# Can Superman tear his own head off?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 21, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543 "2006-02-21T23:13:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543/61 "2010-02-24T00:53:29Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Batman could. Because he’s **prepared**.

Is it wrong I heard a nail gun going off as I read that?

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**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543/62 "2010-02-24T01:01:53Z")

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Fortress Maximus tore off his own head. I guess a Transformer’s strength/durability ratio is different than a human’s.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543/63 "2010-02-24T02:20:11Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> OMG does anyone realise this thread is four months old?

Oh Emm Gee, there are some threads worth zombifying!

Although, if you zombify a Superman thread, does it become a BiZâRRØ thread?

(Me am not enjoying this)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-superman-tear-his-own-head-off/345543/64 "2010-02-24T13:02:37Z")

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**Dons kryptonite gauntlets**

**kills SuperZombie**

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