Originally posted by h1a8
Superman being tagged by comparable characters with speed is ok. But in comics, characters forget their powers for the sake of the plot. We all know how phucking fast Superman is and how phenomenal his reflexes are. So why pretend he doesn't have that ability under the FULL CAPACITY rule? The reason the rule was put there because it is a known fact that characters don't always fight with full capacity in comics (surfer for example).
Thanos falls into this category too. I'm not sure why he just doesn't behead characters like Thor and Surfer early in their battles and be done with them. Oh, like you said, to push the story onwards.
I have to ask. Do you think Superman could beat Odin or Tyrant? I'm just curious and I think I already have my answer.
Surfer jobs and loses his speed against Thanos in order for Thanos to be able to hit him. Tagging Surfer when Surfer is not using his ftl speed doesn't prove that Thanos can even tag CA.
Oh so we just ignore the history in comics? Thanos tags characters like Surfer due to the fact that they get close to him because believe it or not, they want to win too and long range battles don't cut it with him.
The Max Lord thing took years to achieve since Superman is highly resistant against tp. Thanos doesn't have years of prep in this fight.
He might not need years. Max Lord is no Thanos I'll give you the TP though.
No character Thanos has swat away is comparable to Superman in strength. Super man's feats shit hard on theirs. Also swatting a character away doesn't prove anything since each character weighs less than a ton. Hell, weakers have knocked strongers through a loop plenty of times in comics.
Swatting away was a figure of speech. I should have said pummeling or beating the crap out of somebody. Sorry I wasn't technical enough.
Again, Superman will move more than 5 ft before than Thanos moves 6inches.
Superman had freeze breath and can slow Thanos down even further.
Sorry, if I don't see his freeze breath doing much, but maybe it would. In your world Superman would hit and run really fast as Thanos stood there helplessly until he falls victim to the punishment. Do I have this right? I see it as Superman eventually being grabbed and then his arms or neck would be broken in a matter of moments. That's the more realistic outcome.
Sometimes ABC logic does work and this is one of those times.