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  You must have lost your damn mind
context: You would be surprised by the amount of superman comics that don't foccus on the fighting. Disregarding that you also have to keep in mind that superman level of power is not that big for the universe he lives in. There are characters that match him on a physical level and characters that go into whole new levels of power. Also red sun light and magic are superman weakness. >
  
  Magic you say? Pick a card. >
  
  I don't read comics thinking the main character is about to die. Batman is as immortal as Superman. >
  
  I'm not expecting the main character to die, but I at least expect to have some tension. Superman doesn't have anything to create tension because it's either Lois lane or kryptonite the large majority of the time. The superman Vs batman movie as an example, how does batman have a chance? Oh yeah kryptonite, fair. 95% of the lex luthor encounters over the years, how does he do it? Kryptonite. Over and over and over again, there's only so many times I'm gonna enjoy the same story re told to me with the same characters and plot devices before I get bored >
  
  
  but I at least expect to have some tension. Superman doesn't have anything to create tension because it's either Lois lane or kryptonite the large majority of the time.
  
  Dude, Superman got his ass kicked by Darkseid in the comics. He also lost to Trigon when using magic, because Superman has a weakness to magic. He also lost to Doomsday, Parasite, Shazam, Atlas, Viking. Enchantress, and many more. And that was all without kryptonite. Stop claiming you have read comics when everyone who knows anything about this topic can clearly tell by your lack of knowledge, you have infact NOT read the comics. >
  
  
  Dude, Superman got his ass kicked by Darkseid in the comics. He also lost to Trigon when using magic, because Superman has a weakness to magic. He also lost to Doomsday, Parasite, Shazam, Atlas, Viking. Enchantress, and many more. And that was all without kryptonite
  
  As a man that has no connection to both the comics and the all the other things like movies, you sound like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons to me. >
  
  
  you sound like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons to me.
  
  Why? Because i have read the comics before and i'm correcting someone who is clearly wrong on the topic? >
  
  It was more meant as a joke, not really as an insult. It was because of the list, not just giving a single example or two, but going on. 
  About the topic, it's okay to correct people, that's not the problem. I'm not OP, but i also have no knowledge of Superman, so don't worry, i'll stay out of the discussion. >
  
  Nah your good. I thought you was trynna make fun of me or some shit cause i listed off several characters from the comics who have beat Superman. I thought by you calling me "Comic book guy" you was trynna imply i'm some fat guy who does nothing but read comics all the time. >
  
  Like everyone else who says this, you obviously don't read the comics.
  
  with only one real weakness 
  
  Post-crisis there was Kryptonite, red sun radiation, magic, mental manipulation, power drainage, and oxygen deprivation.  Plus a good number of characters that could go toe to toe with him in strength.For a good 20+ years there was only one piece of Kryptonite on Earth and most of the time that was locked up in the Batcave
  On a more abstract level he has his friends and family and his own struggles with balancing his life as Kent and Superman and dealing wiith his inability to do everything.
  
  the same four characters
  
  Luthor, Darkseid, Brainiac, Metallo, Toyman, Zod, Cerberus, Bizarro, Mxyzptlk, Mongul, Doomsday, Parasite, Intergang, Manchester Black, and many others. >
  
  "inability to do everything" we're talking about the same guy right? Same one that traveled light years in minutes? Dude literally could do almost everything on earth at the exact same time and not even be noticed by anyone >
  
  He hasn't been even close that fast in at least 40 years. He needs technology to travel long distances in space. And even if he was that fast, he couldn't approach light speed in an atmosphere without killing everyone in his vicinity.
  Stop looking at his most ridiculous Golden Age and Silver Age feats as representative of what the character is >
  
  Even at the speed of light or short of it, he can still very easily be anywhere on the planet in less than a second. Saying he can't do everything is just blatantly wrong, dude could stop every crime in the awake half of the world in less than an hour >
  
  Again, he's not that fast anymore. Not sure what's hard to understand about that. And he couldn't get to that speed without igniting the atmosphere or something equally destructive >
  
  less than the speed of light isn't even an insane speed feat for superman, it's literally in the single digit percentages of his theoretical maximum. He's achieved speeds plenty of times before that would make it very possible for him to do anything, anytime he wanted with no repercussions, both recently and older. I'm sorry but whatever way you look at it, your argument doesn't work. He's done plenty more insane things not involving speed which should have destroyed the planet or damaged his surroundings in some way but didn't, even if you only look at shockwaves that would be produced. That's ignoring every other factor like heat, energy, or any other kind of destructive force his abilities should produce. A 90 year old god that's been doing the same thing for 90 years just isn't interesting. >
  
  
  less than the speed of light isn't even an insane speed feat for superman, it's literally in the single digit percentages of his theoretical maximum
  
  Again. Not in 40 years or more. That's silver and golden age nonsense. Stop pretending you know anything about him if you haven't read any comics made since the 70s >
  
  Alrighty just casually ignore the rest of the comment >
  
  Everything you've said is just blatantly wrong. The character has changed a lot >
  
  "He's invulnerable to everything but Kryptonite!"
  Dude straight up got punched to death one time. >
  
  He was the first op character back in the day so for back then he was uniqe and cool, today because there are a lot of better characters you see him boring >
  
