Upgrade Post Crisis Superman 4-A durability?

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

I was going through Superman's page and found that he "survived attacks from the Void Hound, who had previously destroyed 10 star systems as a test-drive."

The image said it has been tested once. Not multiple times. Once. Doesn't that mean it blew up ten star systems in one go? Does that not qualify for multi-solar system?

Edit: I added Upgrade in the title to get attention. It usually works.

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

I know it's waay too early to bump, but... bump

 

[Wokistan]

Ask DC knowledgable members. Sandman and Matt are good to go to.

 

[Matthew_Schroeder]

He was taken on a "test drive" and destroyed 10 star systems. that doesn't imply it did it all at once. If you take a car on a test drive and drive it for 10 kilometers, that doesn't mean you crossed them all at once.

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

Well now rereading the scan, it only says 'tested once.' Where does test drive come from?

 

[Jared1111]

Well, it's not his only 4-A feat , but Post-Crisis does have the problem of not knowing where his real feats end and his outliers begin.

However, i am also curious about that test drive statement, as the scan itself does just say "it was tested once, 10 systems died", and nothing about it being used over a period of time, but i may not be getting the full context. Anyone know what comic the scans come from?

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

According to DC wiki, the Void Hound first appeared in JLA #111 and last appeared in JLA #114, both from 2005.

Probably some time between then, I could try to look myself.

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

bump.

The comic is JLA #111 form the 1997 run, as I'd expected.

It's actually the first page as well, lol.

 

[Jared1111]

How you found any pages that mention the "test drive" or the device being used to destroy the ten systems over time, instead of just one attack like implied?

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

Yeah, it's literally the first page that comes up immediately after the title page.

 

[Jared1111]

So i also looked into it, and the best i can see when it comes to the scale of its destruction is when it destroys about 5 solar systems back to back, and mentions it destroys them because they were "in it's way."

 

[DeathstroketheHedgehog]

There's nothing else stated about the test drive throught the issues.

And yes, those star systems were in its way because it was headed towards Earth's star system. Earth was its prime target, those star systems were just merely unlucky to get in its path. In the following issue, it seems that the Void Hound was influencing the pilot's mind to act out of insanity and bloodlust, so that could explain the unecessary destruction of those star systems.

 

[Jared1111]

But yeah, it seems to destroy the Systems over time, rather than all at once (at least that's what i'm interpreting.) so i don't think this feat would constitue 4-A.

 

[KLOL506]

I agree with Jared on this one, combined with the fact that most of Supes' best dura feats are Solar System level (Including Flash's IMP, not sure why it isn't in Supes' profile, since he can do it too, and its recoil only knocked him out).

 

[Antvasima]

So should we close this thread?

 

[Matthew_Schroeder]

Yeah it's over time, not instantaneous.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay.