12 Superheroes Ranked By Science (From Lame To Awesome)

7. Silver Surfer

Next up we have the Silver Surfer who, according to the scientists' calculations, has two powerful abilities, which isn't exactly mind blowing, but no weaknesses.

One aspect that is focussed on in the paper on the Surfer, is the amount of power that would be required to knock Doctor Doom off his feet and sailing 30 metres through the air. Contrary to what action movies would have you believe, throwing a body any distance takes a massive amount of power, and the students calculate that he would need to generate a shockwave with a force of at least 214.5 N.

However, considering the Surfer is supposedly capable of travelling faster than the speed of light, it seems as though the students might have focussed on the wrong area here. Considering it would take infinite energy to approach the speed of light, slamming Doctor Doom back a few feet would be no more effort than breathing.

Read more:

Vol 4 (2015), JIST, Knocking Dr Doom off his feet The energy and force behind the Silver Surfers attack