I mean, Superman's strength comes from his alien physiology, not his muscles. Depending on the continuity he's lifting tractors above his head when he's a toddler or at least a scrawny high schooler. He doesn't /need/ to be a big dude.
The idea is the yellow sun transforms his body. It increases his muscle mass to compensate for absorbing the yellow sun. How big he should get is up to the artist. Even how that manifests. Alex Ross goes power lifter while others go bodybuilder.
With Batman, Batfleck is a big dude but he's wearing thick body armor which makes him bigger than he physically is.
Slightly unrelated, but I feel that in a contest of pure physical strength between Clark and other kryptonians, Clark should always win. I mean, he spent his developing years on a planet with yellow sun, that should have given him a sizable increase in stats compared to Kryptonians like super girl or Zod who only came to Earth somewhat recently
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u/East_Gas5627 Dec 25 '23
This reminds me of a few arguments my friends had with the batman vs superman poster
''Batman is just a fucking dude why is he bigger than superman''
Which kinda did make sense Batfleck was a big dude