Whether in the JLU show, Kingdom Come, Superman/Batman Public Enemies, or Power of Shazam # 38, these two patriotic power houses are always at odds. It varies who wins these battles. I am quite knowledgeable about Captain Marvel as I collected the whole "Power of Shazam" series, and being a comic fan, it's impossible for me not to be knowledgable (to an extent) about Superman, and specifically, their powers. The wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules, courage of Achilles, power of Zeus, stamina of Atlas, and the speed of Mercury is no small amount of power, but the man of steel takes the cake. Usually, Marvel pulls a naughty little trick where he calls down his magic lightning and (with varying techniques: moving outta the way, picking Kal up, etc) hits Superman with it. The main victories Marvel has had against Kal have been because of this brutal tactic.
I am starting this forum because I want to hear other people's input on who they think is stronger, smarter, cooler, more honest of these two heroes. Who is the better in any way? Or more importantly, what are the differences of these two spectacular characters?
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Superman vs Captain Marvel
I really love Cap too. That JLU episode is one of my favs (and that's saying something; i have seen every episode, although i missed a couple of episodes back when it was just JL w/ 7 people). The way they fought in that was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Supes was kickin' ass and Cap was definitely going down, but it wasn't easy for Supes. They were both gettin' some hits in.
But yes, Superman is ultimately more powerful. Although, in my imaginary, convenient-for-my-taste-in-comics universe, Cap's powers have been increased a crap load! Mary is evil and therefore is drawing from Black Adam's power, not the wizard's. Freddy Freeman (Captain Marvel Jr./CM3/Shazam) is getting the power from the gods directly aswell, not from Cap. The sum, Cap is at 100%, he doesn't have anyone drawing on the power, and magic has been increased so all magic users are beyond the top of their game. So, although Superman is more powerful still, it's a lot like where in Kingdom Come, Captain Marvel can kick some kryptonian ass. And he's cool.
But that's my non-canoncal, imaginary, DC multiverse where I change things to take ideas from Kingdom Come, the Frank Miller universe of Batman: year one, dark knight strikes again, dark knight returns, and batman & robin the boy wonder, the JLU show, etc. So it's pointless.
Sorry to bore you with that. Just wanted to share how I thought Captain Marvel should be.
He should get used more. He barely makes it into Infinite Crisis, or modern comics. He only appeared in a modern comic series when being showed-up by Marvel Jr. (going by Shazam). Cap is too cool to have a stupid Gandalf beard and be a @#$%ing mentor-type. Especially not to a guy who is older than him. In modern comics, Billy Batson should be about 16. Freddy Freeman is therefore 18.
Captain Marvel is soooooo underappreciated for being one of the coolest characters in comics. Long live the world's mightiest mortal!
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Magic from lesser beings has dropped Superman but DC don't want to admit Billy outclasses their 'icon'
Superman owns, not only does Superman outclass him in feats but the way Billy has been wrote he is too stupid to use his magic advantage to win
Wonder Woman on the other hand is a much smarter fighter and cunning and mature enough to use her magic against Superman, like bouncing stuff back at him with bracelets or whipping the lasso or cutting him with her Tiara
Billy doesn't have the experience or the battle skills to score a win
DC never respected the fawcett step child so unfortunately we can't give him much credit either
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Superman and Captain Marvel are basically matched for strength, speed and durabilty. The only thing is that whilst Supes has a few long range exotic powers e.g heat vision and freeze breath, CM can use magical attacks due to the power of Zeus. This is what gives him the advantage over Superman. CM punching Supes normally does not cout as magical. There was a scan I found of CM using magically enhanced punches to knock Superman out but the image doesn't exist anymore. The other thing he can do is bear hug Supes and just keep shouting Shazam like so:
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