Superman vs Mangog

Originally posted by Juntai
True, that might make a difference, but we're given multiple comparisons by the author- comparison to 50x supernova, and comparison to a nebula. I doubt it's an baby one.
Coincidentally, there is nebulas 50 times the size of a supernova, and bigger.

There is just no way for Pa Kent to be able to differ between explosions larger than an atomic explosion. So he might as well have claimed that it was large enough to span a galaxy. The man is an old coot without any kind of logically conceivable way of determining the size. The entire story is narrated from his memory.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
There is just no way for Pa Kent to be able to differ between explosions larger than an atomic explosion. So he might as well have claimed that it was large enough to span a galaxy. The man is an old coot without any kind of logically conceivable way of determining the size. The entire story is narrated from his memory.

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Originally posted by Juntai
You're right, clearly it was intended to be the size of a firecracker a local park lets off on the 4th, even though the author gave us two distinct aligning comparisons in the story.

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Ah, so you retreat into sarcasm then?

Because you simply have -no- way of proving that Pa Kent could accurately determine the size of that explosion. It's even worse than Spider-man's comment that Sentry was numbaaaa 1. The only thing one can possibly say for sure was that it was a big explosion.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Ah, so you retreat into sarcasm then?

Because you simply have -no- way of proving that Pa Kent could accurately determine the size of that explosion. It's even worse than Spider-man's comment that Sentry was numbaaaa 1. The only thing one can possibly say for sure was that it was a big explosion.

Johns throws into the story two means of comparisons, but intended neither to be true?

Come on, Kris. You're heavily reaching here.

Originally posted by batdude123
Yep. Johns threw out two means of comparisons in the story, but he intended for neither of them to be true.

Logic in its purest form.

Writer's intent doesn't always go well with what portrayed in the comics.

Just like the more recent incident of Flash saving a gazillion people.

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Writer's intent doesn't always go well with what portrayed in the comics.

Just like the more recent incident of Flash saving a gazillion people.

Was there something contradictory in this story, like in that one . .?

pa kent with da uber farmer's almanac math skillz.

Mangog

Originally posted by psycho gundam
pa kent with da uber farmer's almanac math skillz.

haha

I don't think there's much reason to doubt Pa Kent's words. I always took his words to be after-the-fact narration and Superman himself told him the magnitude of the explosion.

Originally posted by Juntai
Remember, just a short time ago, Superman survived roughly 700 lightyear explosion of a sun eater, after having his power sapped away. And not only wasn't knocked out, but flew away mostly unharmed.

Originally posted by OneDumbG0
I don't think there's much reason to doubt Pa Kent's words. I always took his words to be after-the-fact narration and Superman himself told him the magnitude of the explosion.Pretty sure he was riding out the concussion wave of the supernova and never bore the brunt of it. Indeed, had he, he would have been incinerated by the wave of entropy. It was exactly why his Pa had to save him.

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^ Led Zep ftw.

Also, if that smiley is styled after Family Guy. That is ftw.

good to see ya posting again

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Superman

Originally posted by manx422
Superman

Mangog plays Supes one on one in basketball and fly swats him into orbit

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For those who don't know Guy222, I am a Supes fan...He loses this fight

I don't see Mangog as stronger than Supes.

Superman at his best seems a lot lot stronger and just as durable. Mangog overpowering Thor "a little" doesn't butter my muffin since I don't regard Thor anywhere near the physical equal to Superman. The only thing that gives Mangog any consideration in beating Superman is his durability.

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Originally posted by h1a8
I don't see Mangog as stronger than Supes.

Superman at his best seems a lot lot stronger and just as durable. Mangog overpowering Thor "a little" doesn't butter my muffin since I don't regard Thor anywhere near the physical equal to Superman. The only thing that gives Mangog any consideration in beating Superman is his durability.