# If Superman was prepared... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720 "2007-06-20T15:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/41 "2007-06-22T11:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Lochdale] If you want to go into the MU, and stick to the conventional, non-Galactus superhero types then the easy winner is the Silver Surfer. Whatever about a Thor/Superman fight, the Surfer would beat Superman in a brutally one-sided curbstomp. Now if Superman were prepared and used his super-intellect (does he still have that?) then who knows. [/QUOTE] He has the super-intellect again. HE didn’t have after the Byrne reboot, but each time he’s lost his powers and regained them since then–three times that I recall–he’s come back more powerful. After this last de- and re-powering, he got the super-duper brain again. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/42 "2007-06-22T14:07:20Z")
In MU, Thor, or Silver Surfer wins hands down. Of course in MU you could just dust off the ol’ Molecule Man and there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/43 "2007-06-22T15:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=Dob] In MU, Thor, or Silver Surfer wins hands down. Of course in MU you could just dust off the ol’ Molecule Man and there ya go. [/QUOTE] Maybe not. Superman could just use his speed and blitz molecule man to death. The Surfer though is many times faster than Superman so it’s not really a fight. The only reason Thor can hang with the Surfer is because he has a magical plot-device hammer other than that he’d be toast as well. ---
**Author:** ![mazinger\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/44 "2007-06-22T18:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] I would give Marvel’s Thor an edge agains Supes. I’m pretty sure he’s perfectly capable of hammering Superman’s magic vulnerability (pun intended. [/QUOTE] Didn’t Clark beat Thor in the JLA/Avengers crossover? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/45 "2007-06-22T19:51:38Z")
Wouldn’t it depend on how he was prepared? Deep-fried, sauteed, roasted? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720/46 "2007-06-22T20:18:33Z")
There’s no way he could be prepared for any of the Marvel guys. Not that most of them would pose a threat, but still… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-was-prepared/408720.md?page=2)