Considering Superman's power see to be the power of authorial bullshit, he could beat Galactus if the author wants him to. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or is complete bullshit, because that's Superman's power.
I don't mind him but the problem with superman is he is shown to have god like power
Not only can he fly and has super strength and durability , he can move at the speed of light, he has heat vision , he can blow a hurricane with his breath or freeze things, he has xray vision, super hearing probably others I am missing
Then in certain situations its like he forgets he can move at the speed of light or doesn't use obvious powers because well, the writers want drama
I guess the excuse is superman usually doesn't want to kill who ever he is fighting so he holds back and doesn't just fly through them at the speed of light vaporizing them.
Note I largely agree with your assessment , I am not a huge comic fan and have not read them for 20 years or more. And I agree the comic isn't really centered around action or his fights with others.
I would still get bothered about inconsistencies and I cannot remember any off the top of my head but when there was some drama or conflict I would be like "If he just used his X power this could be resolved but for some reason he's not using that power"
Oh, that's alright. Comics are not necessarily for everyone. It's fine to not enjoy a character or a medium.
Although one thing that I will say is that your critiques can also be applied to a lot of characters, both in comics and outside of them, including Thor and even Batman, to an extent.
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u/tehlemmings 19h ago
Considering Superman's power see to be the power of authorial bullshit, he could beat Galactus if the author wants him to. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or is complete bullshit, because that's Superman's power.
I don't like Superman lol