Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Zeus has stolen Wonder Woman to be his bride and is controlling her mind. Superman travels to Olympus to demand Diana's release. Zeus is amused at the impudence of the mortal. He decrees that they shall engage in single combat with no other god or mortal interfering. If Superman wins, Diana can return to earth. If Superman loses, he will become a slave of the Olympians... that's assuming he survives. The fight takes place on Olympus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superman is new 52 and has his full battery of super powers. Since people are familiar with him, Zeus's powers. Strength - Zeus is the strongest of the Olympians, with the possible exception of Heracles. The two wrestled at the celebration when Heracles became an Olympian and neither could win. In one of his labors (recovering the Golden Apples of the Hesperedes), Heracles took over for atlas supporting the weight of the earth (or the sky) on his shoulders. Heracles, and by extension Zeus) are this in the same strength category as Superman. Immortality - While Olympians can be overpowered, they apparently cannot be killed by any level of physical damage. Promethius had his liver torn out and eaten by an eagle every day. The liver grew back and the eagle started in again. In superhero terms. This is not a special power of Promethius, it's just a good illustration of the healing factor all immortals have in Greek myth. They also have a different relationship to life and death. In the legend of Admetus and Alcestus, Heracles defeated Death in a wrestling match and forced him to depart without his intended victim. Speed - While there aren't any great feats of speed I can find for Zeus in myth, he is universally regarded as the most powerful of the group. That means that Hermes would not have an advantage over him because of his speed. While I'm sure Superman is faster than Zeus, it won't be enough of a difference to allow him to win by blitzing him. If Hermes can't do it, nobody can. Also, Zeus' power to appear on earth is probably a form of teleportation. Shape-changing - Zeus is an expert at this and can take on what seems to be an unlimited number of forms. The forms he used in myth include: a bull, an eagle, a whirlwind, the goddess Artemis, a swan, a serpent, and a shower of golden rain. Zeus is also able to change mortals into animals, trees, etc. Weather Control - As king of the heavens, Zeus can summon weather to aid him. His specialty is the thunderstorm. Aegis - The shield (in some versions the breastplate) of Zeus is said to be indestructible and invulnerable, capable to turning aside any attack. The aegis is also emblazoned with the face of Medusa and anyone who looks on it will be transformed to stone. Thunderbolts - Zeus' favorite weapon, made by the cyclopses on the forge of Hephaestus. It's hard to quantify their power but, in the DC Universe, it's Zeus' thunderbolts that transform Billy Batson into Captain Marvel, so that gives an idea of how these would affect Superman. Adamantine sickle - Zeus doesn't use this as often, but the sickle, made of a material that is harder and sharper than any other was what he used when the fight moved into close range. The mythical material adamant was the inspiration for Marvel's adamantium, and for all practical purposes, it's the same. It was first used by the titan, Kronos to do away with his father Oranos (that's why pictures of Father time aka Chronos/Kronos often carry a sickle of scythe.) When Zeus overthrew Kronos, he took the sickle and used it as his personal weapon. The sickle was the weapon Zeus used against the monster Typhon when his thunderbolts couldn't get the job done. It was also the weapon he lent to Perseus to cut off Medusa's head. (The stories usually refer to Perseus weapon as a sword, but the Greek machiara was a sword which was developed from the sickle, so perhaps both versions arecorrect. Aetis dios - A huge eagle who attends Zeus in battle. His role is to fetch Zeus anything he needs. If he drops his sickle/sword, or shield, or runs out of thunderbolts the eagle brings him more with godlike speed. All Olympus is watching. Who wins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callisto Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Learn More AboutSupermanRead more about Superman at WikipediaOfficial Site: Detective Comics Links: Superman's Wiki Profile DC Database Project: Superman DC's Superman Site ZeusRead more about Zeus at WikipediaOfficial Site: Public Domain Links: Wikipedia Pantheon.org Mac.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G4hardcore Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Zeus!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLEGACYx Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 As much as I like supes, Zeus would be way too much for him alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Spider-man Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hera gets jealous because Zeus marries Diana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skadoosh Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Zeus wins, maybe stomps, but i'm not positive about the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dinsdale Piranha Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Personally, I don't think it's a stomp and wouldn't have posted it if I thought it was. It's a fight I wish DC had done back when they were doing such excellent Olympus storylines in Wonder Woman and New Teen Titans (George Perez was a fantastic writer/artist for myth.) The Man of Tomorrow vs. the Ruler of Olympus would have rocked big time. The other thing that they toyed with but never did was Apokolips vs. Olympus. They even had Darksied and minions come to Olympus where the gods were mysteriously absent. There was a good fight with Superman and Wonder Woman, but those two fight Darksied and his boys all the time. They missed out on a fantastic opportunity, and this one was done by John Byrne, who is another great artist for this sort of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skadoosh Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Personally, I don't think it's a stomp and wouldn't have posted it if I thought it was. Of course, but Zeus is a God while Superman is only God-like, and while i'm sure their fight would last a while i'm equally sure Zeus would win. From what i know of him he's a bloody beast, physically and magically, and although i think they're probably about equal in many ways Superman has less experience than the God and no special defense against magic, so i highly doubt he'd win. The reason i thought it might even be a stomp is because Zeus he may very well have more power than i know of, as i've only read a few storylines involving Zeus. Apokolips vs. Olympus Very cool idea. Do it. It's a match worth making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callisto Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Match Final ResultsSuperman: 8Zeus: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest force_echo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 What's stopping Zeus from turning Superman into a tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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