It was an amped superman and he was beating supermans ass....superman put all of his strength in a punch to DD's jaw and it accomplished about absolutely nothing.
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Yet he did...and easily.
No? What book were you reading? He was absolutely stomping him. Superman had to play it smart, flying up in the air and hitting him from long range because he knew he'd get his shit wrecked if he grappled with him like he did in DOS. And then he got his shit wrecked anyway when DD slammed him into the planet's power systems and unleashed a million nukes worth of power on him, which flash-KO'd Superman and had him a complete mess, yet didn't phase DD in the least, who proceeded to pick Supes up and slap his nearly-unconscious body around some more.
I know how the fight went. I use it here as evidence (the million nuclear blast part in particular as a tremendous durability feat for both DD and Supes) But in the end DD didn't beat Superman. Technically Supes won.
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Okay, let's amend this: If Superman hadn't had a plot device BFR instrument that isn't part of his normal powerset he would have been killed again. And this is with MB amping and giving him weapons and healing him, etc.
Supes would've been effed over using his standard powerset. Hell, even the way he beat him reeked of PIS. Slipping it on one of DD's bones with DD just standing there while he activates the MB? Please.
Supes got wrecked and would have lost in a typical scenario to H/P DD...who unbeknownst to the vast majority of fans everywhere, was the real Main Man in disguise, Lobo.
I wrote Jurgens a letter and he confirmed this. Just trust me.
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How? H/P DD and Thor would never hit Gladiator. He's too fast. He's kept up with skrull ships traveling through hyperspace under his own power and gone 100x lightspeed without a problem. Plus the time dilation feat...