Originally posted by BentleyBoth.
That was the part you were objecting? I kind of wanted to know if it was the Surfer part or the Gladiator part, maybe both?
Sinestro doesn't have Cosmic Awareness, vast energy manipulation capabilities or vast matter manipulation capabilities. Sinestro's basically a controlled but vicious, arguably more powerful, construct-only focused Quasar.
And Superman knock-off, Gladiator might be. And it's true that while Superman knock-offs are intended to be peers, they're generally poor reflections of the Big S. But among those Superman knock-offs, Gladiator's got the most quantifiable and consistent feats that actually legitimizes him being a physical peer. He's a "weaker" Superman, arguably. But when I think "weak" Superman, I think of Conner Kent.
And I'd give a "weaker" Superman the majority over Sinestro. Sinestro's no Guy Gardner. uhuh