Hey, I was wondering your take on this. In the beginning both Wonder Woman and Superman were only powerful enough to jump tall buildings and stop a speeding locomotive. But over the years Superman's power has grown and all that, and now he's been said to b
You would not believe how seriously some Wonder Woman fans take this question. Honestly, I saw it time and again, where people who just be enraged if you said Wonder Woman wasn't as strong as Superman.
So I got in trouble a lot, because I don't think she is. I have almost zero interest in how many tons precisely one of them can lift over the other, I just don't think it's interesting.
I feel Superman is the strongest DCU hero for physical strength. We're talking pre-new 52 here. However, does that make Batman less interesting? No. Because Batman has twenty things he does better than Superman.
To me, what Wonder Woman is, is a much, much, MUCH better fighter than Superman. He may be stronger, but she can still clean his clock on a regular basis. I'd say it's at least fifty/fifty. He can lift a battleship with his nose hair, whatever, but WONDER WOMAN has been taught how to fight EVERY DAY OF HER LIFE BY THE BEST WARRIORS ON THE PLANET.
She's fast, cunning, brilliant, experienced, gifted, and dangerous beyond measure. I love that.
Truthfully, characters being JUST powerful makes them less interesting to me. There has to be a chance they can lose, or their heroism means nothing. I love Wonder Woman because she has to think, to strategize. And THEN she kicks everyone's ass and goes and has a hot cocoa in the jacuzzi. :)
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