Pre-reboot or New 52? Who's more powerful?

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Pre-reboot or New 52? Who's more powerful?

As the title says, that's the burning question.

Opinions?

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New 52

52 Supes is stronger while preflashpoint Supes is overall more powerful and versatile in the use of his powers.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
52 Supes is stronger while preflashpoint Supes is overall more powerful and versatile in the use of his powers.

I happen to think youre right, and id go so far as to say Pre52 Supes is MASSIVELY more durable in particular.

Imo new 52 has more willingness to Phuck someone up. Look at how he reacted to fighting with GL at the start of the New 52. Anyways my point is It seems like even though he still holds himself back he's probably not as "Boyscout" about it now. That could very well make him more powerful overall.

DCnU Superman is undoubtedly stronger [and more durable if you extrapolate him casually handling Earth weight pressure for 5 days without sunlight]; sticking a bit on durability, his invulnerability now far more encompassing than before [while even before his inside were very durable - Manchester Black pointed to that, for one - now, even his brain tissue is capable of withstanding tesseract explosion and makes the Anti-Superman army afraid they'd get crushed if they tried expanding inside his head, not to mention Captain Comet pointing out that his telekinesis has absolutely no effect on his super-cells], more consistently shown as a genius, more decisive and aggressive; stamina, I'm not sure, given the fact that benching Earth didn't seem to be a big deal for him, so take him doing that for 5 days with only a sweat to show as you'd like; he definitely has bigger solar reserves; his eyes are now capable of 'emiting all kinds of radiation'; he gets mad respect far more often than before, both on his in-Universe stature as the most powerful hero [which isn't a surprise, since he needs to be built up as the new Universes' top gun], aswell on his abilities.

Pre-Flashpoint Superman still remains as superior in terms of speed and its uses [though the feat with DCnU Superman reading all of the medical text published, ever, is up there in ridiculousness], has shown greater power output in heat vision, has better senses [eventough DCnU Superman has a very impressive showin in the Red Hood & Outlaws issue], more skilled and experienced, and far better WTF feats [singing Darkseid out of existence and the like] in general.

So, yeah.

On this notion...

Originally posted by Philosophía
more consistently shown as a genius

...just today:

Lex Luthor, the smartest human on Earth, tells Superman his mind is second only to his own.