Just noting here that no one seems to be actually thinking about Blue Marvel's feats. They're just going 'Superman wins' like he's invincible. He's really not. It's one of the things that actually makes him interesting. He faces opponents more powerful than him, like Wraith in Superman Unchained.
So, let's take a look at Superman - we know that in the New 52, he can bench press Earth. Bench pressing is not the same as casually chucking about, far from it, and he was straining, but he can bench press a planet. He fought Wraith through the Moon and out the other side.
Blue Marvel can crack the moon in half fairly comfortably and go toe to toe with the Sentry, Ares, Iron Man, Namor, Ms Marvel and Wonder Man, all at once.
Let's give some context here: Sentry, Wonder Man and Namor are top tier physical power houses, the other three being a notch below. Sentry, as the Void, once took the entire Inhuman Royal Family, the X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four to stop. Even weakened, considerably, he still fought the Green Scar Hulk to a standstill and levelled most of New York in the process. Most recently as the Sentry, he stopped Exitar from destroying the Earth. Exitar is a Celestial, an upper tier cosmic being, and, more to their point, their Executioner, and probably on a par with Galactus (who the Sentry also apparently beat with the aid of Nate Grey). Wonder Man has gone toe to toe with Thor before. Namor has taken on the likes of Thor and the Hulk. He's not quite in their league, but he's powerful enough to face them down. He also said that only Thor and the Hulk had ever hit him as hard as Blue Marvel. This, and the fact that Blue Marvel put up such a good fight against all of them, at once, says a lot about how physically powerful he is.
More recently, he took King Hyperion in a straight fight. For those who don't know, King Hyperion is basically Marvel's Ultraman. Same basic powerset, several times more evil.
Speed, well, I'm pretty sure he's sub light speed, but not by much. Blue Marvel's top speed hasn't really been seen, but it should be up there. Supes probably takes this one, but he rarely actually uses his speed in face to face combat unless he's really being pushed or he's making a point. It's not his first choice. But if he does whip it out, Blue Marvel could be in trouble.
Durability was pretty much covered in the strength department - both of them are insanely durable.
Energy Projection... well, Superman has heat vision. That's pretty much it. But this is where Blue Marvel really shines.
- Antimatter blasts - not too shabby when one thinks about the fact that that's the power of the Anti-Monitor, and he's got a considerable degree of control over their strength: they can either be used as tasers or to blast top tier superhumans.
- Matter Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation: he's proved capable of manipulating the electromagnetic spectrum to one degree or another.
- Energy Constructs: anything he's seen or can imagine or has a good idea of how it works, he can create it. So, yeah, that basically makes him Sodom Yat minus the Lead problems.
- Energy Shields: sufficiently powerful to deflect energy blasts from King Hyperion (as I said earlier, think Ultraman and you've got a pretty good idea).
- Light Generation: this one's key. If Blue Marvel figures out that Superman is solar powered (entirely possible - this is a man who can see down to Quark level, teaches theoretical physics and invents portal technology for fun), it is entirely possible that he can figure out how to use red sunlight to stymie Superman's powers. A long shot, I'll grant you, but considering how rarely Superman speed blitzes people, I think we can say that if Superman whips out the speed blitz, Marvel can respond with red sunlight.
- Combat Skill: New 52 Superman doesn't seem to have formally learned (I stand to be corrected on this point), but as he pointed out to Wraith, for much of his career, he didn't have anyone watching his back, he couldn't sneak around invisibly and he refuses to kill. That means that he actually had to learn, and learn the hard way.
Blue Marvel is a trained Marine and has gone through his fair share of scraps. I wouldn't say that Supes is his equal in this department, but Supes would have the advantages of surprise and unpredictability
I see Blue Marvel taking this fight 6/10. Superman is most definitely a force to be reckoned with, but Blue Marvel just has too much at his disposal. That said, if Superman can find a way to nullify Blue Marvel's energy projection advantages, the way he did with Wraith, making it all about strength, speed and skill, then Supes has the edge.
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