I'm pretty sure Supes could take Hulk in an all out battle.
 
My question is a matter of brute strength. Who could lift more?

Hulk couldn't hope to lift as much at the start. It would take a long time, but eventually if something was making him mad enough he could lift as much as Superman and perhaps surpass him in that category.
 
Short answer: Superman
 
Long answer: Superman, but with a "but"

Superman, easy.

Superman is stronger than the Hulk.

probably supes...
 
Superman has moved planets... eaten suns or some Bull$#!%... like that 
 
and i mean WHats his weakness? Kryptonite...
 
Well one time... Superman Lifted a Island made of Kryptonite... yea i kno... stupid... but he did it... so Supes... is PErfect...

PC Supes is waaaay much stronger than Hulk. Not even Hulk at his strongest angriest WWH version could come close to PC Supes.
 
Post-crisis Supes (given he's consistent wit Byrne's established powerset) is stronger than the base Hulk. Given enough (looong time) time Hulk will get stronger than Supes.
 
Right now I believe Supes is going back to his PC days of immense power. (I really don't like it but it's way better than what Bendis is doing to PIS-king Sentry). Superman holding a black hole, destroying ships with mass equal to earth kinda stuff. He easily beats Hulk. Especially if he can just sundip if Hulk suddenly becomes as strong as him.

No .

" I know nothing of Superman...... Can someone explain to me why he is so powerful??    He's an alien, he gets his powers from the sun.... Blah Blah Blah, I know all the obvious......... But is he somekind of Kryptonion mutant?  If his race had survived, would he be just an average joey on his planet? As in, did all his species have his powers?    Or is it to do with our specific sun that gives him his power??? Sorry to sound ignorant to..... Pretty much the most popular comic hero there is.  I don't read Superman, so I have no idea. "

" @Lyrad said:

" I know nothing of Superman...... Can someone explain to me why he is so powerful??    He's an alien, he gets his powers from the sun.... Blah Blah Blah, I know all the obvious......... But is he somekind of Kryptonion mutant?  If his race had survived, would he be just an average joey on his planet? As in, did all his species have his powers?    Or is it to do with our specific sun that gives him his power??? Sorry to sound ignorant to..... Pretty much the most popular comic hero there is.  I don't read Superman, so I have no idea. "

me neither.... all I know is he has a HUGE ego, but IMO hulk could eventually become stronger and more durable. "

Last I checked, Kryptonians are exactly the same as humans, despite stronger gravity of the planet. Superman is as normal as can be without solar energy reserves, which is why Luthor handled him pretty good when they fought at the end of Up Up And Away (Luthor lost, so don't take my statement out of context).
 
Pre-Crisis, Kryptons environment probably had something to do with Clark's depowered physiology, but not anymore.
 
Clark is stronger than other Kryptonians simply because he's physically fit due to being raised on Earth instead of a super advanced society that had machines do pretty much everything for him, which is turn is magnified by his larger store of solar energy due to him being exposed to yellow suns a lot longer than the rest of his race.

If your talking FULL POTENTIAL, Hulk destroys superman. Hulk CAN become two or three times stronger than superman before he max's out.
 If your mean their average abilities, Superman.

" @Mr.Hulk_Smashin'!:  
There is currently roughly 100,000+ Kryptonians with the same powers as Superman. They were essentially normal beings with no powers. They have a more dense planet which in our gravity and in comparison to a human, his skin is harder to peirce and he is stronger (making him able to jump higher) Kinda like moving around on the moon for us. They originally lived under a red sun (while they were normal). Under a yellow sun like ours their cells get super charged by the yellow solar radiation which gives him his immense powers. He seems to be stronger than the other kryptonians with his powers most likely from absorbing so much yellow solar radiation over the years. If you look at the Kingdom Come Superman he is older and has absorbed so much sun light that he is even stronger than the current superman and is no longer affected by kryptonite. Even Earth-2 Superman that was with the JSA was stronger than current supes bc he was older and had absorbed more solar radiation the the current one 

@Lyrad: He doesnt have an ego at all "

The answer is yes and no.

