Thor vs Superman

I myself do not know for sure if Superman can become intangible or not but it looks as if he can.

Looking at the picture you can see that he moves about 6 inches to his left and 6 inches to his right. Either way he would still be in the area the fire would be occupied by. So in theory the fire would have hit him indicating that he may have been intangible.

Honestly guys does that make sense?

Originally posted by snoopdogg
If you look at the width of Supermans shoulders and the width of the firebreath I think that its safe to ASSUME Superman is vibrating through the firebreath.

Thats what it looks like to me on panel #4. Supes never leaves the path of the flame. It goes through him.

it sort of depends on how you want to look at it, guys. the 'flame' (and i assume by that you mean the light surrounding the lightning?) may be just that - light given off by the lightning. if so, you can see where he is evading the actual lightning bolts themselves. if they came at him at different times, what is shown is completely possible. he's still fast as all hell, but not intangible. as i said earlier - why'd he have to leap out of the path of the strike in panel 3 if he was intangible in all the other panels? aside from being out of character for post-c supes, it also just plain makes no sense in the comic itself.

but, as i said, that's just my opinion.

ps-do you know how silly i feel trying to LOGICALLY explain an image that was basically drawn because some artist thought it 'looked cool'?! man, i gotta take a break from this forum . . . .

I wouldnt say out of character.

Some people gave other cases where he did similar things. So either way its a powerful weapon he has at his disposal.

If Cosmic Cube is right and Thor can stop time at the blink of an eye Superman might be in trouble though.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
If Cosmic Cube is right and Thor can stop time at the blink of an eye Superman might be in trouble though.

I've discarded that argument. That was a long time ago. Thor stopping time is a bit extreme.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
I wouldnt say out of character.

Some people gave other cases where he did similar things. So either way its a powerful weapon he has at his disposal.

He hardly ever does it, but that doesn't mean it isn't a viable tactic, if he can indeed vibrate through matter. I don't think of a character using an ability in their arsenal as being "out of character," so in all fairness, I won't impose such an argument.

But, there are several unanswered questions considering Superman's ability. Was he truely vibrating through the fire attack, or was he just shrugging it off? Superman might have been simply dodging the first attack. It all depends on the reader's interpretation of the penciler.

I dont think just anybody can shrug off DDs firebreath.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
I dont think anybody can shrug off DDs firebreath.

What is it capable of? We all know that heat doesn't really affect Superman, and Doomsday was weakened at the time.

Originally posted by Cosmic Cube
What is it capable of? We all know that heat doesn't really affect Superman, and Doomsday was weakened at the time.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
I dont know how powerful it is. I just heard it is capable of some major damage.

My question is, why wouldn't Superman be able to shrug it off?

Originally posted by Cosmic Cube
What is it capable of? We all know that heat doesn't really affect Superman, and Doomsday was weakened at the time.

Originally posted by Cosmic Cube
My question is, why wouldn't Superman be able to shrug it off?

Originally posted by kgkg
heat vision from Gladiator which is deadlier than Sups heat vision.

Originally posted by kgkg
Thor has reflected heat vision from Gladiator which is deadlier than Sups heat vision.

We're talking about Doomsday's fire breath, and what it's capable of..

Superman's supposed ability to vibrate through matter is in question.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
Now why would you say that or how can you even prove it?

Originally posted by Cosmic Cube
We're talking about Doomsday's fire breath, and what it's capable of..

Superman's supposed ability to vibrate through matter is in question.

Originally posted by juggernaut74
Now why would you say that or how can you even prove it?

Superman's heat vision is around 11,000 degrees (I'm guessing it's on the Celcius scale.) I have heard that Gladiator's heat vision is hotter than the core of a star, which is considerably hotter than 11,000 degrees Celcius.

Originally posted by kgkg
His heat vision has blasted planets before; it's also said to be hotter than the hottest stars

Everyone knows the source of Supermans heat vison but what is the source of Gladiators?

Originally posted by kgkg
Vibrate? Come again

Some believe that Superman can vibrate through attacks, as he is somewhat vaugely depicted doing in Superman #175. I disagree, but a few people believe that he can.