can superman resist magic?

#1 Posted by SilverGalford (2930 posts) - 3 years, 3 months ago - Show Bio

what do you know about this?

#2 Posted by RedK (2518 posts) - 3 years, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@SilverGalford: No he can't, but I don't think it was ever explained why.

#3 Posted by MrMiracle77 (1574 posts) - 3 years, 3 months ago - Show Bio

He's no more vulnerable to it than a normal human. If the magic in question had some loophole in it that allowed it to be resisted, he'd have just as good a chance at doing so as anyone else.

#4 Posted by grimlock (1564 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

superman is vulnerable to magic. it was clear in his encounter with the Externals

#5 Posted by Dark Zoom (2332 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

certain types of supermen are such as kingdom come supes and pre crisis

#6 Posted by DEGRAAF (7249 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

you would think superman would work on his resistance to magic with zatanna or Dr fate

#7 Posted by RedK (2518 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@DEGRAAF said:

" you would think superman would work on his resistance to magic with zatanna or Dr fate "

Yea you think he would especially after he tried to get rid of all the Kryptonite on earth it was the obvious next step to take but maybe he belives in case he is ever controled some people should have the ability to take him down.

#8 Posted by DEGRAAF (7249 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@RedK said:

" @DEGRAAF said:

" you would think superman would work on his resistance to magic with zatanna or Dr fate "
Yea you think he would especially after he tried to get rid of all the Kryptonite on earth it was the obvious next step to take but maybe he belives in case he is ever controled some people should have the ability to take him down. "

i thought that was why he gave batman kryptonite

#9 Posted by RedK (2518 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@DEGRAAF: but Kryptonite will only effect him for so long before he builds up an imunity to it like in Kingdom Come

#10 Posted by NightFang (9222 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

If he did he would be too powerful.

#11 Posted by DEGRAAF (7249 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@RedK:
yea but in kingdom come he didnt build up an immunity to it bc he was around it he was less affected by it bc he had absorbed so much Sun light thru out his life

#12 Posted by RedK (2518 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@DEGRAAF: yea but he was still immune to it, either way it didn't affect him any more.

#13 Posted by chris kent (230 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

supers is weaked by magic because magic breaks the normal rules in the DC world....this is why even some one like SA Superman can get hurt by magic!!!

#14 Posted by DEGRAAF (7249 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@RedK:
true

#15 Posted by Erik (27224 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Golden Age Superman (38-55) -

Silver Age Superman (55-70)-

Bronze Age Superman (70-86)-

Modern Age Superman (86-Present)-

Alternate futures that you can think of -

Fill in the blanks.

#16 Posted by MrDirector786 (41441 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Golden Age Superman had no weaknesses until the late Golden Age, when kryptonite was introduced. Magic was introduced as a weakness somewhere in the early silver age, I believe.

#17 Posted by Static Shock (47330 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

Superman is weak against magic, depending on how powerful it is. He's shown to resist weaker forms of it, though.

#18 Edited by grimreaper1980 (619 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

i think it is because magic is a type of energy, or a kind of radiation, which is why it affects him like kryptonite or a red sun, and it's also not just used on earth, cause if i remember correctly, mordru is from a differant planet, so that would mean that magic is also cosmic. and by the way, aren't the new gods' and apokolyptians abilities magical, i mean they are technically gods after all, just more advanced, and they can hurt superman like the gods of earth

#19 Posted by Reactor (1643 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@MrMiracle77 said:

" He's no more vulnerable to it than a normal human. If the magic in question had some loophole in it that allowed it to be resisted, he'd have just as good a chance at doing so as anyone else. "

Answered perfectly.

