I don't recall him saying he was giving up the Parallax power or limiting himself. Although he hadn't had his power fully replenished by Ganthet until after the fight, it's debatable whether he was also using his residual Parallax energies or not. Also, and much more importantly, the mullet haircut Superman was sporting clearly made him weaker.
It's hard to determine whether Superman was unconscious or not. The scene changed after Superman hit the ground. Hal's ring later shows John had time to take down the other heroes present and gain a hold of Wonder Woman during Kal's recovery though. If Superman wasn't koed, he was rocked pretty hard.
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Last edited by StyleTime on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Still a difference between fighting an ally you don't want to hurt and being confused of the situation and stuff, and being in a forum battle against them too.
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While some might think that seeing as you can't really flex your eyeballs, being able to prepare for the attack wouldn't have made a difference. But there is no way John would've been able to eye-laser an aware Superman. The attack might have done as much damage, but Superman has his own set of lasers.
No GL is eye-blasting Supes when he's firing his heat vision.
I don't think anyone denies it was a cheap shot that may not achieve the same goal under different circumstances. In fact, the trick is nigh useless if Superman fights back.
Still, Superman was functionally out of the battle for at least a small amount of time.
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Last edited by StyleTime on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 04:56 PM
Like we've established for the millionth time, John attacked Superman when he was unaware. You don't need to reinforce that once again.
But like I also said, if that attack landed on an aware Superman, what could he do? Kal could stop the attack from reaching him with his heat vision and speed. But this doesn't say anything about his durability, if an attack like that did strike him again, it would affect him in just the same manner. But an attack like that won't hit him again, not here.
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