Why do people act like he's a god and the strongest in the

>>94193812
Because plebs don't read comics, op.

>>94193812
Most people are idiots.

>>94193812
Because he's is pretty strong for a mortal

>>94193812
he's normally the one who punches the bad guy at the end of the story to show that the good guys have won

>>94193812
Because he's the strongest of the most easily accessible, down-to-earth characters.
All the strongest characters are sitting on their thrones in space, other dimensions or magic towers, so it's easy to just brush them off.
Meanwhile Supes actually shows his power all the time.

>>94193812
Because he has no actual defined limits, so some writer will come along and say he's strong enough to suck a black hole into his urethra and then his fans will bring this up to show people how cool he is because superman is just a power fantasy.

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These faggots don't actually read comics, if they did they'd realise pic related would wipe the floor with any mortal

>>94194094
Why hasn't anyone defined his limits?

>>94193812
Because in the Silver Age he was literally God

>>94194194
I think a few people tried to, but it just get lost in the clusterfuck that is cape comics.

>>94193839
This is the answer to many question.

>>94193812
How the fuck would anyone not want to follow this man into battle?

>>94193812
Because they don't realize Hulk is strongest one there is.

>>94194244
Because people who don't like Superman are mentally ill.

>>94194244
Because Nu-52 kind of made him a dick for a bit

>>94194269
Stop this meme. He wasn't a dick. He was young and not even half obnoxious as the other young heroes.

>>94194269
But then he died and /co/ missed him.

>>94193833
fpbp

>>94194194
Because hes the hero and is as strong as he needs to be to save the day.

That's what heroes do, they save the day

>>94193812
Because he is.

>>94194244
I don't know. I'd follow him straight into hell.

>>94194717
Captain Atom, Shazam, Martian Manhunter, Dr.Fate, and others are just as powerful as supes.

>>94193812
Because he is narratively. That matters more than minutae about numbers.

>>94196253
This. But some people are too obsessed with powerlevels so they can't grasp this.

>>94196196
Maybe in your head canon.

>>94196196
No, because as >>94194712 pointed out, he's as strong as the story needs him to be. Just like Batman is as smart as the story needs him to be.

>>94193812
>94193812
he is a top tier superhero. only cosmic beings are stronger than him.
there are some other heroes with comparable powerlevel but they are not so recognizable.

>>94196253
That's a bullshit answer because it completely ignores what OP is asking.

>>94196328
How does it ignore it? People act like he's the strongest because functionally he is due to the narrative.

That doesn't mean characters will call him for everything. Specialists are still in charge when it's their realm.

>>94196328
But I'm not. I'm saying that in the eyes of most readers what displays a character's strength is their role in the narrative rather than some number scale.

Superman is essentially the strongest being in the DC universe because it is his narrative role to be the victor, to save the day, always.

This >>94196286 anon is right.

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There's some people

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>>94197494
And then...

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>>94197511
There's others.

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>>94197494
Better interpretation.

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>>94194244

>>94197635
Oh yes, absolutely, but I wasn't saying that's what Batman thinks.

I'm saying there's two kinds of people.

People who think Superman sucks and who gives a shit about him.

And people who're looking at the good that's there and acknowledging it.

Because the collective cultural understanding of Superman is based on the "Faster than a Speeding Bullet..." monologue and the idea that his only weakness is kryptonite.

Most people don't read comic books, so they don't know any of the more nuanced aspects of the Superman mythos.

>>94197686
Wasn't the conflict between Batman and Superman in this more of "right" versus "necessity" when it came to superheroics?

>>94198206
>hurr durr comics dont treat him as a god

why would you say that in a thread where pages from comics havd been posted that proove you are wrong? Do you like looking like a retard?

>>94199182
He didn't say that anon. he didn't say that at all, really.

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>>94199182
The Superman of the comics is riddled with humility and humanity. Superman hasn't been consistently depicted being able to conquer literally every challenge without breaking a sweat since the 70s.

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>>94199343
There are pages upon pages of stories where Superman has to deal with the fact that he ISN'T as god-like as everyone holds him up to be.

>>94199430
More importantly, there are pages upon pages showing how he doesn't want to be one.

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>>94199454
One of my all-time favorite moments with Supes is when he tells Wonder Woman that he's not a warrior, but just a guy who wants to help out with what he's got.

