"pre Crisis Suberboy was weaker than Mon el Mon el was a very slight bit higher than Superman, not much"
Yes Pre Crisis Superboy was slighty weaker than Mon-el. So was Superman. Nothing new here.
"The Great Darkness is generally considered the best, which is why its still in print. Unless like me your lucky enough to have the original issues and the trade."
Its a story like any other, doesnt interest me. If it does to you, kudos.
"I remeber Orion and the new gods generally as being much weaker in comparision Pre Crisis, with the exceptions of Highfather and
Darkseid. "
Now whos making things up? "much weaker?". Check all the fights between Orion and Darkseid. Youll find out Dark never won - all - of them. Orion was one of the strongest.
"Superboy pre crisis was created by the time trapper, he was a clone if you will, his powers were not as great as pre crisis Superman."
Nice but you only found that post crisis. He wasent a clone, he was someone that existed in two different timelines. Its like someone separating you in two different places. Its still you and not a clone. He was at least equal if not stronger.
Featwise they wer the same. Planet movers.
Did pre crisis Superman (not superboy) ever fought validus or another being that looked like a huge Hulk flaming Torch?