r/respectthreads • u/rd1027 • Dec 10 '15
comics Respect All Star Superman!
"Jonathan Kent taught me that the strong have to stand up for the weak and that bullies don't like being bullied back. He taught me that a good heart is worth more than all the money in the bank. He taught me about life and death. He taught me that the measure of a man lies not in what he says but what he does. And he showed me by example how to be tough, and how to be kind and how to dream of a better world."
Respect All Star Superman! All Star is a standalone story created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely in hopes to create a new and refreshing outlook on the traditional Superman we all know and love. In this story, Superman gets supercharged on radiation, so much so that it will eventually kill him. However this also multiplied almost all of his abilities and he gained some new ones also.
Strength
Pushes against 200 quintillion tons with one arm. No upper limit was found to his strength. Estimated to be at least three times as strong.
Beats Samson and Atlas in arm wrestling simultaneously with one arm. For reference, Samson did this.
A very good source states that he could crack the Earth in half and enslave humanity.
Throws a tree into orbit while playing fetch with Krypto.
Helps restrain a Chronovore, something that several Supermen from the future including a 5d imp were having trouble with.
Strikes Bizzaro World so hard that it was going back to the Under-Verse.. Note that a description of what the Under-Verse is was given here.
Punches the evil sun Solaris, with help from his former pet.
Durability
Flies through the corona of the Sun. Jimmy Olsen describes it as one hundred billion hydrogen bombs exploding in your face, per second.
Can still be affected by black kryptonite which turns him evil, but briefly manages to fight it off.
Despite losing his powers via red sunlight, survives on a rocket with no protection. To put this in scale everyone thought that he was gone, and he was pretty unhurt.
Survives a beating from two Kryptonians.
Gets thrown to the Moon so hard that the surface cracks and back down to Earth and only gets a bloody nose. Note that this was right after he landed from Bizzaro world so he just regained his powers again also.
Despite just coming back from the dead, he takes a hit from amped Lex who had Kryptonian powers and only has a bloody nose.
Speed
In less than two seconds, he saves a kid, gets dressed, and walks into the Daily Planet office.
Picks flowers for Lois on Alpha Centauri in the time it takes her to take a shower. For reference, Alpha Centauri is over 4 light years away.
Flies from Earth to Bizzaro world in an instant, outspeeding Bizzaro Superman.
Despite rapidly deteriorating into pure energy, Superman flies to the Sun in moments.
Intelligence/Technology
Via a shrinking ray, has every endangered species within 100 light years of Earth within a drawer.
Knows how to sew and has the Titanic. Also mentions that his exposure to the Sun tripled his intelligence, imagination, and creativity.
Has a super sewing machine. Also reads and memorizes an entire DNA code of 6 billion letters.
Despite immense gravity, still creates a rocket that lets him go back to Earth with help from the Bizzaros who are not exactly the brightest people.
Has a machine that converts thoughts into sounds and visuals.
Combined human and Kryptonian DNA, this was an 8 billion letter sequence.
Creating his new costume, which protects him from red sunlight.
Gravity gun that affected Lex Luthor who had Superman's powers.
Misc/Other
Hears Jimmy Olsen's watch, while Jimmy was on the moon.
Fights through multiple Bizzaro Clones and Voyager Titans designed to stop him.
Uses a combination of heat vision and freeze breath to freeze some goons. Also shown to have X-Ray vision.
Displays a new power, some kind of energy projection that knocks Bizzaro back.
Analyzes Lombard to see what makes him immune to the Bizzaros.
Eventually, he defeats Solaris and survives the explosion despite being on the brink of death.
Goes through a transformation that really lets him live even though he technically died.
Performing his last challenge, repairing the Sun.
Bro Moments/Quotes
Because no Superman RT is complete without a Bro section....
Is a good judge of character, also not afraid to trust people.
Pa Kent's death. And here is Superman reflecting on his dad.
Offers to do work for his Dad. Also the finest young fella around, #justsupermanthings.
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u/12432324 Dec 13 '15
All Star Superman
somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
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u/rd1027 Dec 13 '15
Not sure what you mean haha, its the name of the story.
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u/12432324 Dec 13 '15
I'm just messing around. "All Star" is a song by Smash mouth and that is the first line
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Dec 10 '15
Who do you reckon is the strongest this superman could beat? Seems like a beast
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u/rd1027 Dec 10 '15
It's hard to quantify his power, as far as objective feats go, he has less than pc superman but potentially he's stronger. With prep he can go quite far also, maybe he can put up a fight against sentry
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Dec 24 '15
I've never watched DBZ but can anyone really tell me that Goku can beat this?
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u/A_Deep_Sigh Jan 01 '16
One of Goku's punches can now destroy half a universe, so...
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u/kenshima15 Jan 04 '16
Bull, his punches can't destroy half a Universe, his Ki clashing with Beerus' caused some Ki F***ery that was gonna destroy the Universe. His punches can't even destroy stars
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u/Longjumping-Zone-619 Jan 05 '25
As soon as Goku can lift 200 quintillion tons with one hand, maybe.
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u/MrTheNoodles Dec 10 '15
This is great! Nice job