Originally posted by shadowknight
Please Despero during V& V was a beast taking on SM, PG, WW, Hourman,CM and treating them like a joke. Despero wins 10/10.
No TP, though.
Gog was taking on Johnny Thunder (a 5D imp), Alan Scott (wth Starheart), PG, Starman, Liberty Belle, AND Kingdom Come Superman...and Steel laid him out with punches.
The team Gog defeated:
And then:
Originally posted by abhilegend
That's one very high showing for Steel. Later nearly every showing made him look closer to power girl in strength.Heck, Mammoth knocked him out.
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As was Despero's showing; hell, even we acknowledge it, by calling him V&V Despero (i.e. that one story arc).
I mean, if Golgo renamed the thread V&V Despero vs One World Under Gog Citizen Steel, would you be happier?
Originally posted by abhilegendOr perhaps that is just a low showing for CS..?
Heck, Mammoth knocked him out.
Aside from that, his only legitimate, PIS-free loss(that I can recall) was to E2/BL Superman... Who was trans-level, easily.
Aside from dropping 3rd World Gog with a scant 2 punches, he also no-sold a punch from Herald-Gog, before casually swatting him aside--and Herald-Gog was wrecking the cumulative JSA(which included Alan Scott, KC Superman, Obsidian, Starman, PG, etc.), and no less than equal to DotNG Infinity Man.
CS also went toe-to-toe with Grundy, and was having the time of his life during the fight.
He also no-sold an all-out, no holds barred punch from PG. He was actually pissed that he couldn't even feel it.
It might be a low showing. But on average he is around Power Girl level in strength with above durability like juggernaut.
Kal-L also said that he was more of a match for PG than him. And Superman matched Kal-L just fine.
That arc is full of inconsistencies. Like Gog being the same Gog from Chuck Austen's run where Superman oneshotted him.
Meh, if we take Steel on his "Gog" toppling level, he may win here. Otherwise I don't think he is on that level.
It was a great feat, but I don't think it was better, tbh. He slapped around Flash, J'onn, Lobo, and a few other B/C-Listers(D-Listers if you count Guy 😛.)
The team Despero trounced in V&V was much more impressive, imo:
http://i.imgur.com/iDrm66k.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xn2FBai.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g7qExVk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CEvVmIA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eyLcSUB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IJ1Cnao.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2ETIP5p.jpg
I don't deny that most of Steel's showings s trength wise are PG level except the Gog feat, but lets remember that the gog feat is the only one where he removed his suit. The suit that was designed and built to restrain his strength so that he wasn't a danger to those around him. It's why he moves so slow, he literally has to bend a solid metal suit with the tensile strength of an orbital lander just to move.
The OP didnt mention suitless so the way I see it that feat shouldnt be the standard we should take.
Originally posted by beatbokswhat says that he can't rip off the suit in this fight?
I don't deny that most of Steel's showings s trength wise are PG level except the Gog feat, but lets remember that the gog feat is the only one where he removed his suit. The suit that was designed and built to restrain his strength so that he wasn't a danger to those around him. It's why he moves so slow, he literally has to bend a solid metal suit with the tensile strength of an orbital lander just to move.The OP didnt mention suitless so the way I see it that feat shouldnt be the standard we should take.
Originally posted by deathslash
what says that he can't rip off the suit in this fight?