@jogga said:
It's actually the opposite. They underestimate HIM.
Superman holds back against the usual menaces of Metropolis often not employing his full power simply cause it would be fatal for most of them and turn the entire world against him through fear. I think Captain Marvel said it best in JLU "Back home, I've come up against my share of pretty nasty bad guys, but I never had to act the way they did to win a fight. I always found another way."
However an angry heat vision eyed Superman is one of the most terrifying things on page. Especially when all you can see is the emblem, the cape and the eyes. You dun goofed when that happens.
P.S has Superman ever not taken a threat seriously? His most powerful foe is a short imp in a purple hat with stupid looking hair who can casually rearrange reality. I do not think Superman is in the habit of underestimating people.
Actually he does underestimates his opponents a lot. Any time he arrives with his bright colors, with crossed arm's, and waiting for the other guy to make the first move. That's within the range of underestimating other people.
But then again he does it because he takes his invulnerability for granted. If he analyzed every scenario before he rushed in like he usually does, he'd not be so easily surprised.
Why does he falls so many times for the kryptonite trick? Because he rushes in. And magic is the same.
How many times he was slapped around because the opponent powers were actually magic based? Again, more times than he should have.
But it's not so much Superman fault, as much as it's the writers fault. They make him overconfident, too much actually. And we can't deny that if he didn't have those power levels that allow him to resist and recover from practically everything, he'd be a dead Superman a long time ago.
I understand why writers, write him like that. After all, if he had only half of Batman focus, combat skills and caution, and used his powers to their current full potential, he'd be unstoppable. It would be almost impossible to catch I'm off-guard or unprepared. What would make his stories a challenge to write.
It wouldn't be impossible, mind you. It would just take writing to another level. Each arc would be like almost half a year long, complex and filled with surprises. It would be like writing mini books. Something that fans would most likely not go along with.
I personally wouldn't like to have to deal with such long arc's. Just look at Truth. It has its ups and downs. I'd say half of Truth is actually very good and the other half has been poor and sometimes terrible.
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