Random Comic Book Thoughts

[.44 Magdalene]

Originally Posted by Jeritron I still pick Superman, just based on the fact that he's fucking Superman and his abilities can be stretched just as easily. For every bold liberty Magneto can take, so too can Superman. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but even if Magneto pulls out all of these ridiculous stops and manages to put the screws to Superman for a while, he will still keep getting up and coming for him, and all he really has to do is get in there for one hit. As many abilites and defenses as Magneto may have, if Superman can deliver one punch to his face that's all she wrote.

Very true. Magneto can do a pretty damn good job of keeping Superman from getting that first hit in, though--I'm still looking for scans, but I know Magneto's shield has taken hits from some pretty outrageous stuff. Basically, he creates an EM field that prevents atoms from crossing it. It's stopped Cyclops' optic blasts, it's stopped Thor's hammer, it's stopped nukes, and it's stopped attacks from the Phoenix. Unless Superman can actually manipulate atoms at base (and as far as I know, he's never done so before), he'll have to come up with some serious bullshit to get around Magneto's defenses.

Magneto has cut off oxygen supplies before, however, and has deflected light from objects at range. He could theoretically drain the air out of Supes' body while cutting off his solar supply lines, though there's no telling how long Superman can continue to kick with zero air and only his reserve sunlight. If Superman's invincibility is still some sort of "invulnerability field" like I remember it being, then Magneto could, given enough time to bullshit around with (and unless Superman can rearrange atoms or attack Mags psychically that shield will hold up for a long fucking time), strip Superman of his invincibility at its base construction and then... I don't know, hit him with a car or something.

Basically, either one of them would have to do alot of bullshitting to beat the other. It would come down to some serious plot magic for them to not stalemate.