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Just seen this and though im tempted to respond in kind I'll be civil.
There has NEVER EVER been a suitable replacement for Clark. Just look at his rogues...Braniac, Darkseid, Luthor, Doomsday...wayyy above the likes of Captain Nazi and Bladam. Billy doesnt have the mindset or resolve, the leadership, nor does he set the inspirational example that Supes does. Problem is he's more than just super strength. He's also intelligent and is THE big guns out of a planet full of big guns. True Billy gets that lip service. But that's all it is...talk. Your thinking is too linear. Sure Hal and Diana can throw down..but leading? Inspiring? Nay. Batmans gonna follow a ten yr old with the wisdom of Solomon? Good luck. Orions gonna cede to the Big Cheese? Hardly. Hal cant even properly lead the corps and theyre space cops. And lol @ Diana...no comment
Your argument is that the characters didn't fight smart. Doomsday unfettered is a force of nature. Quips, constructs and lassos aren putting him down.
You can respond however you like, i dont give a shit.
And again you're droning on about replacing Supes in the abstract.
With him gone someone else becomes #1. Its unlikely that person'll match him power wise, so things will work differently from that point on.
No one else is having a problem understanding whatvthe OP's actually asking, so, i'm not gonna try and learn you no mo'.
Better luck to you understanding the next thread.
Wait so you're of the opinion that if Supes actually gets killed off then the next time someone like DD appears DC's going to write the story's ending as "then he slaughters the entire planet and proceeds to wreck the universe" and that's just going to be the end of all DC comics forever?
Sorry but I have to disagree, especially in regards to this thread. These aren't real beings that exist with levels of power and free will that transcends the desires of DC comics after all. All that's required for a character to defeat DOS DD is for a writer to put it in the script, and there's no reason they couldn't swap out characters change the name of that arc to "The Death of Captain Marvel". The writers aren't bound by battle boarders hang up on established feats. Regardless of who did it, SOMEONE was going to kill DD in that arc so there's no real reason the writers couldn't have settled on Captain Marvel being the one who ended the fight in a double knockout after he kicked everyone else's ass.
Now in regards to this thread, it's simply asking who's considered #1 if Supes gets taken out of the picture. Not "who's got already got on panel feats equal to Supes", just "who becomes top dog if they kill off Supes".
What Sin has said. There's not a replacement. None of these "big guns"are as powerful as Superman (and, depending on his mindset, they aren't even close to him) nor as inspirational.
Of course they probably don't write that story, but that is generally what would happen according to the story.
Without Superman Doomsday rampages and kills everyone.
Without Superman a handful of probes take down Earth in OWAW.
Without Superman, the rest of them could barely slow down Black Adam.
Superman took a year off in 52 and it led to both WW3, and Final Crisis.
lol.
Without Superman due to falling to Doomsday and his body being stolen to be used as a battery for Eradicator, Mongol and Cyborg Superman destroy Coast City[who weren't beaten until his return], which causes Zero Hour.
Without Superman, it is very consistent that the universe is ****ed.
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Last edited by Juntai on Oct 19th, 2016 at 10:24 PM
Not sure I'd agree. Wonder Woman is neck and neck with Superman in sales. And Supergirl outsold both Superman and Wonder Woman the last two months, granted those were number 1s(which did about as well as SM/WW's recent #1s). Having a popular tv show keeps her on the tip of people's tongues.
Plus, we're talking about a world without Superman here. Some of his former readers would follow Kara/WW(or both), if they weren't already. I don't think there'd be as much conflict as you're thinking.
And to all the "World ends without Superman folks", c'mon. You think DC would just have everyone die and fold their company? Yeah, his role, currently is as the top dog. Were he removed, they'd push someone else. They'd literally have to.
Last edited by StyleTime on Oct 19th, 2016 at 10:42 PM
That's what happens according to PAST stories, but as you admit that's not the story they're going to write if they kill him off. If he's gone, the world will be killed EXCEPT that Captain Marvel(or someone else) is there to stop it when no one else can. He was the "go to guy" because he was available and their flagship character, but this thread is based on the premise that he's NOT available anymore. The question for this thread is simply "Who's now #1 to handle the big threats once Supes is gone?".
Think of it like this, quanchi inherits several billion dollars and buys DC comics. He decides to leave all the editors and writers in place and let everyone do their current jobs as is except for one thing... he calls a meeting and tells the people "You're permanently killing of Superman next month. You can keep the rest of the Supes family if you want and pick whatever new flagship character you choose, but Clark Kent/Superman is never going to appear in another DC comic once we kill him off."....
...now who becomes DC's top guy to save the universe when everyone else fails?
WW(or Kara) can do a good job of matching up with any ONE Supes book, but Supes pushes a lot more titles than just his own. Their total just doesn't stack up to his total.
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