Originally posted by pym-ftw
Yes I'm referring to Supermans benchpress feat vs Thor's multi planetoids/planet moon busting strikes.Sure but moving a planet 3 feet or what ever Superman's wingspan is, is significantly less not to mention he didn't physically move the planet. He benched 6.6 quadrillion tons.
I've pointed that out myself in the past, that bench-pressing the weight of the Earth like DCnU Superman did is not the same as pushing the planet out of its orbit. I mean, that isn't what you said in the post I responded to, but all right.
Frankly, I've always thought the 6.6 sextillion feat was pretty overrated. Pre-reboot Superman had much better strength feats than that. Still though, to compare to cracking open the surface of a planet like Thor one has to take into account the relative ease with which the feats were performed and the duration. Thor did his with bursts of energy while fighting for his life, whereas Superman did his over an extended period of time (I think it was five days?) and implied he could do more after doing so.
I'm not sure how much kinetic energy Superman would have been exerting while lifting that weight. I guess it would depend on how fast he lifted it. At Superman's top speed a mass lifted that quickly would result in kinetic energy that would shit on planet busting speeds. Hell, at speeds far less than his top speed it would shit on planet busting speeds. And that would just be the kinetic energy in the mass itself, not how much energy Superman's muscles produced to accomplish the feat.
I don't think we can prove how fast the weight was lifted though, nor do I know of any other way to calculate the kinetic energy (also this much math in comics is sort of gay). So quantifiably Thor's feat is probably superior (though comparing lifting feats to striking feats is tricky, but at the same time I am not too familiar with DCnU Superman). Wasn't it with Mjolnir though?