The issue of super strength

[Morrus]

The rational for Superman lifiting large items and them not breaking is his tactile telekinesis and EM field. Like modern Superboy, Superman has some sort of teleknietic ability when lifting objects that make them lighter when he is flying. It also holds the objects together when he lifts them. It is related to the forfeidl that surrounds his body and protects him. This field is also why his clothes seldom are destroyed.

That force field excuse (and that is how I view it, despite that fact that DC came up with it!) raises so many issues, both biological and practical.

 

[Villano]

Once you start dealing with superheroes, some suspension of disbelief is necessary.

However, I have always wondered how he gets his costume under that impenetrable force field to begin with.

 

[Mal Malenkirk]

Tactile telekinesis? What more can I say.

 

[Morrus]

Once you start dealing with superheroes, some suspension of disbelief is necessary.

True - but you also need internal logic and consistency. The superhero genre can set whatever wacky rules it likes, but it should then stick to those rules - and those rules have to make sense in the context they're found.