koala99

First of all, I was referring to Post-Infinite Crisis Superman, not New 52 Superman, and I meant that Post-IC Superman could pull the moon, push the planet, and perform even more powerful feats that Post-Crisis Superman couldn't do. I frankly don't care about New 52 Superman. Too many people consider the Superman that existed from 2006 to 2011 the same as the one who existed from 1986 to 2005.

Post-Crisis Superman is not Post-Infinite Crisis Superman. Post-Infinite Crisis, several Pre-Crisis events relating to Superman were restored to continuity, several Post-Crisis events were removed, and Superman's power levels rival those of Silver Age Superman's again.

Silver Age Superman was wiped out in 1985 and replaced by Post-Crisis Superman. During Infinite Crisis, a close analogue to the Silver Age Superman was brought into continuity, and the Post-Crisis Superman was wiped out. In Flashpoint, revived Silver Age Superman was wiped out again and replaced with New 52 Superman.

Infinite Crisis returned the pre-Crisis Superman to continuity and wiped out the post-Crisis version. Although quite a few of the post-Crisis Superman stories are still canon, its safe to assume they are part of the returned pre-Crisis Superman's history, post-Infinite Crisis.

My understanding of post-Infinite Crisis/post-Secret Origins continuity is that most things pre-Crisis and most things post-Crisis still happened, but how they occurred in the same continuity is up to interpretation until an official explanation is given. For example, Superman's Superboy adventures, Silver Age Lex Luthor and Brainiac, Superman's encounter with Mongul in 1980, Superman's races with Barry Allen, Jimmy Olsen's strange transformations, Superman's encounter with Mongul in the Gladiator story arc, businessman Lex Luthor, Milton Fine Brainiac, Bronze Age Brainiac, the destruction of Lexor, Our Worlds at War, and Kara Zor-El's pre-Crisis and post-Crisis appearances all happened, somehow. Personally, I don't mind the confusion of post-Infinite Crisis continuity because it allows everything pre-Crisis to be canon again. Before anyone accuses me of being a Silver Age fanboy, I would like to point out that I grew up with the post-Crisis stories, but I simply found the pre-Crisis stories more entertaining.

I like how most people think of Golden Age Superman as the "dark" Superman when the Post-Crisis/Pre-Infinite Crisis Superman can be alternately referred to as the Dark Age Superman. By the way, Post-Crisis Superman is not the Post-Infinite Crisis or New 52 Superman, in case if anyone was wondering. New 52 Superman is a miserable mockery of all previous versions of Superman, and Post-Infinite Crisis Superman was basically a Silver/Bronze Age Superman with Post-Crisis Superman elements.

I remember that Golden Age Superman once let the Earth-Two counterpart to both Earth-One Metallos fall into a meat grinder and remarked, "That's fine with me!" Unfortunately, he usually played the role of an older Silver Age Superman up until his death in Infinite Crisis.

Due to the fact that All-Star Superman is practically a clone of the Silver Age Superman, I would say that he wins this fight. After all, I think that Golden Age Wonder Woman was at the same strength level as Silver Age Wonder Woman, and even the severely de-powered Byrne-continuity Superman managed to knock the George Perez-continuity Wonder Woman, who was more powerful than previous versions of the Amazing Amazon, through a brick wall.

The Golden Age Superman practically was the Superman of Pre-Crisis Earth-Two, and he did have morals. They were just "looser" than those of the over-powered Silver Age Superman, the acceptable Bronze Age Superman, and the wretched Post-Crisis/Pre-Infinite Crisis Superman. If we're talking about Modern Age Thing and Golden Age/Earth-Two Superman, then I think that the Thing would definitely win.

Pre-52/Post-Crisis Superman was a pitiful weakling in comparison to other Supermen, Golden Age Superman started out weaker than Silver Age Superman but gradually increased to his power levels, and Post-52/Post-Infinite Crisis Superman was basically a Bronze Age Superman with elements of Post-Crisis/Pre-52 Superman's continuity thrown in. Post-Flashpoint/The New 52 Superman is a disgrace to the name of Superman, with his power levels barely reaching those of a primitive Golden Age Superman.