Yeah, I believe he's quite stronger than 6 tons. I remember seeing Steel help Superman a few times in carrying some very heavy objects(One of them was the circular shape fortress of solitude). Superman had one side of the object, with steel carrying the other side while they both flew with it. He's much stronger than that, it just not referred to really in the comics, since the focus is always more on his genius intellect than physical attributes.
Originally posted by jasofisc
Steel beat the crap out of the eratcator (last son of kypton). I know eratcator said that he could kill steel at anytime but the guy has a god complex. The fact of the matter is that the last son of kypton ran away like a little girl. Steel has a lot more of a chance then people think.
I'm a fan of Steel, but Wonderman will beat him most of the time.
Steel also didn't beat the crap out of th Eradicator, unless you count a guilt trip and and someone not fighting back a battle. When Erads was actually pissed off A WARNING shot alone which didn't even hit Steel nearly took him out.
I got the comic right here and at lest for a couple panels eratcator is hiting steel with some pretty powerfull energy shots, they seem more powerfull then the warning shot. and again that's just eratcator's ego talking. Also he couldn't fight back because a big black man in powerfull armor was beating the living crap out of him, which is what will happen in this fight. Furthermore steel grabed eratcator's hands when he was blasting him and then procecced to beat the living day lights out of him.