Quote: Rob Kamphausen said:i still don't understand why earth-2 superman wasn't fuckin shit up left and right. isn't he the planet-moving sunhumma bitch? how was current-superman even coming close to holding his own against or with him?
Quote: big_pimp_tim said: earth 2 superman is not the uber superman.your thinking of silver age superman. earth 2 super,am is the weakest of the 3
Quote: Grimm said: actually, in his first modern appearance in JLA, the earth 2 Superman is shown to be on the same power level as the SA Superman is, they fight each other until they both fall over from exhaustion.
not to mention that he destroyed the Anti-Monitor in the original Crisis. weakest? not by a longshot.
As with most things in comics, it varied, according to the needs (or sloppiness) of a particular writer. However, as a general rule during the original "Earth 1/Earth 2" stories in the 60s, 70s and 80s, the Earth 2 Superman was, in fact, portrayed as the weaker of the Supermen. Usually, the writers had him at something closer to the 1940s level of power than the "planet moving" power of the "Silver Age" Earth One Superman.
Grimm is correct that E2 Supes was the one who destroyed the anti-monitor in the original crisis. However, even back then that seemed like sloppy writing, based on a desire on Marv Wolfman's part to have the "original" superhero save the day for a sense of closure.
Conversely, yes, the Silver Age Earth 1 Superman was the strongest. He was the one who could move faster than light and toss around planets. He, however, was presumably killed off by Alan Moore in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow."
The current Superman is weaker than the silver age Supes and stronger than the golden age Supes. And his origin was different So I've always assumed that he was in fact, a completely different Superman from a completely different Earth.
