The_Mystery
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Ultra-Herald9 said:But you are confusing different era's. Supes doesn't really struggle with anything less than a mountain these days while late 80's and early 90's Supes would have trouble with planes and pass out if anywhere near light speed. It could be explained as his body adapting and using Solar energy better than he used to making him stronger. At least there is some reaosning rather than he's just a popular character......like Marvel tends to do. Superman might not have pulled the moon, but I do recall a JLA comic by either Waid or Kelly where Supes, Wonder Woman and GL pulled the moon into or out of orbit. That, to me, is just insane. It's hard for me to see that and then in another comic see him have trouble supporting a bridge or something. Inconsistancy.
As for the Flash he is a bit more easy to explain. Since his powers come from extra dimension which is the Source of nearly all super speed that gives its avatars the ability to easily overide physics with its own set of laws. I remeber when the Flash couldn't touch Mach 2 (thats the Flash I knew and grew up with) but even then I knew he NEEDED to be faster! Still, it doesn't make any sense, from a dramatic point of view, that he be as ultra-fast as he is. How can I enjoy a Flash comic when I know he's so damn fast that he won't have much trouble. Sorry, but I like underdogs. I like seeing a hero struggle and none of the DC characters, going on past stories, should struggle much. Their villains aren't that powerful (overall) and they have been built up to be massively powerful. Why should I care?
The thing is DC tries to overcompensate Plvls to thanks to the ridiculousness of their silver age characters powers. Marvel has never massively underpowered any of there heroes except fo mutants who are infamous for their powers sliding back and forth. I don't fault Marvel for powering up their characters alittle, only because their villains tend to be ultra-powerful.
Just sayin'.