  He's been around too long in my opinion. Can only milk a character for so long >
  
  Here here! 
  And when is he going to tell Louis Lane the truth, finally sleep with her, get married and have some kids, like damn lol. That's all I want to know? And why is she too slow to not notice the man is the same man without glasses. As someone who has dated a person with glasses, it isn't too hard to know who they are LOL. >
  
  when?
  8 years ago >
  
  Right?! I'm sitting here like "uh... He did all that. Is this a sarcasm post?" >
  
  First I’d say this opinion isn’t really unpopular unless you’re talking with DC fans. Second I personally feel like comics do a somewhat better job of portraying his weakness as emotional rather than physical. Like having the strength to do something but having to struggle with the issue of whether or not it would be morally acceptable for him to do it? >
  
  
  If I told you I was creating a character who is virtually an indestructible god with only one real weakness
  
  Hey...look...another post on unpopular opinion that is, in fact, just wrong.
  Maybe try reading the comics or watching the shows before criticizing?  Supes has a whole list of weaknesses.  Kryptonite is just the one that sticks out in your mind because it's unique to kryptonians. >
  
  It probably just sticks out in their mind because they don't actually read any of the comic books. >
  
  Karma farming for fun and just makes them look ignorant. >
  
  Superman was created in a time when comic books were the only medium, way back in the middle of the last century. Although they release newer version of his character and introduce new more powerful adversaries he has alot of nostalgia, evident by the red/white/blue coloring and patriotism. However if you are looking at this from a more recent generation (i.e. you were born after the 90s-2000) he comes off as goofy and overpowered. I think the bigger issue here is your perception. >
  
  you have never ever read a dc comic have you >
  
  Tell me you've never read a Superman comic without telling me. >
  
  “One real weakness”. Tell me you’ve never read a Superman comic without telling me you’ve never read a Superman comic. >
  
  Superman was created in 1933. Let that marinate >
  
  His first appearance was on April 18, 1938. >
  
  Weren't those characters scrapped because of how poorly-received they were? >
  
  Maybe this makes him less boring:
  Superman is a symbolic figure meant to represent Jewish Masculinity, and triumph against social injustice. He was created by a Jewish-Canadian Writer and Cartoonist in his youth. The character was an outlet to portray a strong male character who fights against oppression, and evil. If you pay attention, Superman has always been portrayed with dark features. Jet Black hair, Brown eyes (originally), and tawny or olive skin tone. Not so much Anglo-features. Now with the exception of Christopher Reeves. I grew up watching the animated series and remembering the Asian American Superman in the 90s, sitcom, played by Dean Cain. He is actually a biracial  but yeah...
  This was during the pre-stages of WW2 where anti-antisemitism was in vogue within Western society. If you even consider the fictional names of Superman "Ka-Lel" and others from planet Kyrpton, they are all supposed to mirror some real Jewish names. Superman as Clark Kent is KaLel's Earthly identity when he is attempting to integrate and culturally "Code Switch" into Anglo-white society, something that Jews at the time had to subscribe too. Something that other racial groups are known to do today. >
  
  You only think this becuase you havent read the comics. >
  
  Comments like this make me want to rip my hair out, the comics are what made me make this post. Did you even read the damn title Mr "oH yOu JuSt HaVeNt ReAd ThE cOmIcS" >
  
  Bro you say in your comment that most of superman's fights end up with him unharmed or have him only harmed via kryptonite when in the comics there are loads of characters that can go toe to toe with him physically and hes demonstrated to have a bunch of other weaknesses outside of kryptonite. So it doesnt matter that you say "ive read the comics" when everything else you say suggest you dont. >
  
  Its the daily topic about Superman made by somebody who has never read a Superman comic >
  
  It's the original comment made by the superman fanboy who can't think of anything else to say >
  
  Calling a comment unoriginal for suggesting your vapid opinion has no merit if you haven't read any comics is not the clever response you think it is. >
  
  Except for the fact that the literal title of the post mentions the comments, and all my judgements were based off the comics. This is why it's stupid. I made this post having read the comics. Significantly. >
  
  Your original post reads more as if you skimmed through a few superman comics and made stupid conclusions based on that. >
  
  I'd like to say, OP doesn't have to have read the comics to think superman is boring. Most mainstream media about him is in movies which, usually, only portray those two factors. Think of it more as OP criticizing the pop culture form of superman as opposed to comics which, tbf also do a little retconning of their own. >
  
  A very interesting point about Superman was made in "Kill Bill, Vol.2," when Bill explains to Beatrice why she is too special to live a normal life. He says, all the superheroes put on costumes to assume the character of a superhero, except Superman. His costume is his character, and he has to put on a normal costume to not be a superhero. So he is special. >
  
  Back around '85 they did a reboot and John Byrne essentially wrote him as the opposite.  Clark Kent was the person - Superboy didn't exist in the reboot - and Superman was the secret identity he created to do his good deeds.  A much more interesting take on the character, and it made me a bigger fan.
  Bill's version of events is basically Superman when poorly portrayed, which has been pretty common over the years. >
  
  Have you seen the movie Angus?  There’s a scene about how Superman isn’t brave in there that you may enjoy. the scene >
  
  Superman on his own is fine I think, any good super man story is not a test of his might, it’s a test of his morals and if he can continue being the best out of all of us. 
  I think the real issue is when he’s on a team (justice league). There is quite literally no reason for him to have a team made up of people who combined do not even sniff the kind of power he has (minus maybe the flash depending on the story). That’s why in both versions of the justice league movies it’s really just a team trying to resurrect super man so he can win the fight. >
  
  Batman is the most boring >
  
  It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a stupid opinion!