She is a Goddess!!!, The power of the sun herself!!!
She as the ability to manipulate superman's thoughts at will.
Superman cannot defeat her because she is a million times better than him in Strength, Intelect, Speed, Agility, and EVERYTHING!!!
Even though the sun provides energy to superman, the power she possesses is controlled by her and definitely will not supply Superman with energy!!!
Pheonix also has some of the abilities that Professor Xavier has and can probably kill people by just thinking of them. Phoenix DOMINATES superman because he can die in less than a minute as Phoenix thinks about his death.
It's pointless, this...of course Phoenix wins, but the fight will never happen.
Wasn't there a pre-crisis Supes vs. Phoenix thread? Maybe Clark's mastery of writer improbabilities then would give a better chance.
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"I'm not smart so much as I am not dumb." - Harlan Ellison
Ditto. I'll break it down for those who don't know.
1 Monthly title = Alright, can still be beaten
2 Monthly titles = Toughguy. Can be beaten, but it's difficult.
3 Monthly titles = Bada$$. Now you're getting serious man. You kick most @$$es w/little effort.
4 Monthly titles = OH S**T!!! Can't nobody f**k w/you now son! You unstoppable son. Unbeatable! How can you possibly lose? You got 4 Monthly titles! You beat Muthaf**kas up in ya sleep son! You dat damn tuff!!
Silver Surfer? Thanos? Phoenix? Galactus? What part of FOUR MONTHLY TITLES don't you understand? He'd kick all of their a$$es @ the same time!!!!!!!
Just kidding. Phoenix kills people like Supes every day before breakfast