Oh how comic feats change. Back in Kingdom Come (circa 1996), the bomb dropped on the waring heros was 1-megaton. Superman (who is considerably stronger than modern superman** - & this is backed up by canon issues) was the only non-protected hero that survived (Captain Marvel was right next to the bomb & he died), and supposedly the only reason some others (WW, Batman, etc) survived was that GL & other energy wielders combined their shielding & they barely made it.
**Though to be fair, he seemed hardly harmed by it at all, so modern Supes could very well survive it too.
This blast is 7 times as powerful. And it's so lame when comics just say "nukes". The bombs dropped on Japan in WWII were 16 & 23 kilo tons - aka 3 zeros (compared to megaton's 6, meaning 1 megaton is 1,000 times more powerful than 1 kiloton). There's quite a large difference in energy output possible.
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