A more modern adaptation of the mainstream “Earth-One” Superman debuted in John Byrne’s The Man of Steel miniseries in 1986. The post-Crisis Superman was the Superman from 1986 to 2011. Superman’s backstory was heavily revised and many Silver Age elements, such as his career as Superboy, were removed.

Pre-Crisis Continuity was the continuity of the Superman comics prior to the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, which destroyed this continuity and began the Modern Age Continuity. The backstory of the Superman in this continuity was retconned many times, though the series of his adventures remains constant.

The JLA: Year One limited series and the JLA: Incarnations limited series provides brief snapshots of Pre-Crisis JLA stories that are still considered canon.

Let’s take a look at some of the strongest versions of Superman from across DC’s multiverse.

• 8 Val Zod.
• 7 Red Son.
• 6 Super Soldier.
• 5 Ultraman.
• 4 All-Star Superman.
• 3 Superboy Prime.
• 2 Cosmic Armor Superman.
• 1 Superman Prime One Million.

Superman can lift anything.) Durability: Solar System level+ (Survived the collision of New Genesis and Apokolips. Withstood an explosion equivalent to 50 Keplar Supernovas while weakened by Red Sun Radiation. Held a mini-black hole that would have destroyed an entire solar system.

PC Superman was so powerful that he could alter time itself without even trying. He was able to travel trillions of miles in seconds without exerting any effort at all. He easily threw a neutron star several light years away.

Durability: Solar System level+ (Survived the collision of New Genesis and Apokolips. Withstood an explosion equivalent to 50 Keplar Supernovas while weakened by Red Sun Radiation. Held a mini-black hole that would have destroyed an entire solar system.

That comes out to 45.57 septillion miles per hour. Light travels about 669 billion, 600 million mph. Superman would travel 12.66 quintillion miles per second.

Superman is one of the strongest superheroes ever conceived! See why with some of his most over-powered feats of strength!…Here, then, are his most impressive feats of strength from the comics!

1. 1 BROKE HIGHFATHER’S STAFF OUT OF THE SOURCE WALL.
2. 2 MOVED A PLANET (YET AGAIN)
3. 3 CREATED AN ECLIPSE.

Superman can travel 186,000 miles per second, and if needed he can travel at a speed thousand times higher than that. Superman’s reaction time is less than 1 attosecond, which is 1×10−18 of a second.

Power description and power level. The really short answer would be that Pre crisis Superman was a Capacitor with a direct line to his powers at a max level as long as he was under an Orange Sun or hotter. Post Crisis Superman was a Battery with his powers depending on his “charge.”.

Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis are terms used to refer to the DC Universe before the 1985 mega-event titled “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. Pre-Crisis era. Due to having a wide gamut of writers and editors working on the characters, there were a lot of “Continuity” issues with the stories.

Pre-Crisis Superman was one of the main reasons the DC Universe had to die! Okay, he wasn’t the only reason but there was a compelling need to reign in his powers. He had become unmanageable to the writers of that era. Worlds lived, worlds died.

There are technically two Pre-Crisis versions of Superman. One is the Superman of Earth Two, AKA the Golden Age Superman. The other is the Superman from Earth One, AKA the Silver Age Superman. This profile covers the Silver Age Superman.