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Comment author: HungryHobo 02 June 2016 01:12:27PM *  5 points [-]

sure, and the traditional plot line where superman grabs a plumeting jet would actually lead to the jet tearing like tissue paper around wherever he grabbed it.

A certain level of "ok superman has a small physics-free bubble around him" needs to be granted if you want to do anything with superman.

A lot of ink has been spilled by geeks trying to come up with self-consistent systems under which superman could do what he regularly does in the stories.