Originally posted by Comics Cavalade
Dude, what are you smoking? Silver Surfer is hella fast and Thanos just knocks him out with casual blasts. I doubt Superman is more durable than Surfer. Thanos can mind rape Superman all day for fun. Then turn him into his herald or a table.
Here is a lesson for you.
Comics are inconsistent. Characters are often portrayed not using their powers to the fullest extent (or not at all). I can give many examples. That is why the forum rule is that characters must fight to the best of their ability as shown before.
Characters do things against their powers for the sake of the story. Not because they are stupid. Spiderman has dodge bullets, lasers, etc like a day job. But when the story calls for him to get hit by a slow moving enemy then he gets hit. Has nothing to do with anything but the sake of the story (to add adversity).
SS supposedly has FTL reactions, has shields, can phase, and is hella fast. There is no way in the hell Thanos can touch SS if he used his powers like shown before.
Superman is much faster than Thanos. Sure Superman might not use his full speed in the beginning in order to gauge how powerful Thanos is. But when or if Superman takes a hit then Superman will know and adjust accordingly.
Superman can beat Thanos by either
1. Comboing him to ko (eventually and not necessarily right off the bat though)
2. Just plain whipping on Thanos while dodging or avoiding his attacks.
Thanos can't mindrape Superman or SS. They both have resistance to mind attacks. Plus wouldn't that be a rare power for Thanos to use in this fight? If that is the case, then Superman could use his top speed and just combo Thanos to ko right after the bell. You can't have it both ways.