Why CAN'T Superman beat Thanos??

Any of the above could beat Thanos under the right circumstances, especially Strange. However, part of Thanos's schtick is that he's always two steps ahead of his enemies. He makes it his business to not be in the circumstances where somebody like Supes could just pummel him 'til he drops. (Not that that would stop him permanently. You cant beat an Eternal to death.) The only ones on the list who could really finish Thanos would be Surfer or Strange. Strange isn't usually brutal and ruthless enough. Surfer isn't usually smart enough. Versus any brawler, Big T will eventually outlast him. No amount of physical punishment is going to finish Thanos, Mentor, or any of the Eternals of Earth. The only ones we've seen taken down have been at the hands of Immortus and the Celestials. Think about that.

Originally posted by Femi32
I don't think anybody mentioned Starfox flying around Thanos and dodging Thanos's punchs before eventually getting knocked out by Thanos.

There was also that time where he didn't notice Surfer was trying to speed blitz the IG from his hand and Thanos didn't notice it until SS missed.

Thanos's reaction times are overrated.

he noticed surfer commin at him, cause on the scan u can see the surfer reflected on his eye.

I wouldn't call that a bad showing considering just how fast Surfer was travelling and how far he travelled from.....and then still failed 😈

Thanos even commented on why he was playing around and almost lost the IG to SS. He didn't notice SS until he passed him. He then willed himself to full power so something like that wouldn't happen again.

Thanos did notice Surfer when he was going for the Gauntlet, you see a panel showing Thanos' eye with a silver glow in it which is when Thanos notices Surfer, and he watches him pass, and when you consider how fast Surfer was going at that point his reactions have got to be pretty good (Warlock even says he knew that tactic wouldn't work).

In his most recent fight Thanos fought Fallen One who is a herald and at one point FO flies towards Thanos and you see the stars streaking indicating the speed but Thanos just casually puts up a shield and smiles at him, you can't speed blitz the guy.

Cool, the image was actually in the Thanos respect thread:
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6793/fallen44os.jpg

Originally posted by Wally West
Thanos did notice Surfer when he was going for the Gauntlet, you see a panel showing Thanos' eye with a silver glow in it which is when Thanos notices Surfer, and he watches him pass, and when you consider how fast Surfer was going at that point his reactions have got to be pretty good (Warlock even says he knew that tactic wouldn't work).

In his most recent fight Thanos fought Fallen One who is a herald and at one point FO flies towards Thanos and you see the stars streaking indicating the speed but Thanos just casually puts up a shield and smiles at him, you can't speed blitz the guy.

Cool, the image was actually in the Thanos respect thread:
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6793/fallen44os.jpg

Dodging Surfer's grab attempt is a suspect feat considering he's wearing the Gauntlet. He's speed could have been amped by either the Power Gem, Reality Gem or both.

Well at the time he was only using the power gem, it might have been but I can't remember that ever being used to amp up speed and reaction times (it probably could, but theres no indication Thanos was using it for such, he was fighting quite fairly). He was also not fighting at his best, he was giving Earth's heroes a chance so he could impress Death with his courage. When Surfer misses the Gauntlet, he decides to stop messing around.

He turned off the sensory abilities of the gauntlet. Basically, he shutdown his omniscience but still had omnipotence. He comments on it to Mephisto when he says that Earth's heroes now have a .005% chance of victory, putting himself in enough "danger" so that his victory would impress Mistress Death.

How come nobody likes to show the next scan?

i dont see supes ever hurting thanos, ever.

I think SS could beat Thanos if he is writin well his got more feat, everytime those 2 tango Thanos always had the advantage and given his resourcefullness thats all itll take.

thanos is to powerful. remember when ss got knocked out in one shot by odin, but odin couldnt put thanos down.

is this thread a joke?

Indeed it is.

Originally posted by Validus
Dodging Surfer's grab attempt is a suspect feat considering he's wearing the Gauntlet. He's speed could have been amped by either the Power Gem, Reality Gem or both.

But then how do you explain him being able to activate his shield in time for fallen one to hit them (Like a bug on a windshield....😆 )

Originally posted by Validus
He turned off the sensory abilities of the gauntlet. Basically, he shutdown his omniscience but still had omnipotence. He comments on it to Mephisto when he says that Earth's heroes now have a .005% chance of victory, putting himself in enough "danger" so that his victory would impress Mistress Death.

lol...most people do. supes gets curbstomped.

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supes loses in every way to thanos. cept mayby speed.