It works perfectly as an illustration. In the former scenario, he consistently dominates. In the bizzaro switch, he completely stomps if you are honest. Judgement: Superman.
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Last edited by Blue Area Vet on Jul 31st, 2014 at 03:55 AM
Actually, that's not the answer, because this event already happened.
You may not know it, but the true answer to your question is 30 odd years gone, and was featured in Justice League of America #207, Volume 1, when Diana's Earth-3 counterpart knocked Superman out and thousands of miles away through the hull of a space station, apparently with a single punch, not taking into account that the hull breach could have been fatal to herself and some of her teammates.
Superman stayed out for the bulk of the comic this was featured in.
Contrast the language of Earth-3 Diana's knockout of Superman here to that of Sacrifice.
You'll have to try very hard not to understand this as Rucka's source material.
Again with missing context. She sucker punched him. And then got soloed by Alan Scott and Aquaman.
Not to mention, there is no comparison between Superwoman and Wonder Woman's strength level back in the day. In fact Superman made a habit of rescuing Diana in every issue back in the day.
No. I actually think it IS rucka. no way will it hold up in a debate though, as what's on panel almost always takes priority.
what was the "really" at?
In canon, in-universe stories? No, he hasn't. though we may have differing opinions of domination.
you mean wondy, right? under normal circumstances? none. she'd push him hard for each one, sure, but his longevity beats hers. then again, if he was having a really bad day...
You don't think some of her artifacts can aid in her pulling some wins? The both of them know each other strengths and weaknesses. In a forum battle, you don't think she would exploit those weaknesses?
Artist error. In that comic there were a lot of artist errors. Like at one point Superman is looking at Diana using hv and it goes past her shoulders when it was supposed to go over her head. Or HVing clouds while diana was in front of her.
I'm not saying there isn't artist error. It's STILL what's printed on the page though.
We're not nearly that meta that we always go by what a writer says over what's shown on panel. What's shown on panel is what actually happened, after all.
So, basically you're saying if there was any extra energy absorbed, it wasn't enough to make a noticeable amp? Diana not saying anything about him being stronger than normal certainly supports he wasn't noticeably stronger than normal.
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Her not mentioning it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, imo. Especially with the overwhelming "he's not holding back, he's a raging monster" theme running through the comic.
From my point of view:
Diana is fighting a raging monster that hits harder than she does, has more ranged attacks than she does, and can take more damage than she can.
She fully admits she'd trying to slow him down. Not win, but slow him down.
IMO she was holding on, but barely. He was winning. If she was winning, why kill Maxwell Lord?
So I think talking about an amp is largely redundant, when he was hitting her harder than normally anyway.
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Bluewaterrider: "I'm surprised that a Skyfather like Zeus defeated Hulk when Zeus' Top-Tier son Hercules has lost to Hulk."
