Originally posted by keiththegreat
The Hulk was at the maddest he'd ever been to that point and he was shaking the eastern seaboard of one continent of a planet. Superman ALWAYS holds back. He was basically the equivalent of lifting the Earth over his head over and over for 5 days while weakened, and there was barely any strain on his face at all.
This is getting a bit out of hand. From the scans i saw Superman wasnt weakened. There was the suggestion that he might be getting tired because he had been out of direct sunlight for 5 days. Superman himself didnt notice this and when he went to the sun later he couldnt be sure whether this theory was true or not so the idea that he was noticably diminished from his normal operating levels seems hard to support.
Secondly there was obvious strain in his voice:
"Thats....it? Thats...all...you've...got?"
And from that first image i would say there was strain on his face as well. And to top it off on the next page the Dr in fact outright states that he was straining when she suggested it might have been because he had been out of the sun for so long.
"You might have been straining only because - "
Its an awesome strength feat and an even more awesome endurance feat but its not like he was casually doing it with a smile on his face, one-handed, laughing and joking etc.