He was being lied to earlier. Nah, Superman's got it covered. Originally, the reason for Superman's abilities was not explicitly detailed – other than stating Superman is an alien. Does he get all of his abilities purely from the yellow sun or does he also benefit from Earth's weaker gravity? And it might be why the OP thought Superman was able to fix his powers but that isn't so. Also the bulk of his powers are actually telekinesis. he goes back to the fortress and he finds another green crystal (check out superman4 at the beginning of the movie he has a final conversation with Lara and she tells him he's down to his last power crystal so there were several of these crystals on the rocket that brought him to earth)with that said he uses the kryptonain power to restore himself and the fortress to full power Does Krypton have massive gravity compared to Earth? Superman Returns spoiler ahead: in Superman Returns, Lois Lane has a child. When he got his new solar flare power in SUPERMAN #38, it appeared things could be changing in his favor. Unfortunately, the two get distracted and we never do find out (in these collected comics anyway) what the origin of his powers were. The programs have an objective and will lie to protect Superman from himself. In Man of Steel, Superman does not start out 'super'.We see his abilities develop and his powers grow with each use. Clark keeps his powers secret in order to protect his family and friends, who might be endangered by his criminal enemies. A number of elements are added to each identity to keep them distinct enough to prevent the casual observer from matching them. We see that the child has superhuman strength, and that it is Superman's son with Lois. How and why did Superman get his electricity-themed powers in the first place? Superman did not get his powers from an accident- he naturally has them from the Earth's yellow sun. This would have made an ordinary child. He wants to be the strongest there is and so he sets himself what he sees as an intense workout program and unlocks his power and assumes it came from his workout regime. When he got them back the procedure was reversed. Asked in Superman I also see Saitama as a parody not just of manga characters but also as an homage and parody of the Superman from the 60's and 70's. in a recent story line he actually absorbed too much yellow star radiation and overdosed. superman is an alien from krypton which orbited a red star, our earth orbits a yellow star. However, as the Superman character developed over the years, DC writers attempted to provide real world explanations for the hero's super powers, settling on the idea that Superman receives his abilities from stored-up solar energy - via Earth's yellow sun. when he came to earth his alien DNA started absorbing our yellow star's radiation (which was different radiation from krypton's red star), which gave him all his abilities. There were few, if any limits to how much energy Superman could store in his body or how fast he could recharge in the highly unlikely event that he would run dry/low. The origin of Superman is the story that relates Superman's arrival on Earth and the beginnings of his career as a superhero. He's unfathomably strong, incredibly fast, and ridiculously durable.He can also fly and shoot lasers from his eyes, and he's capable of all manner of other cool things, helping him maintain his position as one of the most popular superheroes of all time and making him into a global icon in the process. In order to use his powers to help humanity, Clark creates the alter ego of Superman. However, as the Superman character developed over the years, DC writers attempted to provide real world explanations for the hero's super powers, settling on the idea that Superman receives his abilities from stored-up solar energy - via Earth's yellow sun.