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A while back someone suggested some of Supe's stats should have "higher with sun-dip" on them due to the fact that the character can become far stronger when going into the sun for a bit. It went unresponded but I think it would be a good addition.
Also, many people (a few on this site) seem to misunderstand how Superman's weakness to Chi works. The "Chi" Lex Luthor talks about works very differently to most Chi in fiction and that difference is vital to understanding why Supes is weak to it. This has caused some people to misuse the weakness in certain threads. Let me explain:
His weakness to Chi appeared in one particular story and it's explanation was sorta nonsensical (like a lot of comic book stuff) and very symbolic. It's a form of energy that exclusively represents the energy (or rather spirit) of planet Earth (read this page ). The reason it harms Superman is because Chi's "Earth energy" is the polar opposite of Supe's solar energy (read the bottom left panel ). This is quite symbolic as it's having Superman's (essentialy an other-worldy creature) weakness be something very much human and Earthly. In other words, Supes is the Sun and Chi is the Earth; two contradicting opposites (told you it was symbolic). This goes against most Chi's portrayel in other fictions since it's portrayed as a representation of ALL nature and ALL living things, not just the "spirit of Earth/Mankind". So if a character uses Chi in a fiction that's portrayed as emcompassing all nature/living things instead of exclusively Planet Earth, then it's simply not the same kind of energy and can't use the same reasoning (being the polar opposite of Supe's energy) to harm him. Otherwise it's only his weakness by name and not by reasoning. It'd be like a character having a rock called "Kryptonite" but it not sharing the same attributes that makes Supes weak to it in the first place. They even claim that the kind of Chi they are talking about can't even harm humans at all (read the bottom right panel ) so that would narrow down the nature of the Chi even further.
Of course, this weakness only ever appeared once and was never mentioned again, so it seems a bit inconsistent. But I wouldn't mind it being considered one of his regular weaknesses as long as it's kept to the type described.
Also, many people (a few on this site) seem to misunderstand how Superman's weakness to Chi works. The "Chi" Lex Luthor talks about works very differently to most Chi in fiction and that difference is vital to understanding why Supes is weak to it. This has caused some people to misuse the weakness in certain threads. Let me explain:
His weakness to Chi appeared in one particular story and it's explanation was sorta nonsensical (like a lot of comic book stuff) and very symbolic. It's a form of energy that exclusively represents the energy (or rather spirit) of planet Earth (read this page ). The reason it harms Superman is because Chi's "Earth energy" is the polar opposite of Supe's solar energy (read the bottom left panel ). This is quite symbolic as it's having Superman's (essentialy an other-worldy creature) weakness be something very much human and Earthly. In other words, Supes is the Sun and Chi is the Earth; two contradicting opposites (told you it was symbolic). This goes against most Chi's portrayel in other fictions since it's portrayed as a representation of ALL nature and ALL living things, not just the "spirit of Earth/Mankind". So if a character uses Chi in a fiction that's portrayed as emcompassing all nature/living things instead of exclusively Planet Earth, then it's simply not the same kind of energy and can't use the same reasoning (being the polar opposite of Supe's energy) to harm him. Otherwise it's only his weakness by name and not by reasoning. It'd be like a character having a rock called "Kryptonite" but it not sharing the same attributes that makes Supes weak to it in the first place. They even claim that the kind of Chi they are talking about can't even harm humans at all (read the bottom right panel ) so that would narrow down the nature of the Chi even further.
Of course, this weakness only ever appeared once and was never mentioned again, so it seems a bit inconsistent. But I wouldn't mind it being considered one of his regular weaknesses as long as it's kept to the type described.