>someone implies a non-God tier character could beat Superman
>REEEEEE NO HE CAN'T [insert feats of variable canonicity]! HE'S NOT WEAK TO MAGIC AND KRYPTONITE SUCKS!
>someone implies Superman is overpowered
>REEEEEE NO HE ISN'T! HE A NORMAL GUD BOI FROM KANSAS! POWERLEVELS ARE FOR FAGS!
God damnit Superfags are annoying. You can't have your boeuf Bourguignon and eat it too.

>>94199581
There's honestly two kinds of Superfags:

A.) The one's who are reactions to BatGod, who imply that nothing ever could beat Superman if he was actually trying and no one ever will.

B.) The one's with the liberal arts reading of Superman, where's he's just a goofy joe shmoe who has superpowers whose SO HUMAN YOU GUYS

Honestly, the later is more tolerable than the former because they expect more out of the character than 'him punch good'

>>94199648
>>94199581
Who's your favorite character anons? Try and be honest.

>>94193812
Most normies think the only worthwhile DC hero is Batman

>>94199648
The thing is in the material itself he's been treated as one, the other, and everything in between.
He has been portrayed as Godlike and he has been portrayed as (mostly) merely human. Pretending various portrayals don't exist be it to attack or defend Supes is retarded characterfaggotry.

>>94193812
Death battle got it in their heads that he's completely invincible and has incomprehensible strength

>Gravity formula

>>94194194
Because he's been rebooted more times than Hawkman and Wonder Woman.

>>94199573
Where's this from?

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Beside being froze, is their anyway to beat PM?

>>94199693
Why does that matter? I don't really have one and if I did it wouldn't be Batman or Goku.

I like Superman for what it's worth.

>>94194100
>Jobs to the Joker
Whatever faggot

>>94199789
Yeah. Magic.

But only if the outcome of him losing at the hands of a mage is funnier than him winning.

>>94199753
This is the ultimate truth here. Arguments about how powerful a character like Superman is, or even what his motivations are, are often pointless because he's a character with such a long a complex history - he's been in print for almost 80 years now, and he has a wealth of screen adaptions. I think that a more satisfying question to debate is how the character is best used, narratively and thematically, because then you can stop seeing it as a point of 'look here he picked up [x] amount of weight' and start thinking about the character in creative terms.

>>94199789
Throwing him into lava?

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>>94199789
Shooting him with a molecular disruptor.
Throwing him into the sun.

>>94199902
nope. he's immune to fire damage.
This is relevant since the reason Batman brought him into the League was so he'd have someone to fight Martian Manhunter if he went full Infernus. which he did and he did.

>>94199895
Yeah but most of /co/ consumes fiction on the same level an emotionally stunted 10 year old would.
What matters isn't how interesting the story is, it's how satisfying the ending for each character is.

>>94199998
If he's immune to lava the would throwing him in the sun work like >>94199916 said?

>>94200071
Because if he by any chance manages to survive being thrown in the fucking sun, he still has to manage without oxygen and the vast coldness of space and even if he does overcome THAT, he STILL has 0000.002% chance of getting back to earth.

So he's fucked either way.

>>94200108
>implying he won't turn into a fart powered spaceship and fart his way back to Earth

>>94193812
He might not be the strongest but he is among the most powerful capes ever. At least when it comes to mortals, guy is really strong.

>>94194194
Because Limits are boring, you unimaginative fuck.

>>94193812
I see the DBZfags are getting more subtle. Still butthurt over the Deathbattle?

>>94198247
I always felt that Batman was a poor fit for this role seeing as how he refuses to kill anyone. A lot of writers try to turn Batman into this apex of pragmatism over ideals, but the fact that he hasn't even killed the Joker puts a huge hole in that interpretation.

Quite the opposite. Normies think everyone can beat him. Some out of context fact on instagram can change a lot of minds. They already believe Batman, Flash, WW and MM are stronger than him

>>94200281
Limitless heroes are boring, a hero with limits is what makes a story interesting in the first place you pleb

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>>94202234
>Limitless heroes are boring
No?

>>94202259
Zzzzzz

>>94202259
Manhattan has a bunch of limitations in-story. People are dumb and think he's a god.

>>94202312
t. contrarian

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>>94202797
>Disagreeing with me means you're a contrarian
Right.

>>94193812

Because Batman is the thinking man's superhero. Batman with prep time > than anybody.