...except that the “away” is in the same horizontal direction that Superman was already travelling. He flies at Etrigan, and the punch (volleyball bump?) sends him flying diagonally over Etrigan’s head. Same horizontal direction, now with much vertical momentum.
You using the dreaded ios apostrophe. Have to quickquote you (can't quote you).
Anyway, i just looked at the scan and you are right (you were not explaining it clear enough). Basically you meant to use the word "forward" momentum. Etrigan didn't completely stop Superman's forward momentum (but he did to a significant degree). So Etrigan supplied 100% the power to send Superman to the moon in a heartbeat + the power it took to lessen Superman's forward momentum by 40% - 80%.
When you said up and "away" i thought you meant "away from Etrigan" as in swatting someone away.
lol, that’s a funny way of saying that you were arguing about the scan without looking at the scan.
I didn’t think this was a complicated point, but: if Etrigan’s uppercut redirected Superman’s flight (which the art shows - hence the blue/red/white blur up and out of the building) then Superman’s own flight speed added to him reaching the moon. Supes isn’t a baseball or a volleyball (lol), he actively generates forward momentum as he flies.
Etrigan’s punch is better, but saying it’s a simple distance comparison is wrong.
This argument doesn't prove anything.
A KO in a boxing match can be achieved by a weaker punch for many reasons.
1.Technique of the punch. https://youtu.be/ticJpFe4Ozc
2. Where the blow strikes https://youtu.be/2qhaUQbosgc
3. Accumulative damage
4. Difference in reaction of the one being hit (rolled with it as opposed to stepped into it)
5. Simple fatigue on the part of the one being punched
There are many more examples.
For example a punch into the solar plexus of an adversary can knock the wind out of them and cause a KO from a simple lack of air. https://youtu.be/zTr1ng9DWfA
Technique can alter the power behind a blow. A blow that has the torso swinging behind it has a lot more power than say an uppercut.
Etrigan sent Supes to the moon with an uppercut, so not he most powerful option. It had his strength but not his bodyweight behind it. Had he put some torso action into it it would have had several times the power as it would have come from more than JUST the upper body muscles but would have been powered by the legs and abdomen as well.
The power of a punch rarely has much to do with the amount of damage it causes. It helps yes but the damage is the combination of a lot of factors combines and power is a very small part of it
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