Shouldn't people realize he's indestructible any time they shake his hand?
and don't give me that "Bio-electric aura" bullshit, that would logically mean that he's bruise himself stubbing his toe and constantly be vulnerable to sneak attacks
It works by being a comic book space alien.
>>81895628
>Wow, you're solid guy Kent!
>It's the midwestern living Mr. Wayne.
And that's that. Why would someone assume he's invulnerable just because he's got a strong grip?
It would be like handshake with a rock
>>81895628
Have you seen Clark? He's huge.
>>81895725
This
The man grew up on a farm, he's gonna have big, calloused hands. It could be weird/suspicious if his powers actually caused him to not have those callouses.
>>81895725
his hand would not give like a human hand, even a calloused human hand, would. also, how does he keep his hair down? wouldn't his indestructable hair not be pulled down by Earth's puny gravity?
>>81896265
I think his body responds to force. So if you just kind of press down on his arm the skin feels like skin. It's only when a large amount of force is applied that his body "hardens" and you get the indestructibility.
There's a material that acts like this, liquid but when a large amount of force is applied it feels solid. There's some name for it that I can't recall.
You can get something like it by mixing corn starch and water.
>>81895628
what comic does that image come from?
>>81896452
Non-newtonian fluid.
>>81896579
Ah, thank you.
>>81895733
What if he's not looking at the person?
>>81896452
So if you were to stab superman with a knife, slowly and with even pressure, it would work?
>>81896868
You would do better than most attempts as you'd actually be able to achieve skindentation.
>>81896265
>>81896452
>>81896579
>>81896868
It could be that his body just has different upper limits than a normal human.
If it takes a certain amout of force to pierce the skin, and a different amount to press into it without piercing it, the force required to pierce his skin is different to ours, but you can still press into his skin without much effort.
It's like comparing two elastic bands. Each will stretch to a certain point before snapping, but that point is much higher for one.
On the other hand, his bones would be like a steel bar compared to our balsa wood sticks.
>>81897255
then why doesn't his skin bounce when he gets shot?
>>81899938
because he's constantly flexing his entire body
because he's superman and he has better muscle control that everyone
because he's superman
>>81895628
Why does he have so much face here?
>>81899938
because its a fucking comic book god damn it.
>>81900029
what about his skin, tho?
>>81896452
Like the senator from mgr
>>81895628
Here is a real definitive answer from various sources.
Superman's invulnerability is an energy shield that is only microns thick. Underneath the shield he can be hurt and is why he can bleed bruise and his costume can get torn. Because it is only microns thick he can still make physical contact with someone and seemingly they both feel flesh.
>>81895628
You've seen him hold up a falling plane when he really should just punch through it like a bullet or have the back half fall away, there's some weird shit with him. maybe his strength can be attributed to unconscious telekinesis maybe?
>>81902146
Yeah, and that's retarded.
Superman isn't hard sci-fi. It doesn't need explanations like this. If you're really bothered by the logistics of Kryptonian invulnerability, you probably shouldn't read Superman comics.
>>81895733
this issue was instantly non-canon even the kids reading it at the time were annoyed (going by the letter pages)
>>81896452
Oobleck
I fucking hate most people's art of Clark Kent. Most people just make it Superman in a Suit, rather than him trying to differentiate between the two like Quietly or Rags(among others) did
As for your question, Space magic
