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Fleischer Studios was largely responsible for giving Superman the power of flight. Superman could only leap from place to place in the comic books at the time the Fleischers started on their cartoon series. When they saw the finished animation of Superman leaping they thought it looked silly and asked if he could just fly instead. The publishers at Action Comics agreed, and Superman acquired the power of flight in both the cartoons and the comics.
As a kid (and adult), I love(d) Superman, but have always struggled with his ability to fly as it doesn't really make sense to me. What powers it / what keeps him up there / what allows him to accelerate, etc? Hey, don't get me wrong, I just go with it and enjoy it most of the time, but once in awhile, I think about it and it bothers me.