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New video I found. Makes for some interesting, thought-provoking discussion.
Here are my thoughts on each mutant's chances if Superman faced them individually.
BEAST: Beast is a genius, but if the original comics are any example, he is average when it comes to strategizing on the battlefield. You can depend on him to beat numerous thugs at once, or update the Danger Room equipment, but when it comes to facing off with Superman, as much I hate to say it, he's going to be relatively useless.
ANGEL: Angel is quick and insanely agile. As a matter of fact, while he's in the air, his agility more than contends with that of Beast. However, Superman's maximum speeds in the comics, even in the early Byrne days, still reached approximate that of the speed of sound. Angel is nowhere near. Like Beast, he'll fare very little.
CYCLOPS: The question, like the guy in the video mentioned, is how much affect his optic beams would have on Superman's skin. I'd say that at their full intensity, Superman would be in pain. And if Cyclops used all his skill, and with a good amount of luck, he has a chance (SLIM) of knocking Superman unconscious if his optic beam hit Superman upside the head.
Cyclops is one of the most important in this scenario, given that he's the leader. He needs to work out a solid plan.
ICEMAN: If he piled on an extremely thick ice casing around Superman, the best you could hope for is a few seconds of Superman struggling before he broke out of that encasement. Now... if Iceman at the point of the fight had learned to create a giant ice-fist for himself... then he would be able to get a few good punches in on Superman if the latter were distracted by something else. Beyond that, Superman dispatches him quickly.
MARVEL GIRL: At the time of the original five, in the early comics, Jean Grey had her telekinesis down to where she could flip pages in a book, carefully lace a string through systematically placed holes in a block of wood... but her weight limit was somewhat low. And when she had to assert that telekinetic weight limit, she was sometimes mentally drained for minutes afterward. I doubt Marvel Girl would stand much a chance unless she aimed for some sort of one-shot precision move.
PROFESSOR X: This is where Superman is at a heavy disadvantage, especially if Professor X had fair warning of Superman's incoming attack, and knew of Superman's location.
Keep in mind that Professor X created mechanical braces for his legs, and he used them to walk around and assist the X-Men several times in the early comics. Superman may or may not have used his X-ray vision to see these; if not, then we can assume Superman would attack him as the others.
New video I found. Makes for some interesting, thought-provoking discussion.
Here are my thoughts on each mutant's chances if Superman faced them individually.
BEAST: Beast is a genius, but if the original comics are any example, he is average when it comes to strategizing on the battlefield. You can depend on him to beat numerous thugs at once, or update the Danger Room equipment, but when it comes to facing off with Superman, as much I hate to say it, he's going to be relatively useless.
ANGEL: Angel is quick and insanely agile. As a matter of fact, while he's in the air, his agility more than contends with that of Beast. However, Superman's maximum speeds in the comics, even in the early Byrne days, still reached approximate that of the speed of sound. Angel is nowhere near. Like Beast, he'll fare very little.
CYCLOPS: The question, like the guy in the video mentioned, is how much affect his optic beams would have on Superman's skin. I'd say that at their full intensity, Superman would be in pain. And if Cyclops used all his skill, and with a good amount of luck, he has a chance (SLIM) of knocking Superman unconscious if his optic beam hit Superman upside the head.
Cyclops is one of the most important in this scenario, given that he's the leader. He needs to work out a solid plan.
ICEMAN: If he piled on an extremely thick ice casing around Superman, the best you could hope for is a few seconds of Superman struggling before he broke out of that encasement. Now... if Iceman at the point of the fight had learned to create a giant ice-fist for himself... then he would be able to get a few good punches in on Superman if the latter were distracted by something else. Beyond that, Superman dispatches him quickly.
MARVEL GIRL: At the time of the original five, in the early comics, Jean Grey had her telekinesis down to where she could flip pages in a book, carefully lace a string through systematically placed holes in a block of wood... but her weight limit was somewhat low. And when she had to assert that telekinetic weight limit, she was sometimes mentally drained for minutes afterward. I doubt Marvel Girl would stand much a chance unless she aimed for some sort of one-shot precision move.
PROFESSOR X: This is where Superman is at a heavy disadvantage, especially if Professor X had fair warning of Superman's incoming attack, and knew of Superman's location.
Keep in mind that Professor X created mechanical braces for his legs, and he used them to walk around and assist the X-Men several times in the early comics. Superman may or may not have used his X-ray vision to see these; if not, then we can assume Superman would attack him as the others.
