Originally posted by Baziemarc123
Did you read the scans I posted? He's clearly shown struggling with Kalibak in that scene
You heard what I said-- Darkseid notes Superman is above both of them, but Superman made the mistake of underestimating them.
Context matters.
What Kalibak in DOTNG did to assure he'd stomp surfer in physicals?
The scans you reposted are beyond anything Surfer has ever done anywhere physically.
Surfer<<Thor, let alone Orion.
Mind you Surfer trashed his physical superior Orion in crossover, and gotten stronger later years too
A herald mindset/all out Surfer, using EP/energy strikes against an Orion fighting HTH.
Surfer never fought HTH against Orion and specifically avoided doing so, relying on EP.
Regardless, Orion explicit got more formidable later under the same writer, and subsequently fought far beyond Surfer level beings as a peer, like Darkseid and post OWAW Superman.