Superman threads are generally boring to be honest. Hence the lack or response.
He usually either curbstomps the guy, or is matched up with someone who he has no hope against out of spite. There are only a handful of truly even match ups for him, the man in my avatar being the most even.
With or Without Sundip? Without sundip, Thanos was still crush him. Superman letting loose is only going to get him so far. Thanos doing equally the same route would put Superman down hard. An enraged Surfer only pissed Thanos off without any real affect on him. I don't see how Superman blitzing somebody with greater durability than him is going to do anything but piss Thanos off until Thanos does an omi-directional blast, followed by a telepathic assault, and energized fist pummeling a dazed Supes. This is also assuming Superman can get through the shields while avoid running his face into it like Fallen One.
jeph loeb, up until the mid 2000s, was one of the most respected writers in all of comics. He wrote Hush, Public Enemies, and of course, OWAW; three of the most well loved series for their respective characters. don't pretend that he's the same man now that he was back then.
He is the same , not a Skrull or something. But I get your point. Though, why do you think that curren't Supes > OWAW? The only Supes comics I buy (abo) are Superman, Superman/Batman and JLA. And I can't remeber him being more impressive since those OWAW (I take on multiple Imperiex probes who are as powerful as the heralds of galactus *theywillhangmeforthis* and defeat them with ease) days.
Thor with the power gem was giving Thanos a struggle. Thanos could have beaten him, but just not easily. So Thanos got restless and just shot Thor with a laser that knocked him out. So I think Thanos... those power gems r strong!
How Does Thanos have greater Durability than Superman? They seem comparable. Surfer also isn't Superman. Superman to me at least, seems physically Superior to Surfer in every way.
Thats nonesense, Surfer survived crossing dimensions... which for lack of a better word is uneasy. And surfer can survive a black hole... I don't think Superman's body can handle that............ supes cant even breathe in space: pussy.
Than Surfer? Being slapped around by Superboy Prime, slapped by the Anti-monitor, Hank Henshaw with Ten rings, flying thru Imperiex clones with all that chronal energy, being blasted thru time by an exploding Sun eaters energy, etc.