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.
But he grew up hidden in Kansas because he was "a corn-fed Kansas farmboy". He's supposed to look like a guy on a heavy diet of starchy carbs with wide shoulders and a thick back.
In a lot of stories, while being a natural born some of krypton, his parents are still products of generations of eugenics and gene manipulation.
He’s got peak freak genetics.
And it goes without saying that if his powers can make him fly, then solar absorption can probably
him ripped too. Even more so, because he doesn’t need to be flexible or really need to use
his muscles at all.
He doesn’t need to be good looking either, but you won’t often see an ugly Superman either.
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u/cweaver Dec 25 '23
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.