"The Flash, Superman and Wonder Woman get hit in every comic. Yet they all have feats to suggest that they should rarely get hit."
Depends who is hitting them, but yes there are many cases of pis in regards to this.
"Wolverine has survived battles with the Hulk a few times. Does that mean that Wolverine is a good match up for Hulk? Or are all their battles PIS?"
No, I would not call Wolverine a good match up for the Hulk, but due to his healing and Adamantium skeleton he could certainly survive the encounter easily.
"Thanos has consistently taking full power blast from Silver Surfer. Thanos has consistently hit a speeding Surfer. Does that mean Surfer is incapable of hurting thanos?"
I wouldn't say so much he can't hurt him, although perhaps physically he can't. He certainly can't endanger Thanos physically. I'd say a lot of characters hitting Surfer is pis, I know a lot of people here use the travel speed does not equal combat speed argument but Surfer is capable of incredible perceptions and such speeds and so his reactions must be remarkable. I generally chalk this up to comic story telling, otherwise he'd be essentially unbeatable other than to top tiers.
"So how often does something have to happen before we STOP saying it's PIS?"
It's not just how much it happens, but the context and the logic behind it.
"Or does PIS happen in every comic repeatedly?"
Yes...because otherwise anyone with superspeed would make for really boring comic characters.
"If a character can consistently hit people who are FTL. Do we assume the person has FTL combat speed?"
This is what I mean by tricky, not necessarily but it's where pis seems most rife. However, take the Surfer Thanos example, let's say for a second that Surfers combat speed and reactions should dwarf that of Thanos, he still isn't really capable of seriously hurting Thanos so all that speed is essentially useless to him.
"If a character can consistently battled and injure planet busters...do we assume they are planet busters?"
No, just because someone has the strength or power to bust a planet doesn't mean they have the durability to withstand themselves unless shown or stated reliably. If that's the case though then yes, or at least close to.
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