How many tons can Superman press?

[XSpidercideX]

It bothers me that no one seems to know. Characters like Spider-man and Batman have their lifting strength clearly defined.

I think 15 tons for Spidey, and close to half a ton for Batman.

Is there anything that attempts to state just how strong the current Superman is?

 

[XSpidercideX]

Anyway, I was thinking maybe 10 million tons, but i may be way off?

 

[The Question]

It bothers me that no one seems to know. Characters like Spider-man and Batman have their lifting strength clearly defined.



I think 15 tons for Spidey, and close to half a ton for Batman.



Is there anything that attempts to state just how strong the current Superman is?

Spider Man is ten tons. Batman lifting half a ton would make no sense whatsoever. Maybe around 300 to 400 pounds, but not half a ton. Anyway, Superman tends to fluctuate. It's usually somewhere between several hundred and several thousand tons.

 

[DBM]

Spider Man is ten tons. Batman lifting half a ton would make no sense whatsoever. Maybe around 300 to 400 pounds, but not half a ton. Anyway, Superman tends to fluctuate. It's usually somewhere between several hundred and several thousand tons.

Spider-Man is 15 tons since his "rebirth."

And there's really no good measure for Supes. He's pretty much the strongest person on the planet. That's about the only measurement you'll get.

 

[XSpidercideX]

Spidey is now stated officially by Marvel to be 15 tons. His strength increased with his body maturing over the years.

I heard that Batman could bench press 800 lbs which is close to half a ton?

 

[XSpidercideX]

Spider-Man is 15 tons since his "rebirth."

And there's really no good measure for Supes. He's pretty much the strongest person on the planet. That's about the only measurement you'll get.

Actually he was stated to be 15 tons BEFORE his rebirth, so he may even be slightly stronger now. He definately is with his Iron Spidey suit.

 

[theoneandonly]

but isnt batman a normal guy

so how would he be able to life half ton

 

[DBM]

Actually he was stated to be 15 tons BEFORE his rebirth, so he may even be slightly stronger now. He definately is with his Iron Spidey suit.

I'm talking about his first "rebirth." The one where he turned into a giant spider and then gave birth to himself, not the one where he died, shed his skin, cocooned himself, and then was reborn.

Christ, I hated both of those storylines.

 

[XSpidercideX]

I'm talking about his first "rebirth." The one where he turned into a giant spider and then gave birth to himself, not the one where he died, shed his skin, cocooned himself, and then was reborn.

Christ, I hated both of those storylines.

Oh, ok. Yeah, that makes sense. I stated it was because his body matured bc its the only thing i could think of since Stan Lee said himself that Spidey would get stronger as he grew up and he started at ten tons. But now i remember that story gave him a strength increase, which is probably where marvel decided to change his lifing strength from.

 

[XSpidercideX]

but isnt batman a normal guy

so how would he be able to life half ton

The world record bench press is half a ton. But its with one of those shoulder supports which probably helped the lift. I think the world record without a should support thingy is in the 700s. So, Batman, being fictional and supposedly peak human at just about everything could probably manage to pull off 800 lbs.

Yes, i know 800 lbs isnt half a ton, but its close, which is why i said he could press close to half a ton.

 

[The Question]

The human body doesn't work like that. At most, Batman should be able to bench 400 pounds tops.

 

[Varient]

It bothers me that no one seems to know. Characters like Spider-man and Batman have their lifting strength clearly defined.

I think 15 tons for Spidey, and close to half a ton for Batman.

Is there anything that attempts to state just how strong the current Superman is?

With respect:
Supermans strength is in direct proportion to his solar charge - PERIOD.

So under the right conditions he was able to move warworld - something the size of Pluto.
Spiderman is just short of 25 tons,..(by feat),.. And Batman shouldn't be able to do more than 400 lbs AND move as well as he does.

Peace.

 

[XSpidercideX]

With respect:
Supermans strength is in direct proportion to his solar charge - PERIOD.

So under the right conditions he was able to move warworld - something the size of Pluto.
Spiderman is just short of 25 tons,..(by feat),.. And Batman shouldn't be able to do more than 400 lbs AND move as well as he does.

Peace.

Yeah, i was just going by wut i heard from many other people in the past. its stated that Batman is peak human in several different areas, including strength, acrobatics, martial arts, etc...

