Thanos vs Superman

Started by darthgoober399 pages

Originally posted by Allankles
Actually you don't need specific stuff like sonic booms, after images, invisibility etc are better arstistic representations.

How many times do artist remember to include sonic booms? In Superman's case a handful of times out of tens of incidents.


Better artistic representations yes, more effectively quantified no.

Originally posted by darthgoober
Fine. How long would it take Supes to move his hand an inch away from something coming at him at over 32,000,000x lightspeed? Has he ever reacted to anything like that at all?

Actually you are missing the distance parameter. It's impossible to answer without it.

SS came from light years away right? Coming from battle distance Thanos would have less time.

But there is problems with that feat anyway.

First, Thanos hand was already moving forward thus he didn't necessarily react to SS. The narrator said that SS missed which supports that theory.

Second, the IG amped his power which amps his punching thus movement speed.

How does Superman:

-Get past Thanos' shields
-Get the "drop" on a guy who has tagged Surfer moving at FTL speeds
-Combo to ko Thanos before the Mad Titan layeths the smacketh down
-Deal with various energy manipulation/mental assaults not to mention sheer physical beatdowns Thanos can pull off.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
prove it

Prove what? That Superman is strong enough to jar Thanos or that he is quick enough to land another blow before that stun wears off?

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
How does Superman:

-Get past Thanos' shields

He pops Thanos before he gets them up. He crumbles them by constantly hitting them.

Either case he gets past them.


-Get the "drop" on a guy who has tagged Surfer moving at FTL speeds
Thanos has never tagged Surfer moving at FTL speeds. The same as Hulk tagging beings not using their top speed.

-Combo to ko Thanos before the Mad Titan layeths the smacketh down
This is easy. Thanos will be dreaming he is laying the smackdown.

-Deal with various energy manipulation/mental assaults not to mention sheer physical beatdowns Thanos can pull off.
Superman has decent mental resistance and Thanos isn't an Xavier in that category. Thanos can't touch Superman due to evasion and vibration through attacks. Superman can easily counter one of Thanos attacks (which would definitely leave Thanos open).

Originally posted by JakeTheBank
How does Superman:

-Get past Thanos' shields


Champion was doing just fine against Thanos' shields. Allow me to quote Thanos himself:

- After Champions second punch: I already feel them to buckle.

- After Champions fourth punch: The force field is crumbling.

You see ? No problem for Superman.

Superman, now he is Champion w/powergem.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Superman, now he is Champion w/powergem.
cut it out with the strawmen 😠

Originally posted by Starscream M
cut it out with the strawmen 😠

You don't know what the **** you're talking about.

Be quiet.

Originally posted by h1a8
Actually you are missing the distance parameter. It's impossible to answer without it.

SS came from light years away right? Coming from battle distance Thanos would have less time.

But there is problems with that feat anyway.

First, Thanos hand was already moving forward thus he didn't necessarily react to SS. The narrator said that SS missed which supports that theory.

Second, the IG amped his power which amps his punching thus movement speed.


I know it would have taken less time from a closer distance, but it's still a helluva feat. Thanos doesn't need to be able to react to a 32,000,000x lightspeed blitz unless Supes can pull one off. The fact that he was able to react(even at that distance) still proves that Thanos has FTL reflexes.

It was actually over a lightyear.

As I said before, the narrator's comment doesn't take away from Thanos's feat. If DD swings at Supes and Supes ducks or sidesteps the punch, "DD misses his target" would be an accurate description.

Proof that his speed was amped?

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
You don't know what the **** you're talking about.

Be quiet.

why're you so mean?

Originally posted by Starscream M
why're you so mean?

Society's fault.

Proof that his speed was amped?

Besides the fact he was the most powerful being in the universe, totally in control over time, space and reality, and his powers were going through the roof ?

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Besides the fact he was the most powerful being in the universe, totally in control over time, space and reality, and his powers were going through the roof ?

Is that why he talked about returning himself to full power before he reactivated the IG?

Originally posted by Kid Kurdy
Besides the fact he was the most powerful being in the universe, totally in control over time, space and reality, and his powers were going through the roof ?
yet resorted to ducking from an attack right?

the power gem had no way of countering him losing his gauntlet, in the issue where mephisto "allies" with thanos, he tried the same tactic as the surfer but thanos was in command of all the gems.

very different defense to the tactic.

Originally posted by darthgoober
I know it would have taken less time from a closer distance, but it's still a helluva feat. Thanos doesn't need to be able to react to a 32,000,000x lightspeed blitz unless Supes can pull one off. The fact that he was able to react(even at that distance) still proves that Thanos has FTL reflexes.

It was actually over a lightyear.

As I said before, the narrator's comment doesn't take away from Thanos's feat. If DD swings at Supes and Supes ducks or sidesteps the punch, "DD misses his target" would be an accurate description.

Proof that his speed was amped?

The space gem and the time gem wouldn't allow him to do anything like that...

Simply put, showings wielding the infinity gauntlet shouldn't be considered accurate as what would happen without.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
yet resorted to ducking from an attack right?

Wrong. He never ducked.

Originally posted by darthgoober
Is that why he talked about returning himself to full power before he reactivated the IG?
He had turned off sensory input from the gems. It was the only mentioning of a power down in the story.

Originally posted by darthgoober
Is that why he talked about returning himself to full power before he reactivated the IG?

He only cut off all sensory inputs, meaning he could be surprised. Apart from that, he had full control over the IG.

That's it. It's stated very clearly in the comics.

Originally posted by Juntai
The space gem and the time gem wouldn't allow him to do anything like that...

Simply put, showings wielding the infinity gauntlet shouldn't be considered accurate as what would happen without.


And I won't use most, but this is a case specific scenereo that applies IMO. I know that there's people who disagree with me about it being proof of Thanos's reactions, just as I know that there are people who don't take panel counting as proof of Supes's speed when flying through space, in the end it's all a matter of how you choose to view the story.