Originally posted by abhilegend
Shazam is a peer of Superman in new 52 in strength. The fight happened in Justice League 22.
Okay, all I am see is some punches and physical blows being exchanged between them. Nothing esoteric like soul manipulation.
He didn't beat it outright. But seeing how he was massively weakened by kryptonite and fought him for an issue straight up, it shows how powerful he is.
I'm seeing Superman getting transmuted and shape-shifted by it, and getting beaten like a rag doll until he and a bunch of other people say their name backwards in order to banish it.
That imp was converging every timeline in the multiverse into one and was fighting Superman across all timelines simultaneously. He also had the power to destroy creation. Mxy pulled a whole universe out of his hat. So pretty powerful I say.
Which would be relevant if Superman actually defeated this 5-D imp instead of just banishing it like usual. Or, if Superman displayed an actual immunity to being transmutated into other creatures or into a child. Nothing in these scans show any actual resistance to a 5-D imp's powers.
Not a good showing, but not a bad showing. The writer had to use two of superman's weaknesses to neutralize Superman. Preboot Superman has much worse magic showings when he appeared in Batman's comics.
No, Superman was just dealing with his suspectably to magic at first until after fighting the demon--when it had gotten the upper hand--it started to try eating Superman's soul. Just like it did with one of the kids who summoned it.
The demon was not trying to eat Superman's soul since the moment he entered the building. It was trying to eat Superman's soul once it got the upper hand in their fight.
That was idiotic. But all it showed that Superman is particularly susceptible to magical draining and that's why the nausea. How else would Batman look better than Superman?
Maybe because Batman does not have a demonstrated weakness in regards to magic like Superman does. Also, Superman himself even specifies in Batman v2 #20 that "every time I touch it there's a shudder of pain. My body's rejecting the magic."
Being in the same building as it made Superman nauseous. It's touching it that made him feel actual pain. Neither of these are result of the demon trying to absorb Superman's soul. It's a result of Superman being close to it.
We see when the demon is trying to suck out Superman's soul. It's here: http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/20043889/Batman_2011-_020-026.jpg.html
When Batman saves him before the demon succeeds in devouring it. It's considerably different.
