In Avengers 274, a drunken Hercules was basically mugged and beaten into a coma by the Wrecking Crew, Tiger Shark, Mr. Hyde and Goliath.
In JLA/Avengers 2, Superman, spent from fighting Thor, was surprise attacked and beaten by Iron Man, wonder Man, Hercules, she-Hulk and the Vision.
Luckily Aquaman broke things up.
The question is, if the beating had continued uninterrupted could the Avengers have inflicted equal/comparable/greater/less damage?
Yes they would have been able to put him in a coma. There were a lot of heavy hitters beating on him, and he was on his last legs after his bout with Thor.
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I agree. I dont see them doing less damage than the Masters, but not more, either.not because they dont have the power, but their morals would make them stop.
That's why he was up and fighting alongside Thor who was knocked out earlier and woke up at the same time as Superman with no damage at all?
Yeah, no. It takes a LOT more to put Superman in coma than puny gods.
If they continued to beat on Superman he would of stayed down, but him staying down would have had a lot to do with his prior fight with Thor. Without the Thor fight taking it's toll Superman would triumph.
Having not read the comic in awhile, why didnt the Masters kill Hercules?
Were they interrupted, or lack the power?
As stated above, the Avengers could kill Superman but most likely wouldnt, due to morals...
Superman didn't even bleed with that mace breaking. Hard to imagine him dying in that state. Even a blast from uber Krona didn't do much damage to him other than knocking him out in the same comic. Knocking superman out and killing him are two entirely different thing.