Arm wrestling match: MCU Thanos vs. DCEU Superman

The fact that people need to rely on off-screen newspaper articles that we don't know the context of it, proves that Thanos is stronger.

Otherwise we should accept the calculations that shows that Thanos' one hand is country level, or Thor is star level.

@beyond_dreams: Do you know how much size contributes to strength ?

@christianrapper: do u think Thor is star level then?

Superman lets Thanos use Both hands and still Stomps him with he’s pinky.

no wait that was too far........ he breathes on Thanos hands and crash it on the table

@jefferydeducke: thor isn’t even in this discussion. Who knows? They are at whatever level the writers want. Thor barely survived the full force of a neutron star but somehow got beaten down off screen by the black order. The same black order that has trouble with freaking spiderman. Writers don’t care about stuff like that. They just want to tell a good story.

So what? he doesn't have the feats.

@kryptonianking88: Finally someone agrees with me that Thor is half as strong as Hulk, which is still darn impressive

Thor and Hulk have feats on par or better than Clark, Thanos was considerably stronger than either of them plus he had the size advantage in all aspects so he should win a classic arm wrestle.

Just being pedantic here but Thor at the beginning was quite obviously beat up by Thanos hes the one holding his body at the start of the film and that's what's alluded to from the scene and commentary that Thanos was too powerful for Thor/Hulk.

Thanos has leverage and arguably raw strength. He pried Hulks hands off of him and he was ragdolling Thor everytime he got his hands on him.

Thanos loses his arm completely

I cannot imagine how would they arm wrestle at all. Clark won't be able to hold more than one finger of Thanos.

@erkan12: That link you posted had another person say the calc is dubious and the guy who did the calc agreed. I’m sure it would take a lot of force to crush the cube, but that calc can’t prove the exact strength needed. Do we even know what marrrial the cube is made of? Because he used carbon as a base, if that’s not what it’s made of, how can we consider it valid?

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/battles-7/dceu-superman-vs-mcu-thanos-2018242/

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/gen-discussion-1/whos-stronger-mcu-thanos-or-dceu-superman-2029686/

Supes > Thanos in term of strenght, durability and speed.

You know with who you’re talking about?

People will say that Thanos crushed the tesseract and then use that one article to say how strong he was for doing that yet they neglect the fact that the calculation is useless because it is based on a tesseract. Not the tesseract that we see on screen. They assume materials and the bonds between atoms and the article quotes a scientist saying it's completely theoretical and not really possible. Faulty and useless calculation as Thanos Vision synthetic feat.

@finalorbital: kurse toaa

Thanos> kurse = toaa > Superman

No, Superman > Carol > Kurse > Thanos.

Suoerman is stronger and faster, plus he has versatility advantage.. MCU Thanos needs the stones to beat MoS Superman letalone BvS or JL Superman.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/battles-7/mcu-base-thanos-vs-man-of-steel-superman-1969885/

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/battles-7/endgame-thanos-vs-man-of-steel-superman-2028237/

MoS Supes > Thanos.

Bump

Supes based on feats

In terms of pure strength without using the momentum of the speed: Carol > Thanos > Hulk > Thor > Superman. If we do include the speed gathering momentum element : Carol > Superman > Thanos > Hulk > Thor. In arm wrestling they stand still before the competition begins, so Thanos wins.

@whyzoserious: no he doesn’t.

Tesserract can resist 120 million kelvin heat, steel melts at 3.000 kelvin heat. Tesseract's durability is abnormal, and it's definitely one of the best strength feats in mcu.

I'd argue Thanos still. Thanos wrecked the Hulk (the directors have stated Thanos was stronger than the Hulk,) who is arguably superior to Superman in this regard himself.

I say equals for the most part, though it can really go either way. Hence the "arguably."

@brucebanner89: Where'd this newfound respect for "Foddernos" come from, EmperorKurseAboveOverpoweredBullrush?

i don't think they can physically do it, i mean look at thanos look at the size of his arm...

the only way for them to do it on an even surface, would be if thanos extended his own arm much more and thus got into a disadvantageous position from the start... which means superman would win easily

Superman lets Thanos use both arms and still stomps him

Thanos wins.

Superman can't move a tectonic plate comfirmed by Zack.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/superman/zack-snyder-and-david-goyer-discuss-man-of-steel-he-cant-hold-up-a-continent-a75772

We told them but they didn't listen.

Sups breaks purple man arm

Thanos > Hulk > Supes

Thanos

This is how this misleading play of words always happens.

Link LITERALLY says He can't hold up a Continent. Says nothing about shifting a tectonic plate. You know the difference even if you pretend like you don't.

@rijehu: Tectonic plates are continents.

No they are not.

These are all the different tectonic plates.

^^^

Even if Continent=Tectonic plate (which they don't) shifting one is still easier than lifting it up and so it still wouldn't disqualify that feat.

@crunch5481: I didn't mean it literally.

Says the one relying on a completely theorectical tesseract calculation that has nothing to do with the MCU movies except that the space stone cube was called a tesseract. Nothing about the cube is actually known except that it contained the space stone, every single thing in that calculation was based off assumptions and even then the article quotes another scientist that says the calculation is unreliable.

Also see post 93 and 92.

@brucebanner89: How do you know it's a country level feat?

It's okay to admit you are wrong. You don't need to try to cover it up. How is anyone going to take, "Tectonic plates are continents," as anything other than a literal statement?

Indeed they are often synonymous, but shifting one and holding one up is not. Snyder didn't confirm anything of the sort regarding Superman being incapable of shifting a tectonic plate. Not to mention that Tie In comic confirms this feat, regardless of how people feel about it.

Also, you should look at the context of the statement. He was referring directly to Bryan Singer's version in Superman Returns, being capable of actually holding up Luther's new continent and flying it to outer space, while being weakened by the Kryptonite the continent was composed of. He wanted MOS Superman to be less broken of a character and more relatable than he felt Singer's was. So it has nothing to do with Clark in MOS being incapable of shifting a tectonic plate.

You can think Thanos wins without misrepresenting facts.

Still Superman.