Often times comic books go over the top with Superman, but what if we limited his abilities to 10,000 times the normal strength of a human being and his other abilities are limited by 10,000 as well. What sort of abilities would this imply?
Superman is as strong as 10,000 men. So if a normal man can lift 100 pounds, Superman can lift 1,000,000 pounds or about 500 tons, is that super enough?
Superman is fast, since he can run with 10,000 times the energy of a normal human, that means he can run or fly 100 times as fast, which would be around 1,000 miles per hour.
He has the ability to seen through material less dense than lead., he can see a human sized object 10,000 times as far away as a human could, he can hear things 10,000 times as faint as a human could, he has laser eyes that can set things on fire and freeze breath.
So working within these limits and staying within them, how would a Superman comic book or movie be different, how do we generate suspense?