#20 Edited by grimreaper1980 (619 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

that is also true, but if it can hurt someone as powerful as him, then shouldn't it still be considered a weakness. cause if you look at the hulk, the only way magic could hurt him is if it was used by the high level magic users, were as superman is vulnerable to any kind of magic, no matter how powerful, i mean liu kang could hurt him, and he is human

#21 Posted by Valtot (4502 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

he did work on it with zatanna and phantom stranger gave him a magic dispel aura or something

#22 Posted by Valtot (4502 posts) - 2 years, 5 months ago - Show Bio

ok here it is,,
hes a magic shield in effeect he got from phantom stranger

learning aabout magic from zatanna then utilizing that knowledge

#23 Posted by gallifreykryptonian (1 posts) - 2 years, 22 days ago - Show Bio

This is how it seems to work: unlike bullets, fire, radiation, fists, etc to which Superman has virtual invulnerability he has "no more immunity than a normal human". In short, bullets that would kill Jimmy olsen, bounce. But magic that would paralyze Jimmy Olsen paralyzes him. He has no more protection to it than anyone else. So in comparison to most damage he is surprisingly vulnerable to it. None of his Kryptonian advantages affect magic. Also I believe that it has been implied over the years that Krypton was an advanced scientific culture, to the point that magic was never tapped or "discovered" on Krypton. And so, just as animals that live completely underground don't need to develop resistance to sunlight, Kryptonians never developed any resistances to those magic energies.

#24 Posted by kadeem (2855 posts) - 2 years, 18 days ago - Show Bio

@gallifreykryptonian said:

" This is how it seems to work: unlike bullets, fire, radiation, fists, etc to which Superman has virtual invulnerability he has "no more immunity than a normal human". In short, bullets that would kill Jimmy olsen, bounce. But magic that would paralyze Jimmy Olsen paralyzes him. He has no more protection to it than anyone else. So in comparison to most damage he is surprisingly vulnerable to it. None of his Kryptonian advantages affect magic. Also I believe that it has been implied over the years that Krypton was an advanced scientific culture, to the point that magic was never tapped or "discovered" on Krypton. And so, just as animals that live completely underground don't need to develop resistance to sunlight, Kryptonians never developed any resistances to those magic energies. "

This is a good account of Kal-El's vulnerability to magic. To understand this it may be helpful to contrast Supes with Captain Marvel. They are in the same league power wise and their power sets are very similar, but Kal's powers have a basis in biology and physics while CM's powers have were given to him by a wizard. Captain Marvel, unlike Superman has a great durability when struck magically on the count of the mystical basis of his invulnerability. Supes on the other hand has no invulnerability when hit by magic.

#25 Posted by Supreme Marvel (10992 posts) - 2 years, 18 days ago - Show Bio

Clark is vulnerable to magic as is everyone else who doesn't have any experience with it. He has minor experience with it giving him some degree of control and knowledge on how to stop it as proved in the scan Valtot where he's saying that Zatanna told him a few things. Clark has friends that will help him out if he asks them, Zatanna, Phantom Stranger etc. These will give him magical resistances to help him during a battle. Clark going into a battle without any help from these said character, depending on the level of being the person is, will probably result in what happened against Atlas before he got the magical resistance put on him by Zatara.

#26 Posted by Superman1996 (1 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago - Show Bio

he is learning to do that now with zatana , and he can counter all the spells known , but semi divine and divine magic can harm him , he was able to stand a magical blow tha knocked all the JLA down along with wonder woman (high resistance to magic ) and an Angel i forgot his name , also took a magical sword to the hear and a magical arrow to the back , and survived them and whooped 4 gods asses who did this to him.

#27 Posted by ssejllenrad (11462 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Superman cannot resist magic because Jor-el did the rabbit in the hat trick right before Krypton was destroyed. That's the last image he has of his real father. It was embedded into his psyche and so whenever there is a magic show, Supes can't resist but watch it. :p

#28 Posted by termiteone4ever (6434 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@ssejllenrad said:

Superman cannot resist magic because Jor-el did the rabbit in the hat trick right before Krypton was destroyed. That's the last image he has of his real father. It was embedded into his psyche and so whenever there is a magic show, Supes can't resist but watch it. :p

Denial lol

#29 Posted by majestic99 (8638 posts) - 1 year, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@SilverGalford said:

what do you know about this?

Yes. Read this link: Kal Kent and google his name.

Superman

Rocketed to Earth as an infant from the doomed planet of Krypton, young Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind from oppression while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

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