Warning! Spoilers ahead for Superman: Lost #2Everything fans thought they knew about the source of Superman's powers has just changed. When explaining how he survived an impossible feat, the Man of Steel reveals a hidden aspect that plays a significant role in how his abilities work.

In Superman: Lost #2 by Christopher Priest and Carlo Pagulayan, Clark Kent is still adjusting to normal life on Earth after he'd been lost in space for twenty years. Superman finally opens up to Lois about what happened after he traveled through a quantum singularity. The hero was thrown into another part of the universe where he's saved from the vacuum of space by a group of travelers.

The travelers are skeptical that Clark could seriously survive something as punishing as a singularity, but Superman informs them that Kryptonians have various biochemical reactions to gravity that are enhanced when exposed to solar radiation. After telling his story, Clark is ditched on an alien planet for not being able to pay his rescuers for a ride home. The planet is covered with smog and has a much different level of gravity, forcing Superman to relearn his most basic powers.

Any Superman fan worth their salt knows that the yellow rays of Earth's sun allow him to fly, use heat vision, and pull off the hundreds of amazing feats he's capable of. For most of his superhero career, Clark's powers have depended on what kind of solar radiation he's exposed to. Powerful yellow rays bring out his unique abilities, while weaker red radiation brings him down to a more human level. Superman's powers have even exponentially increased when exposed to a younger blue or white sun.

And while Superman says that solar radiation plays a considerable part his how his powers act, Clark implies that the real root of his abilities is the gravity he experiences. In the past, Clark has described himself as a living battery that constantly absorbs sunlight which fuels his powers. But now Clark says planet's gravity determines what he can do. While it's a minor change, it does raise the question of how Clark's powers could change on a plant with different gravity compared to Earth's.

If Clark's powers are rooted in how his body reacts to gravity, then it stands to reason that a world with a stronger or weaker force could affect his powers. Of course, even Clark says that "a thousand variables" are at play regarding his abilities, including sunlight. So what happens when he's on a planet like Earth with similar amounts of a yellow sun but a weaker gravity? Does Superman become faster? And does he get stronger or more durable with harsher gravity? There are a lot of questions that come up with this new insight into Superman's powers and what it could mean for the hero going forward. Fans can see Clark explain how his abilities really work in Superman: Lost #2, on sale now.

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Superman Explains the Real Source of His Powers (Not Sunlight) - Screen Rant