" @DEADPOOL: thanks about the mix up. No i didnt even know it was that much pigger than earth i thought it was just more dense. with a higher level of gravity. It wouldnt surprise me if they did change it tho. I liked that origin tho.   "

" @DEADPOOL: yea that makes sense to me too. THey probably got rid of that origin bc if he got his strength and flying and durability from just being on a more dense planet than those power levels couldnt go up. When they come from the sun he can absorb more sunlight and have higher levels. I think he could have gotten them from the planet and then the sun could have enhanced them "

Superman is stronger, but only because he's a poster boy. I don't hate DC, I'm loving Green Lantern right now, and I'm sure the Superman comics are as good as you all would say, but I think Hulk should be stronger because he is the embodiment of raw power and the fact that Superman is stronger only because increasing his strength was an easier tactic than actually THINKING his way out of it with all those other powers at his disposal, really turns me off from his series which would probably be good. My say on this simply is that Superman is stronger, but shouldn't be.

" @DEGRAAF said:

" @DEADPOOL: yea that makes sense to me too. THey probably got rid of that origin bc if he got his strength and flying and durability from just being on a more dense planet than those power levels couldnt go up. When they come from the sun he can absorb more sunlight and have higher levels. I think he could have gotten them from the planet and then the sun could have enhanced them "

I think I heard they retconned the huge planet to solar rays because it seemed odd that an entire planet of people as powerful as Superman could be killed like that.   You could be right about wanting an excuse to jack up his power, but I think power augmentations happen without explanations occasionally anyway. "

Short answer....Either one can be stronger than the other. Supermans strength lies with absorbing yellow sunlight. Hulks is the madder he gets. Both have a unlimited potential. Right off the bat Id say Superman is a bit stronger if he is not holding back. If the fight drags out Hulk will become more powerful. IMO Hulk and Superman are the strongest Heroes in both universes. In physcial strength.  
 
Not counting all powerful beings like spectre.

Hulk is the strongest one there is! 
There's about a thousand different versions of Superman, his power levels are different in nearly every comic. Some Superman's can easily defeat Hulk, some would get their butts kicked. I think the average Superman is a little bit weaker than a really mad Hulk, at least regarding sheer physical strength.

yes he is because he strength has no limit and increases the angrier he gets

" If your talking FULL POTENTIAL, Hulk destroys superman. Hulk CAN become two or three times stronger than superman before he max's out.  If your mean their average abilities, Superman. "

" Hulk is the strongest one there is!  There's about a thousand different versions of Superman, his power levels are different in nearly every comic. Some Superman's can easily defeat Hulk, some would get their butts kicked. I think the average Superman is a little bit weaker than a really mad Hulk, at least regarding sheer physical strength. "

supermans strength is limitless to in a way as he could just start sleeping in the sun

The Hulk won't survive long enough to get angry enough to beat Superman.

Superman is far stronger than Hulk.

It depends how angry Hulk is

hulk would have to be at his angriest to fight superman otherwise the fight would end to quick

This question is kind of like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop.
 
The world may never know.

ye well people base hulks strength of his anger and in every arguement its unlimited cause he could spend a few hours getting angrier and angrier which couldnt happen as hed be K.O.D

Well depending on which version if Supes and Hulk is fighting then we can actually start presuming things. And to all the people who say " if Hulk can last long enough", remember who Doomsday is? He gave Jerry curl a run for his money. And i'm pretty sure can compete with DD.

Lets look at the facts of the situation if those two met. Superman is very well known for pulling punches, and he dislikes using punches unless he knows he will not kill someone. so at first he will try to knock out hulk with a few "light" punches. in turn hulk gets angier. rinse and repeat. superman will always try to do a bit more so not to kill the hulk but to sub due him.  in time it gets to the point where superman would just have to pull the hulk into space and take away his air. with current JMS Superman, i think Hulk could kick his head in.

Sups is strongest one there is!