In round 2 I'm kind of torn. Thanos isn't stupid. What's stopping him from simply regrouping if SBP rushes him and gets the upperhand? He can teleport interstellar distances after all. Thanos fights smart and plays for keeps. I don't see him giving SBP the opportunity to finish him off straight up even in a random encounter. He'd find a way to cheat. It's what he does. Like on the fly booby traps, leading SBP to a stellar event like a wormhole or something to buy himself time, playing mind games with SBP. He'd be calculating and ruthless. SBP never showed me that he could be cold and calculating. He was just crazy, powerful and immature. He'd be the first to make a mistake in my opinion.
Moving planets is an empty feat. Sure, it shows your strong, but planets are just large inanimate non-sentient objects that can't evade or defend themselves.
I didn't see too much from Superboy Prime that surprised me. Which leads me to my next point, what did he do that was so impressive that made everyone believe he was so uber?
He one-shotted Power Girl and Martian Manhunter? Yeah. I'm pretty sure Superman could do that.
He moved planets around? Superman has done that already.
He broke free from the Phantom Zone? Considering his status as an alternate universe anomaly, I think that his very interaction with Earth-1 at the time was defying the laws of reality and weakening them.
He ripped through the Teen Titans and JSA? Black Adam just did that in 'World War III.'
He broke free from his imprisonment of the Flashes? Total speculation as to how he did that. You can't just equate him as to being greater than the Speedforce now.
He tore through the GL corps? They were all rookies save for maybe 3-5 veterans. I think Superman could absolutely do the same thing, barring K-nite.
I just wasn't impressed. He was badass, but the danger he posed came from his insanity and brutality. Not his power. Indeed, I will go so far as to say that Superman has a better chance against Thanos then Superboy Prime for the very same reasons others have cited. He's immature and inexperienced. And if anybody needs a refresher on the types of strategems and traps Thanos is capable of employing, reread the 'Thanos Quest' and how he defeats each bearer of the Infinite Gem.
I especially agree with what you said in the end there. Supeboy was trying to kill people in the end, that's why he seemed so much stronger than Superman. He wasn't holding back, he was completely ruthless.
Thanos' cunning mind is the reason I think he beats SBP. Because in the strength, speed, durability department he is outclassed. But brains over muscles; mad titan for the win.
Superboy Prime rapestomps Thanos 11/10 on both occasions
Faster, stronger, and most of all he can FLY (Thanos has no ability to fly, I don't know why most disregard this disadvantage). He might not be as smart as Thanos, but the overall greatness is > in SBP
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You really are on a streak and a tear on this forum. No one even tries to argue with you anymore it seems.
Anyways I always thought that Thanos won and always listed Prime's inexperience as a reason why. I was never as impressed with Prime as most were on here imo. He is one of my faves but all his really impressive feats came when he had the guardian powerup.
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