Superman

Superman, born Kal-El on the planet Krypton—a world of super-powered beings and advanced technology destroyed by an alien—survives as a baby and is raised on Earth. He adopts the identity of Clark Kent, a reporter at the Daily Planet, while protecting Metropolis as Superman, often causing destruction in the process. Despite his chaotic actions, he serves as the city’s guardian against various threats, embodying a complex, sometimes morally questionable figure.

Strength

• Destroys a man’s house (source)
• Tears metal bars off a brick frame (source)
• Snaps metal chains (source)
• Punches a warship, causing it to rise from the sea (source)
• Punches a laser beam (source)
• Stops Nazism single-handedly (source)
• Lifts a car overhead (source)
• Takes the Liberty Bell to Nazi Germany (weighs about a ton) (source)
• Forges horseshoes with bare hands from red-hot metal (also durability) (source)
• Hits a baseball with extreme force (source)
• Breaks into a construction site and vandalizes steel girders (source)
• Destroys Metropolis by lifting a building off its foundation (source)
• Squeezes blood from a stone (source)
• Uproots a tree (source)
• Holds off Samson, Atlas, and Hercules simultaneously (source)
• Three alternate Supermen perform various strength feats (source)
• Holds up a train track while a train passes over it (source)
• Superman’s children bust down a wall (source)
• Throws his younger selves under the bus (strength feat) (source)
• Young Bizarro Superbaby lifts 1 ton (source)
• Lifts an armored truck (source)
• Lifts a large key (source)
• Young Superboy carves Lois Lane’s face on a mountain (source)
• Lifts the planet Krypton (slightly larger than Superman) (source)
• Two Supermen destroy Earth in a duel (source)
• Busts down a wall (source)
• Destroys a building and its occupants (source)
• Lifts the Eiffel Tower (source)
• Punches away lightning from a Storm God (source)

Durability

• Bullets bounce off him (source)
• Scissors tickle him (source)
• Endures barber’s scissors while reading (source)
• Slightly annoyed by toy assault (source)
• Harasses a lion unharmed (source)
• Hurt by Lois Lane’s cooking (source)
• Saves Orson Welles from Martians (source)
• Survives lightbulb impact (source)
• No-sells prank (multiple rounds) (source)
• Watches imposter with powers nearly wrecked by steamroller (source)
• Partially turned to stone but fine (source)
• Endures stone broken over him by girlfriend (source)
• No-sells dragon fire (source)
• Tanks log or sledgehammer to head (one from 38,000 years in future) (source)
• Tanks sledgehammers and gunshots while weakened by Kryptonite (source)
• Tanks bazooka (per his word) (source)
• Electrocuted out of amnesia (source)
• Attacked with military-grade force after breaking law (source)
• Falls three miles without parachute (source)
• Smashed through telephone pole (source)
• No-sells dragon fire again; costume indestructible (source)
• Mildly hurt by Kryptonian dragon bite (source)
• Tanks weapons from men in declared war (second war in durability) (source)
• No-sells electricity that burns off clothes (source)
• Android duplicate no-sells array of weapons at assassination school (source)
• Survives 100,000 volts (source)
• Body stretched from high orbit (source)
• Half body turned to diamonds but can still talk (source)
• Survives hit stronger than his own (source)
• Withstands reality warping briefly (source)
• Endures assault from Superman clones with weapons (source)

Immortality?

• Dies from ton of Kryptonite (source)
• Vaporized by Kryptonoid (source)
• Turned into real man of steel (death) (source)
• Eight ways to kill Superman found (source)
• Secret vault opened upon death (frequently) (source)
• Lex Luthor kills Superman (source)

Speed

• Catches artillery shell bare-handed (source)
• Swims after Nazis (source)
• Digs to China (source)
• Keeps up with rocket ship (source)
• Peels potatoes very fast (source)
• Quick draws 4v1 against equals (source)
• Dodges ray beam at super speed (source)

Powers

• Uses cold vision, possibly killing a man (source)
• Turns Lois Lane into glass with rainbow of doom (source)
• Threatens the reader; dies again (source)
• Survives vacuum after Earth destruction (source)
• Steals a child and flies (source)
• Red Kryptonite turns him into king of Super-Ants (source)
• Chest symbol becomes death ray (source)
• Uses x-ray vision (source)
• Gains new incredible power (click-bait) (source)
• Commands birds (source)
• Turns into merman at will (source)
• Turns half himself into molten steel (source)
• Transfers all powers to someone else (source)
• Hears and sees everything on Earth simultaneously (source)
• Spits uncontrollable fire (source)
• Breaks fourth wall to promote product (source)
• Becomes immune to Kryptonite (source)

Skill

• Master of disguise (possibly time traveler) (source)
• Good at marionettes (source)
• Terrible at juggling (initially) (source)
• Becomes lifeguard (uncertified) (source)
• Becomes good at juggling (source)
• Acts as umpire (unpopular) (source)
• Installs billboard (source)
• Hits gun out of hand with breath from across street (source)
• Fights Great Caesar’s Ghost (source)
• Balances on tightrope with one finger to prove identity (source)
• Beaten by Lex Luthor (scientist) (source)
• Beaten by caveman in his clothes (source)
• Has punishments worse than death (source)
• Fails only once in life; shunned by Metropolis (source)
• Acts as Wolf of Wall Street (source)

Weaknesses/Failures

• Virus-X lethal to Kryptonians (source)
• Cannot break out of Master Jailer’s cell (source)
• Initials LL kill him (dies twice here) (source)
• Power-draining device (source)
• Bound by Wakandan tribal law; defeaters become Superman (source)
• Acts as jobber (source)
• Slain by magic swords (source)
• Orange stars steal power and blind him (source)
• Helpless against semi-modern weaponry (source)
• Becomes idiot when giant (source)
• Left hand vulnerable (possibly giant) (source)
• Taken down by space midgets (source)
• Knocked out by kid with laser crutches (source)
• Unable to defeat four elements (source)
• No match for giant ant (source)
• Cannot remove collar (source)
• Cannot stop Earth objects flying to sun (source)
• Unable to speak cat (source)
• Overcome by dogs’ secret power (source)
• Cannot harm ghosts (also vs. Great Caesar’s ghost) (source)
• Cannot beat immortal super-powered person (source)
• Cannot crack anti-gravity field (source)
• Unable to break glass (source)