Can Superman breathe outer space?

So, no, Superman can't breathe in space, because the term is meaningless in the conditions being described, but he can survive for a long, long time without taking a breath. Couple that with durability, super speed, and flight, and Clark Kent rarely has to worry about running out of breath.
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Why can Superman breathe in space but Supergirl can t?

Modern DC comics have shown that Superman also requires an oxygen mask for prolonged periods in space or underwater. Kara and Clark's super-resilience allows them both to hold their breath for far longer than us mere mortals, but that doesn't mean they don't need oxygen to breathe.
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Does Superman even need to breathe?

Does Superman need to breathe? No. Superman flies in space for fun when he first discovers he can fly. Superman flies through space in order to rescue Lois from her damaged escape pod.
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Can Superman talk in space?

As far as communicating in space: Superman is inconsistently shown being able to communicate in space. In the Silver Age, Superman was said to be able to "throw his voice using super-ventriloquism" allowing him to communicate with others in space...
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How come Superman can fly in space?

Even as recently as the movie adaptation Man of Steel, when Superman prepares to unleash the full potential of his alien body, causing the snow and stones around him to start to float. How? Just as in the comics, he's essentially altering the gravity field around his body to enable himself to fly.
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Can Superman Breathe In Outer Space?



Can Superman survive a black hole?

Yes, Pre-Crisis Superman (one of the strongest versions of the character in all of the DC continuities) has indeed been fast enough to escape the gravitational pull of a black hole by moving faster than light.
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Can the Hulk breathe in space?

Naturally, since there isn't any oxygen in outer space, Hulk can't breathe in space – but eventually Banner gave additional Hulks even more adaptive capabilities, to the point where some powerful versions of Hulk can adapt so well to the hostile conditions of a vacuum that he can effectively live in outer space for ...
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Can Superman go to the Sun?

His powers have been reigned in from the preposterous Silver Age, but he is still a largely unstoppable force. In most eras, Superman could do backstrokes on the sun's surface and survive unscathed.
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Can Superman live without the sun?

So even outside our solar system, either it is the Sun or another yellow star that gives him his power, Superman does keep them. Second possibility : Superman's skin allow him to store energy. His skin stores the Sun's energy when it is exposed to its beams, and this energy can be used later.
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Can Superman break Vibranium?

Superman can produce Nuclear forces thus he can destroy Vibranium.
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Can Superman survive a nuke?

After surviving a nuclear bomb, Superman survives, yet after being impaled through the chest by Doomsday, he dies. (Apparently the Kryptonian spear had weakened his body enough for Doomsday to kill him while the sun helped him recover from the bomb.) The last shot features the Man of Steel's coffin covered in dirt.
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Is Superman an immortal?

And he will live (literally) until the end of the Earth. So yes, he is immortal. King published five pages from the story on his Twitter, which shows Superman visiting the graves of Jonathan and Martha Kent, recounting his long life with Lois Lane and their son Jonathan.
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How long can Superman hold his breath in space?

So, no, Superman can't breathe in space, because the term is meaningless in the conditions being described, but he can survive for a long, long time without taking a breath. Couple that with durability, super speed, and flight, and Clark Kent rarely has to worry about running out of breath.
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Can Shazam breathe in space?

Both can and have breathed in space.
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Is Supergirl stronger than Superman?

DC Finally Confirms: Supergirl Is Stronger Than Superman.
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Are all Kryptonians as strong as Superman?

And in modern comics Superman is said to be more powerful than all other Kryptonians because he is the reincarnation of the Kryptonian Sun God Rao.
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Can Superman lift Earth?

Superman can pull one but can't lift one physically. While he cannot lift a planet itself, he can support the weight of the planet in a machine for five days without breaking a sweat.
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What happens if Superman goes to a blue sun?

Most recently, in a storyline in Action Comics #855 (by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and Eric Powell), Superman discovers that Bizarro's Hrtae orbits a blue sun and that the blue sun gives Superman EXTRA powers!
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What is the strongest version of Superman?

Superman Prime is definitely the strongest version of Superman. In DC comics, Superman leaves Planet Earth after he sees everyone he loves die of age or disease. From the 21st century to the 700th century, Superman traveled around the universe to uncover great mysteries while also increasing his powers.
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How fast can Superman fly in space?

Flash states that Superman is moving at over 2000 miles/sec, which is also over 120,000 miles/minute, and also 7,200,000 mph. That's Mach 9350. I believe this is that fastest that I've seen Superman move under the Earth's atmosphere. He can, however, break light speed in the vacuum of outer space.
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What color sun makes Superman the strongest?

Superman, a Kryptonian, flies toward the Earth's yellow sun to recharge his powers. The Photonucleic Effect is the effect by which Kryptonians and creatures from the planet Krypton and, presumably, Daxam as well, are given incredible superpowers by exposure to Earth's Yellow sun.
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What's Superman's life span?

This can enable them to live well into their hundreds to even thousands of years with every detail of their appearance remaining unchanged. It is believed that their physical appearances reach the peak of their lives in the range of their twenty years (on Earth).
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What's the heaviest thing Superman has lifted?

This difference in gravity allows Superman to lift objects that measure in the tons. In fact, the comics have put Superman's strength at a point where he's able to lift around 2 billion tons! To put that into perspective, the Empire State Building is only 365,000 tons!
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Can Thanos survive space?

Over on Quora, Thaddeus Howze breaks down the basics of how Thanos is able to breathe in the expanse of space -- or, rather, what tricks he has up his sleeve that allows him to survive in an otherwise inhabitable environment. For starters, Howze is clear: there is no breathing in space.
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