Superman and Hulk are in some ways two sides of the same coin. Superman gains his strength from the yellow sun and earth's weak gravity in relation to krypton. He is a solar battery. Hulk gains his strength from the gamma rays that transform his body and empower him. Anger/rage are just the triggers that put into motion an increase in his gamma fuelled power. He is in effect the nuclear man, nuclear battery, whatever. Bursts of gamma rays are the most powerful forms of energy in the known cosmos.
Sure, All star Superman (I have that book, which you put in the scan from) is a very powerful form of Superman and Superman has different forms, but you show your anti Hulk bias with the statement, "Worldbreaker Hulk would at best, be at least regular Superman level". Sure, WB doesn't have "feats" in the traditional sense, but the message is clear. At this point, he is so powerful that he starts breaking up the planetjust by standing there. Does Superman get this powerful? In a fairly recent story (not sure if it was new 52) he knocked himself out flying flat out into the moon, I recall.
Anyway I am not debating Superman v Hulk, like the Op, I know that superman's speed gives him a combat advantage, I was just arguing that to say that Superman and Hulk are not in the same class is just plain dumb. The other thing is that a number of Superman fans spend time on the Hulk forum, lowballing the Hulk, but you generally don't see Hulk fans on the superman forums, lowballing Superman, wonder why?
Correct if i'm wrong but didn't you say "Hulk is a planet buster, which definitely puts him in Superman's class at the very least." before? If it disappoints you then "Worldbreaker Hulk is easily above regular superman level."
Hulk is only breaking the planet due to the high levels of gamma radiation he's emitting. You don't just stand there and expect things to happen when you're doing nothing.
You have to understand Superman holds back his power. Rarely does he get pushed to his limits that forces him to cut loose. He doesn't want to and hopes he never has to.
as far as this is concerned, when comparing different characters, hulk's strength feats are used to determine power differences. just using strength alone, a lot of people would disregard the strength feats of other characters such as Thor while hulk feats are always being blabbed about pretty much all the time. don't believe me, do an extensive search of various sites and you'll find out.
I got nothing against hulk, I don't hate him or anything. What I do hate is the same cliché "hulk unlimited strength", "hulk gets madder surpasses (whoever they are regardless if its even possible)" this further includes some people giving hulk ridiculous claims he doesn't even have e.g breathing in space, surviving the sun, able to keep up with flash, regenerating a head etc. he's a fan favourite against many people including me to some extent, he's big and inspiring enough for young kids to wanna grow up big and strong, as banner he's smart so relates to most geeks, he's usually angry an emotion we all relate to, he gets taunted a lot by army/villains etc so we feel sympathy for him, due to his attitude/nature he is cocky/badass enough to impress bogans or these people alike, he's not afraid to do what he does, a lot of simple catchy catchphrases no character has and if that wasn't enough you have to witness his actions and how he gets away with it because "he's hulk". hulk is a very overused character but as far as ignorance is concerned who doesn't know the hulk's powers? sometimes whoever hulk is up against the opponent happens to have a lot of abilities and be very versatile but a lot of that does get thrown out the window and ignored.
BTW i'm not a superman fan. i'd much prefer hulk over supes
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