@ancient_0f_days:
The part underlined proves my point. He was comparable, and clearly written to be a more powerful incarnation of the character as he was sent to fight Superman. I do not understand your other point - what do you mean by 'lacks the magic advantage against Marvel'? Regardless whether he has a defense, he's still a powerhouse.
What does being a powerhouse mean exactly? It indicates nothing more than being able to harm Superman to some degree which means little since there are several characters able to harm Superman who you might consider powerhouses, but do not compare to Superman in many or any categories other than strength (not to mention the fact that Grundy has magic on his side making the "powerhouse" claim even more ambiguous). Being comparable is also an ambiguous statement but it was meant to be since we don't know how he stacks up exactly to New Earth Grundy who has taken on Bizarro, Amazo and Etrigan who has batted Superman to the moon. Justice Grundy is comparable because he can harm a Superman...that's it, but is that enough to say he stacks up in any other way, even enough to be a benchmark or a notable powerhouse comparable to Marvel or Supes? Hell no. He along with several other characters are being used as measuring sticks when they have nothing more than one showing to measure from against a Superman who 1. didn't see them coming 2. was holding back considerably and 3. is not as strong, fast or durable as New Earth Superman.
@ancient_0f_days:
Untrue. Alex Ross specifically writes Captain Marvel to be an exceptional powerhouse and has showcased his power in both Kingdom Come and Justice. Later in that same comic, there is a scene where he catches up to the Flash. It is unquantifiable not nearly to the extent that matters - there are dozens of Superman feats which are used which could be said to be 'unquantifiable'. In fact, that argument could be used for dozens of comic-book movies to say 'we don't know how powerful the villains are'.
I understand that Justice Cap is written to be an exceptional powerhouse, but in comparison to New Earth Superman he is not a match. Catching up to, reacting to, or even racing the Flash is a not an uncommon thing to New Earth Justice Leaguers like Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern.
(Superman throughout his career has had to test himself against Barry and has often tied while Barry was the faster of the two in their last race but thats all pre crisis so I'll leave that alone, since then he's lost to Wally in their first race but has been able to move on a similar level of speed on occasion while Wally was under mind control although we of course know that Wally is indisputably faster. Wonder Woman hasn't raced against Barry to my knowledge but she has caught up to early Wally while he was phasing through buildings and stopped him with her lasso, she's reacted to Wally while he was controlled and raced him as well as caught up to him when he was well on his way to another location. Hal had to battle Professor Zoom who thought he was Barry and did considerably well as well as having to react to a Parallax infected Barry while John managed to react to Wally who'd lost control of his speed)
Cap raced Justice Barry who doesn't come close to Wally at a random level speed. A feat I can say is impressive since it's a Flash, but compared to New Earth Superman, not nearly as impressive as Superman's showings or even Caps own showing against Wally. Yes some of Superman's feats are unquantifiable but at least there's something to measure them by, like when he flew to another country, brought wine and changed his clothes before Lois got in her door and finished saying a word...we have time for that one, Superman has a nanosecond reaction feat that can be quantified, his vega feat can be quantified...like I said not all of them are quantifiable but at least there are a good amount that are, more than enough unlike what Cap has which is barely anything that can be quantified or even argued about how fast he is in comparison with someone with feats.
I'll get to the rest later...
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