The purpose of this thread is to debunk some popular comic feats which have become synonymous with the characters who performed them. Unfortunately most of them aren't true. I will provide the comic issue and number of the feats showing that the feats in question are out of context. Trying to inform people about the feats they think they know so well is nearly impossible while in a debate. Sorry but it's true. I'm sure you all know the type. So instead i'll post that information here. If you disagree with what if i or what i hope would be other users who would add to this thread feel free to counter with the comics issue number and the entire scan unedited instead of insults.
Invincible
- Invincible flew threw a planet
A weapon was used to destabilize the planets core so they could fly through it. It's stated on panel that they would have died otherwise. Everyone near the explosion either died or was crippled.
Superman
- Superman held a mini blackhole in his hand.
Superman held a machine that held a mini black hole in his hand. Atom discovers a device on the watchtower that holds a black hole the sze of a dust particle. The device almost opens up which would have released the black hole. But superman clearly says on panel that he stopped it before it escapes. He is strained from the small bit of gravity that got out before it was released.
- Superman can survive inside a black hole.
In the very few encounters superman has had with black holes in every instance it has been implied he would die if caught inside one. An artificial mini black hole was created and superman said his legs felt like they were being torn off being near it. He escapes from its pull and stops it by throwing a ship inside of it.
Action Annual 7


- Superman endured the pull of two black holes.
Superman was inside of a Stargate type wormhole created by starlabs that connected to another world. Superman surmised that it was created by creating two black holes that had a bridge between them (a rfit in space).of space built between that would allow people to traverse light years. He and draxt were both stuck until superman accelerated to light speed.
- Superman can move planets and moons.
Superman has never moved a planet or a moon without aid of the physically strongest beings in DC and technology. By himself he has failed to move moons equal, greater, and lower in mass than earths moon sized.
- Fails to stop the moon even with aid of a dozen Kryptonians.
- Here he is aided by a team full of magic users, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.
- Here he was amped by Strange Visitor and still needed to Sun-dive to move war world and he still strained himself. War world is only the size of Pluto, which is smaller than our moon. Brainiac confirming Superman normally wouldn't have the strength.
- Superman can destroy a planet by punching it
If that were true he wouldn't have needed to fly into one a near light speeds to destroy a moon, knocking himself out in the process. There is no on panel evidence to back up Clark's hyperbole.
Justice League of America 30


- Superman is Faster than light.
Perhaps the most prevalent Superman myth. But in reality Superman has never been shown to achieve faster than light speeds post Crisis. Trying to convince people of this in a debate is futile. Nevertheless the facts are the facts. A commonly used feat
The Adventures of Superman 602


- Nowhere in the picture does it state that superman is traveling faster than light. No indication of how long it took him to fly to the moon. In actuality the picture is stating that superman is not Superluminal. "Space bends around him at this speed time slows down." This is describing the process of approaching light speed. Dont take my word for it. Take NASA's
http://nimbleit.squarespace.com/simple-curiosity/2007/7/12/why-time-slows-down-when-approaching-the-speed-of-light.html
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_gp_sl.html#time
http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/qa_gp_sl.html#speedlight
- He says he's not Superluminal.

Superman v2 195
- Superman can tank almost anything.
- Superman did not survive a supernova. It was a regular sun that exploded thanks to Brainiac. And he was knocked out cold.
- Superman was knocked out cold by the merging of Apokolips and New Genesis
Flash
- Flash wins because he can go superluminal
Flash (wally west) rarely ever goes superluminal, because when he does he will either be sucked into the speed force or gets time displaced.
- Even when boosted in power to fight zoom, he only went light speed. It is also implied Flash needs to build up speed to reach light speed under normal circumstances.
Flash v2 199


- I would also like to point out that nanoseconds and picoseconds are not superluminal speed feats. Nano and pico seconds are used to measure the distance light has traveled. I don't know why writers continue to use them in regards to speedsters in comics. But nevertheless they don't really make much sense.