Did Superman ever blow up a planet?

Answer 1

Silver Age Superman did; many times in fact, that is why in 1986, the character was revised and seriously powered down. The reason the Superman in the Christopher Reeve movies is so powerful, is because that set of movies was made in between 1978, and 1985, when the comic book Superman still had his Silver Age power levels. In other words the movie Superman is way more powerful than the current comic book version, because its two different versions of the same character. The one in the Superman Returns disaster, for example, he's the Silver Age one. The one in the "Doomsday" cartoon movie is the current one. The Silver Age superman, yes, many, many times, and often by simply flying through them at ridiculous speeds. Once he destroyed an entire uninhabited star system fighting a bad guy, including the star itself. The current Superman though can't do that, so the answer is no, if that is the one you are referring to. His villanous alternate earth counterpart though, Superman Prime, a dangerous deranged psychopath, has not just blown up planets, he's destroyed entire universes. Prime I think, has killed several trillion sentient lifeforms; not just other earths, not just alternate reality human beings, aliens as intelligent or more so than humans too. Like I said; the character's a psycho, just plain evil. [[User:67.148.120.72|67.148.120.72]]stardingo747

Answer 2

In some comic storylines, Superman has been portrayed destroying planets as a last resort to prevent greater destruction. However, it is not a common occurrence and goes against his character as a hero who values life and protects innocent beings.