Other Powers

Both Superman and Thor have a bunch of more complex powers than the more crude superhuman physical attributes they possess – and it’s pretty close between them in terms of who has the best ones.

In the past, Superman has been known to pull powers out of nowhere – but this was mostly limited to the pre-crisis version and in the Christopher Reeve movies (turning back time? Memory-wiping kisses? Really?!?!) – but he has also possessed various powers in his more recent classic depictions. He has heat vision, freeze breath, x-ray vision and super-hearing – and that’s great, but it pales in comparison to Thor.

Thor is extremely versatile – which is thanks mostly to his hammer Mjolnir. He can teleport and travel between dimensions, he can time travel, he can transmute matter, he can manipulate the weather (summoning lightning, creating tornadoes etc) and he can absorb and redirect energy. Mjolnir is also the source of Thor’s flight abilities.

There’s a clear winner here.

Winner: Thor.