Like many posters in this thread mentioned before, He seems as powerful as he needs to be( I mean, Sure, most characters are as powerful as the writers need them to be, But in superman case that concept is particularly noticeable)
But if you asking me must put him into a particular tier, I will put him to Skyfather since during recent years he has performed many high end showings
My opinion is that Superman's 'average' nowadays would be trans, but he can(and very often does) step it up to whatever level is needed in order to stop a given threat... Even if that threat is an upper-end cosmic being.
For that reason it is very difficult to limit/confine him to a particular tier, because he literally is as powerful as he needs to be... Moreso than any other comic book character I can think of.
The answer of this question is obvious -- at this point in time, when the chips are down, there's a scarcity of cosmic beings that Superman would beat where everybody wouldn't be "eh, not surprised". Stories have actual plot points of "Superman is the greatest defender of the megaverse upon which literally everything revolves" as Manhattan types are waiting to see if they die when Superman punches them, or more generic superhero stories where they tease how much Superman holds back, only to briefly accelerate and solo two amped super-heroes [Supergirl/Shazam] in one fell swoop
Herald. ALL heros are as powerful as they need to be. Superman is nothing special. It's done ALL the time from Antman to Zeus. What fun or exciting reading that would come from a hero that beats a foe that's just as powerful? What excitement is there if a hero defeat a foe and the hero is a LOT more powerful?? Or could it be that writers LET heros defeat foes that are a LOT more powerful than the hero or heros? Take a guess which one writers useðŸ‘
Originally posted by -Pr-
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Are you saying that his solo titles since Rebirth back up the theory that he's weak? If so, under what writer? The likes of Bendis and Tomasi have been wanking him harder than Lois Lane ever could.
Originally posted by Damborgson
15 years ago you got mocked for that? I would have expected that to be a totally agreed opinion back then. Weird...He thankfully has many many defeats to balance his highs. That also comes with the territory of having so many appearances of course.
People get mocked on this site repeatedly anytime they don't absolutely agree with everybody on how awesome Superman is. That has been going on here every single day for as long as I have been here.