Originally posted by Phantom Zone
Yes I know.....my point is that you can't talk about Sentry's performance without somehow relating it to the Hulk because he was fighting him. 😐Or maybe I still don't get you...........
i actually think hulk's performance in that fight was fine for the most part...
Originally posted by horrorwolf
I understand your point.
I think the real problem is that Supes fans overate him to the point that the idea of someone who approximates his speed and power who fails to stop WWH causes a mental break.Sentry is a relatively young Superman type that is still learning and testing himself. His mental stability issues and other problems aside, He will become more and more powerful....and actually lacks Superman's weaknesses.
The fact that he couldn't really stop WWH who has both unlimited Strength, Endurance, as well as a monsterously dynamic HF doesn't really harm him at a character at all. If anything I think Reynolds fully lived up to his known powerset at the time. WWH is just too much....which is why most characters fear fighting Hulk in the first place. Its like fighting a constantly growing entity that keeps healing - in which all your attacks only make him stronger.
Hulks biggest weakness has and always will be to outsmart him - you trick him to calm him down.
all understandable and reasonable points...
the problem I (and alot of superman fans seem to have), is that we feel that superman is being undervalued, that he would fare far better than sentry would because of his other showings, which in all honesty tend to dwarf (in higher cases at least) alot of what the sentry has achieved in his rather short lifespan...
superman is almost unique in this sense of always wanting a fair fight... sure he recently fought grundy, and even after superman accidentally killed him, superman tried to give him CPR... we're talking about someone who literally measures every punch, every blast of hv...
then we look at OWAW. the earth gets hit bad, and imperiex sends out its probes. Superman has no problem soloing them, because its what's needed... he knows they can't be reasoned with or talked to, so he takes them apart...
i would give superman the majority against the hulk, why? because his versatility, and his almost limitless physical strength and endurance (especially nowadays). would superman get 10 out of 10? not if he tried to slug it out, which he probably would in any kind of comic at first... Superman is very quick to change fighting styles, and has a very underrated tactical mind...
is hulk stronger? at base levels, no, but i dont see why he can't surpass it... the problem is how high he has to go to surpass it... superman is considered by many to be THE preeminent physical being in DC... put simply, he's as strong as he has to be to beat the enemy he's fighting... it sounds kind of cheesy, but how many writers have used that in their stories?
and then there's everything else... there's the heat vision that can do everything from spreading far enough to reheat the earth's surface and prevent a new ice age, to performing precision brain surgery... and thats not counting the sheer offensive potential of a weapon that has one-shotted the likes of despero...
cold breath, wind-breath, a genuis intellect, well honed fighting skills...
for me, that package is too much for damn near anyone who isn't a god or close enough to one...
Originally posted by fangirl101
Like when he was trying to kill wonder woman who he thought had killed lois. Wow, do you read superman much?
you know i don't agree as far as sacrifice goes... 😛