. Then he flew.
In 1938 he jumped an eighth of a mile. Radio and cartoons got him airborne.Learn more
Super-strengthHow strong is strong enough?
From lifting a car in 1938 to moving planets.Learn more
Super-speedFaster than a speeding bullet.
And the Flash races? It depends who's writing.Learn more
InvulnerabilityBullets bounce. But not everything does.
Tough skin, a tougher suit, and the few things that make him bleed.Learn moreEyes, ears and breath.
The senses and the weapons he carries in them.
Heat visionSunlight. Focused. Fired.
Stored sunlight, let out on purpose. It grew out of his X-ray vision in 1949.Learn more
X-ray visionHe sees through everything. Except lead.
First used in 1939, and still argued about today.Learn more
Super-hearingA whole city, one voice at a time.
How he filters out the noise to find one cry for help.Learn more
Super-breathGale-force breath and freezing cold.
Super-breath from 1940, freeze breath from 1959.Learn moreWhere it all comes from.
One yellow sun, one Kryptonian body.
Solar batteryEarth's yellow sun, stored in every cell.
How the charge builds, what spends it, and what drains it fast.Learn more
Kryptonian biologyDoes he eat, sleep or age?
Straight answers, labelled by era.Learn more
His heartThe heart of a Kryptonian.
It stopped after Doomsday in 1992. The Fortress brought it back.Learn moreEvery power.
All of them in one table, with first appearances and limits.- Super-strength
- Flight
- Invulnerability
- Super-speed
- Heat vision
- X-ray vision
- Telescopic and microscopic vision
- Super-breath
- Freeze breath
- Super-hearing
- Super-intelligence
- Healing
- Longevity
