Post-crisis/N-52 Superman and 616 Hulk (all versions):
Strength
Striking power
Durability
Who is physically superior, Superman or Hulk?
I'm not big on Hulk, as far was I was aware, his greatest feat of pure strength that didn't involve some form of energy explosion from rage overkill was him lifting a mountain. So I'll leave it to someone else.
As far as Superman goes, in the New 52, he bench-pressed the weight of the Earth for 5 days straight without sunlight and didn't tire. The only thing I can do for 5 days straight without energy input is breathe. That's right. Benching the Earth is as easy for Superman as breathing.
He was caught in the middle of a collision from two God planets, each 20x larger than the sun when The Source decided to make Apokalips and New Genesis a single planet again - he survived after being found unconscious by the Source and Orion with minor brain damage which later healed.
He flew into and destroyed a magic (a weakness) made moon to bits with an infinite mass punch in space. He survived the pressures of being of near infinite mass and impacting into a planetary sized object that would by its nature hurt Superman much more than a same sized real moon, at very close to the speed of light
He flew from Pluto to Earth in about a minute - Assuming Earth and Pluto are as close as they can be, that's 418x The Speed of Light
Speed - Hundreds of times faster than light
Durability - Tanking god planet collision and a near SoL collision with a moon in a weakened state.
Strength - Benching the Earth as easily as breathing
@transformaa said:
@nemesisreloaded: Everyone is saying Hulk.. but the only person that posted scans and evidence of strength durability and striking power is you.! .
LOL yeah, I noticed that, I know how this place is supposed to work - "Pictures or it didn't happen" is the way. I'll have a crack at the Hulk then, since nobody else will.
Hulk shifts tectonic planets. There's a lot we dont know here - we dont know the size of the plate, the weight of the plate, how fast it was moving... but hell, we can give it a ball park figure. Based on the average density of Earths crust, the average thickness of it and the area of it, and the fact there are estimated to be between 15 and 20 tectonic plates on Earth... the average mass of a tectonic plate on Earth is somewhere in the region of 41 quintillion tonnes.
The Hulks biggest feat of durability that I could find was when he destroyed an asteroid twice the size of Earth with a single punch.
Hulk doesn't have limitless speed. Unlike Spider-Man who's feet grip the ground, and Superman, who can propel himself forward, when the Hulks speed gets too high, he's leg strength begins to destroy the ground under his feet so he cant get friction. Thats why Hulk Jumps. So say'eth the Marvel website. So Hulk is limited to 2-300mph running.
But Jumping... Hulk NEARLY jumps into orbit. Meaning his jumping speed is somewhere around Earths escape velocity, which is 11km/s, or 25,000mph.
Durability - surviving the impact of hitting and destroying an asteroid twice the size of earth
Strength - 150 billion tonnes from lifting an entire mountain
Speed - Jumping close to orbit and hitting terminal velocity of 25,000 mph.
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Based on this (and there may be better feats):
Strength - Superman: 6 sextillion tonnes (easily) / Hulk: 41 quintillion tonnes (struggle)
Durability - Superman: caught in centre of collision between two star-sized planets (unconcious) / Hulk: Smashed through an asteroid twice the size of Earth (without a scratch)
Speed - Superman: 418x the Speed of Light (at least) / Hulk: 25,000 mph (peak)
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Admittedly, the limits of Hulks durability are not reached here, but this is the highest feat of physical durability I could find.
I hope this answers the question for you. New 52 Superman far exceeds any version of Hulk physically.
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