It wouldnt be possible for a normal human to be peak in acrobatics and stregth at the same time, but it seems Batman is?? Batman shouldnt be able to do a lot of things he does, but its a comic. So I dont see why it would be so far fetched if he did lift 800 lbs. I dont know where its stated that he did, if its stated at all. But people i talked to before seemed to throw out this number repeatedly like it was shown somewhere as a fact.

 

[Spike_x1]

Didn't Spider-man support the Daily Bugle building on his shoulders a few years ago? I mean, there were a few structural supports here and there for it, so he wasn't entirely alone as he was holding it up, but still, that's gotta be a helluva lot more than 15 tons.

 

[The Question]

Yeah, i was just going by wut i heard from many other people in the past. its stated that Batman is peak human in several different areas, including strength, acrobatics, martial arts, etc...



It wouldnt be possible for a normal human to be peak in acrobatics and stregth at the same time, but it seems Batman is??

Which really makes no sense. Now, Captain America is peak in all areas, because he is a low level superhuman. However, Batman should really have a fighter's build. Shouldn't be able to bench more than 400. Probably less, since muscle mass weighs you down, and speed is alot more important in a fight than strength.

Didn't Spider-man support the Daily Bugle building on his shoulders a few years ago? I mean, there were a few structural supports here and there for it, so he wasn't entirely alone as he was holding it up, but still, that's gotta be a helluva lot more than 15 tons.

I'm pretty sure that was Spider-Man's equivalent of a "mother lifting a car her child is trapped under" moment. Going way above and beyond his normal abilities simply because he's got that much adrenalin pumping and people he cares about are in danger.

 

[Varient]

Yeah, i was just going by wut i heard from many other people in the past. its stated that Batman is peak human in several different areas, including strength, acrobatics, martial arts, etc...

It wouldnt be possible for a normal human to be peak in acrobatics and stregth at the same time, but it seems Batman is?? Batman shouldnt be able to do a lot of things he does, but its a comic. So I dont see why it would be so far fetched if he did lift 800 lbs. I dont know where its stated that he did, if its stated at all. But people i talked to before seemed to throw out this number repeatedly like it was shown somewhere as a fact.

It's a comic yes,... but unless wayne tech has added servo motors the size of quarters at all the joints of his costume to "kick in" whenever he exerts himself Batman should be limited to "near peak" human.

 

[LibrarianThorne]

Wello, how much force does it take to shatter a large asteroid? Superman did that after Lex was elected President (which may have been before or after he shattered a moon by flying into it).

Ok, someone figure out how much force it would take to tug the Earth around. Superman has at least 1/3rd of that, in terms of strength.

 

[Whirlysplat]

Wello, how much force does it take to shatter a large asteroid? Superman did that after Lex was elected President (which may have been before or after he shattered a moon by flying into it).

Ok, someone figure out how much force it would take to tug the Earth around. Superman has at least 1/3rd of that, in terms of strength.

It wasn't a large asteroid, he went through a moon of Saturn.

- Whirly

 

[LibrarianThorne]

It wasn't a large asteroid, he went through a moon of Saturn.

- Whirly

Ah, though I'm sure he did the asteroid punching bit. I just can't recall when.

Regardless, tugging the Earth happened in JLA, and he did it with the help of Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. So, how much strength does it take to pull a planet, and what's one third of that?

 

[kiuju2k]

200 hundred gazilliontrillion... Yeah i know my superman.

 

[drastic_quench]

Wot's all this "Batman can't press more than 400lbs. B.S."!

I can throw up 275-300 no problem. I'm NOT ripped/huge/ect. You're telling me the goddamn Batman can only best my ass by a hundred pounds?!

Next time you're at a gym, hell - even a highschool gym, check out the lifting records. There's a hell of a lot of guys that're in that range - and none of them are Batmen.

 

[The Leaguer]

Superman can lift about three tons.

 

[drastic_quench]

Superman can lift about three tons.

with his eyelid.

 

[The Leaguer]

No, with both arms.

 

[Super Mark]

Sadly, what Supes can lift changes with the writer. In the old DC role playing game, he can lift hundreds of thousands of tons. 100,000 tons. Or more. Probably enough to perform any feat of strength needed by a superhero on a planets surface: crush a diamond, smash a mountain, lift a building. Whatever.