Originally posted by abhilegend
No, he didn't. He stabbed King Shark and that's it.Superman twoshotting King Shark isn't that impressive for King Shark. And Superman classified is Byrne Superman who was a lot weaker than usual and even then oneshotted King Shark.
He didn't struggle. He defeated Orm casually after getting out of his chokehold.
Not with strength, he wasn't. You don't hold back your strength to the point you look weaker than someone else.
Never did.
I'd like to see where he stated he was holding his strength.
He wasn't a threat to Superboy ever since he was upgraded in Teen Titans by Geoff.
Aquaman wasn't shown taking any attack from Despero. Superboy has already fought Despero and did far better than Aquaman.
And that was a weaker Superboy who was already stronger than Aquaman.
No, it is not.
That was a plot point in early Superboy comics. And it is not him being amped.
Read Superboy 6 and come back. Its a whole issue of fight so can't post it here.
Bottom line, even early Superboy was stronger than Aquaman and since then he has been upgraded and far stronger than Aquaman.
Deal with it.
You have a tendency to change stuff in comics to fit it how you like.
How is Despero fighting three different characters and Superboy happening to be one of them comparable to Aquaman fighting Despero one on one and forcing Despero to resort to Telepathy.. something suggested would of been done if Despero couldn't physically overwhelm him..
King Shark didn't get oneshotted by Superman in Confidential. Superman started the fight with a punch which didn't even knock out Nanue and then later after Nanue was making him scream Supes tossed him. That's not being oneshotted.. yet comic instances change when you decide to word them..
Superman showed signs of struggling against Orm.. Orm was choking him which had Supes looking like he was struggling and Orm took a punch from him as well. Noone lost the fight though.. Superman tried to convert Orm to Boy scoutism Orm wasn't interested and left.
Holding back means Holding Back..
Superman knows what's going on when he ask Aquaman to hold back Superboy
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