Originally posted by Juntai
I take it you haven't read the story then and are just guessing at random and/or using Wiki as usual. Not too surprising I guess. He didn't get the 'sundip' powerup by that point. When he did that, it was pretty much the end of the story.Here's a small example of Superman vs Probes.
http://img453.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sheatvisionvsimperiexprck8.jpg
This is an example of Superman after the 'sundip'.
http://img412.imageshack.us/my.php?image=actioncomics782pg13vs8.jpg
Notice the difference between the depiction?
I cant believe that you put up scans of superman beating some probes when they werent even comparable to surfer in power or durability. I could have sworn that doomsday was oneshotting numerous of probes, hell even krypto gave a probe a hard fight. Black lightning defeated a probe, wonderwoman defeated a probe (almost got killed), aquaman defeated one. The probes wasnt nothing but a decoy, wonderwomans mother also defeated two probes with ease.
Surfer without even absorbing anything from superman, or without even creating anything to defeat superman should be able to beat superman just by using his cosmic power. Surfer is frankly just to powerful for superman. Surfer has all of supermans powers plus interest.
Now I do agree, superman would give surfer trouble (due to the fact that surfer is gullible and wouldnt go all out in the beginning) but I cant see superman pulling a win against the surfer. Just look at annihilation, surfer beat two beings that was equal to galactus in powers. Before the defeat that galactus faced during annihilation, surfer was going against a being that was stated as being just as strong as galactus by himself, he lost but he gave her a challenge, (i will get the names for you later, cant remember, just woke up).
Surfer wins this hands down.