In superhero comics, people can literally get away with anything, as long as they can think of it and find somebody who can draw it.
One look at Superman, and you know what’s in front of you is the fictional embodiment of a myriad of American myths of values and formation.
Stan Lee was the master of that he rarely gets credit for was to make people believe in some of the most absurd premises in the history of popular entertainment without raising an eyebrow.