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That's one of the interesting differences b/n these two ideals of heros: Superman has one fatal flaw, and the DBZ characters... don't.
If they're more powerful, they're going to win.
However, if they're unable to destroy the opponent before tiring,
then they lose. The fusions, the energy expenditure, all of these
things seem to be based on time: if they don't win within a set
time, they have to come back another day. Superman doesn't
seem to be like that: the sun constantly provides him with power,
and he seems to be invulnerable to everything but kryptonite,
and thousands of physical blows bordering on the power of the DBZ folks. (Let's remember that the huge spikes Doomsday kept
kneeing/elbowing/headbutting him with never impaled him the
way they should have--his defensive gifts allowed him to take the
pounding Doomsday dished out for an incredible amount of time
and all he did was *bleed*.) As to the punches, etc. of DBZ, doesn't it seem like the power of a punch and the destructive power of a technique like BB & Kamehameha are two different things? You rarely see a DBZ physical attack do more than any of Doomsday's (crater, rock crumbles, etc.) I recall Brolli being capable of physical blows that caused sonic booms, and the Buu saga fight b/n Vegeta and Goku had weird boom effects from blows, but I haven't seen much to think that Z characters' punches/kicks are measureably more powerful than Supe's.
The techniques are definitely a leg up on him though.
Additionally, for the first several bouts, Supes was just trying to subdue the Doomsday, he never wants to KILL anything. The DBZ shtick about "holding back true power" is nearly ALWAYS in effect with Supes.
What if he just... let go... and subscribed to a more Vegeta-like view?
I'm impressed with the amount of text this has generated so far!
If they're more powerful, they're going to win.
However, if they're unable to destroy the opponent before tiring,
then they lose. The fusions, the energy expenditure, all of these
things seem to be based on time: if they don't win within a set
time, they have to come back another day. Superman doesn't
seem to be like that: the sun constantly provides him with power,
and he seems to be invulnerable to everything but kryptonite,
and thousands of physical blows bordering on the power of the DBZ folks. (Let's remember that the huge spikes Doomsday kept
kneeing/elbowing/headbutting him with never impaled him the
way they should have--his defensive gifts allowed him to take the
pounding Doomsday dished out for an incredible amount of time
and all he did was *bleed*.) As to the punches, etc. of DBZ, doesn't it seem like the power of a punch and the destructive power of a technique like BB & Kamehameha are two different things? You rarely see a DBZ physical attack do more than any of Doomsday's (crater, rock crumbles, etc.) I recall Brolli being capable of physical blows that caused sonic booms, and the Buu saga fight b/n Vegeta and Goku had weird boom effects from blows, but I haven't seen much to think that Z characters' punches/kicks are measureably more powerful than Supe's.
The techniques are definitely a leg up on him though.
Additionally, for the first several bouts, Supes was just trying to subdue the Doomsday, he never wants to KILL anything. The DBZ shtick about "holding back true power" is nearly ALWAYS in effect with Supes.
What if he just... let go... and subscribed to a more Vegeta-like view?
I'm impressed with the amount of text this has generated so far!