actually we don't know the nature of that bullet. So we can't say that her bracers are weaker. The bullet could be something they could penetrate anything in the universe.
Would be cool if there was a limit to how much they can deflect. As in lets suppose she tanks a godblast. The attack is nullified, her main defense is destroyed but since she is without her bracers she gets that amp of her's for a can of whoop ass.
There is nothing about him being amped physically in that issue. The Doomsday-like cosmetic changes are just a magical manifestation of his new bestial personal and unleashed rage. When Diana remarks on his strength, she isn't surprised by him being stronger than normal. She says she forgot how strong he was.
Any help by Swan is more than compensated for by Superman fighting like a mindless beast--something Diana clearly capitalizes on to survive. Nothing in that fight suggests Diana would win, or even draw, a fair fight with a smart Superman. This isn't evidence for Diana being equal to Clark in a fight.
Sacrfice, however, is. Though what I find weird about that fight is how much ambiguity it introduced. I spoke to Rucca directly on a rather obscure message board (might have been his website or blog) just a short time before that fight came out. Rucca was very straightforward in his opinion that Superman is more powerful than Diana, and overall more formidable in most kinds of situations (fighting robots, big groups with varied power sets, space armadas, etc.). But he thought that her martial skills and equipment were very effective in 1 on 1, primarily physical fights, between humanoid opponents--situations that martial arts are ideal for. Thus he felt Diana had a slight edge n a straight 1 on 1 fight versus Superman. I naturally tend to interpret the fight in Sacrifice in light of those comments--and give him the benefit of the doubt. But I find it curious why in the end he didn't write a fight that gave Diana an unambiguous victory. Having her pass out for a bit, and having Superman think she was Doomsday (who doesn't have weapons or fight like she does) introduces ambiguity. So why he didn't give her a totally clean win evades me. Maybe editorial got involved?
He wasn't amped in any way or form strength wise. He would've killed her in two more double handed strikes on her bracers. That's a huge strength difference.
Superman calling wonder woman second in line isn't such a compliment. He has flat out said that Cap is his equal under the same writer Joe Kelly just 7 issues later.
If rucka thought Wonder Woman had an edge against superman in h2h, he didn't show it in the comics. Superman oneshotted her, broke her arm like a twig and all she did was knock him down using his weak points and ran away.
Even Sacrifice isn't a wonder woman win. All she did was blindside a superman who didn't know anything about his enemy having a magical tiara and immediately break the mental control. Batman did this on watchtower too, was it a win for batman? Superman was speaking through slit throat FFS, it wasn't that much of a hindrance.
J'onn has flat out beaten Wonder Woman in JLA Classified 46 and was swinging her unconscious body like a bat on superman.
Your stance was just as laughable years ago as it is now. Diana is second to superman at her best and in her own comic. At his best he is a different beast altogether.
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