Superman is stronger than Surfer....he would win. This Fight is POWER VS POWERS. Yes, Surfer has many powers over Superman and many advantages. Cosmic awareness....red sun radiation......is draining his solar energy. However, this doesnt ensure Surfers victory. AND SURFERS Transmutation is laughable. Surfer couldnt do it to someone as powerful as Thor or Superman and has never been shown to do it. Surfer WONT be able to drain all of Supermans energy if any!....this will take a lot of effort for Surfer to suck Superman dry. Surfer hardly if ever uses this against a powerful enemy. Thor with his hammer cant do it then Surfer cant. Surfer lost to Thor on many occasions so Surfer is not all powerful despite what some Surfer fanboys believe. Most important Superman will not stand their while Surfer tries to drain him. Also, people state Surfer has an ace in the hole. The Astral plane. Surfer can manage to get Superman in the astral plane is fight is over for Superman. But I have not seen Surfer do this at will in any situation he wants and i doubt he can do it anytime he wants. For two main reasons this is not possibe
.Even the most die hard Silver Surfer fans will agree that Superman is physical stronger than Surfer, so grabbing Supes and taking him anywhere is most likely out of the question. And Surfer Out-smarting Supes is very doubtful, since out of the two Superman is really known for out-smarting his enemies.....Surfer will most likely try to out power Superman and that wont happen.
~ Kryptonite is also non-factor in they're fight because Silver Surfer would not be able to recreate the right kryptonite to hurt Superman (not all Kryptonite hurts Superman some have no effect) and if he recreates the wrong one like red, black Kryptonite, ect
. it will make Superman more dangerous than he already is.
This is just similar to THOR VS SUPERMAN. There will always be people who think Thor should win because of the Magic/experience and there will always be people who think Superman should win because he is generally consider (by Both sides of the argument) to be stronger and faster.
Same issue with Silver Surfer vs. Superman....Surfer has too many powers and has advantages over Superman. (Supermans weakness). Answer that question...Superman has been fighting his weakness's for 70+ years....... and he is a better hand to hand fighter, more experience, and stronger. There speed is considered equal. Surfer is faster in a race but Superman has faster reaction time. A lot of people assume being able to fly / run at near light speed, is the same as superspeed reactions. It is not, I have never ever seen the Surfer deliver rapid punches or avoid missiles/ villains like Superman, Flash and even Spider-Man! The secret is that Superman, just like the Flash would see the Surfer moving in slow-motion!
. I have noticed when some people answer Superman wins over Surfer....and then the word fanboy comes out. Some people yes may be Superman fanboys and I am a Superman fan but if I think someone else is more powerful ill say it. Silver Surfer has more powers but is not more powerful than Superman. Strength wise Surfer is out classed. With that note its up to the writers and IMO Superman or Surfer can beat the other in a comic. Anybody who thinks otherwise and says Surfer all the way are fanboys just as much as people who say Superman wins this one. This is no easy fight for either character.
Superman is strong enough to KO....or possibly kill the Surfer with enough brute force. He has that potential. However, I dont see a quick KO in this fight. I have seen ...some of Surfer embarrassing defeats....Carnage, Thing, Black Panther, even showed trouble with Spider-man in early comics. Thing has KO ed Surfer
. Superman can take a full power punch from the Hulk and not be moved. Superman is way more consistent in battles. Not to say that Superman doesnt have loses that make you WTF, but all in all Supes is usually the one who defeats the odds! When this battle happens it is going be a big one thats for sure. Surfer has a lot of varied powers But even if surfer could sense Supes weakens, which I got to say the dumbest logical of all like red sun radiation. Superman has to be close to Surfer and Superman will not be drain immediately
it has always shown to take some time for Superman to start losing his powers. and Superman has beaten pretty much everybody and has been in tons of strange situations and got out of them. Even though I see Surfer just doing a straight up battle instead of using his other abilities, because Surfer never uses it in any real tough battle. This is how i see the battle happening. Surfer will use speed, cosmic blast, and some draining energy (if possible). IF Surfer gets thru Supes Force field and dense structure....the fight is over. However, Superman can and will defeat Surfer before this happens. Surfer would not have enough time with Kal-El being able to deliver 100,000+ punches in a blink of an eye - sorry Surfer (love you and all) but Superman is my choice on this matter. Final OW has done this and concluded that Superman is more powerful. AND THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING BECAUSE OW IS EXTREMELY MARVEL FAVORED in my opinion.