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• Truth In Television

Sure, Batman Can Breathe in Space, and as far as earth goes the only problems involve Deadly Gas and An Ice Person, but what about the midpoint, that big empty space all the Cool Planes fly around?

Well, if you're in TV land, then your only concern is the sudden lack of footing you may experience.

In reality of course, the temperature up there drops to dangerously low levels, and there isn't nearly enough oxygen to safely be able to breathe. Hell, it starts to get pretty dangerous if you climb up a big enough mountain.

In short: Being very, very high up isn't a problem just so long as you don't reach space.

Examples:

• Kung Fu Hustle, in which a Kung Fu genius is propelled up above the clouds, steps on a bird to get control of his movement and jumps straight back down.
• City of Heroes allows you to clear the city skyline in some zones, but remain unharmed by lack of breath. Possibly justified by, y'know, superpowers.
• In World of Warcraft flying up high isn't s problem, even for a Warrior Human.
• Subverted in Iron Man just before we think we'll be treated to a dogfight between Powered Armor.
  "So how did you solve the icing problem?"
• Spider-Man travels cross-country by webbing himself onto airplanes. Only in Spider-ManAndHisAmazingFriends is the chill ever mentioned, because Spidey's freezing, and Iceman finds the temperature just fine.
• The Flintstones travel across country by way of riding in a big bird. But Fred & Barney have been out on the wings and gotten chilled.
• Subverted in one episode of The Simpsons where Homer gets light-headed to the point he has hallucinations of being able to skip up the mountain (amongst other oddities) - it then reveals that he's actually sliding back down the mountain; covered in bruises and cuts.
• Averted in, of all things, the Pokémon anime. An episode dedicated to reaching high altitudes fairly accurately displayed the hazards of such things.

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