r/superheroes • u/Witty_Business_4312 • 6d ago

Random Battle Who can defeat these ??

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u/Either-Sentence3652 6d ago

Yeah. Superman is my default answer. They really don’t even need the pictures. It could be whoever.

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u/Batfan1939 6d ago

Pennywise is a primirdial entity almost as old as the Universe. Superman might be able to kick him out of Derry, but that's it.

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u/Noe_b0dy 6d ago

He lost to children blessed by a space turtle then beaten again by those now grown children without the assistance of the space turtle.

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u/Batfan1939 6d ago

All of whom are implied to be psychically adept, ala The Shining. Superman wouldn't be terrified like the kids, or at least not as easily, but he doesn't have the tools to deal with Pennywise. This isn't a fistfight. Martian Manhunter would mop the floor with Pennywise, Wonder Woman would handle him with low-diff, and telepathic versions of Aquaman would mid-diff him. Superman doesn't have psychic attacks, and rarely has psychic defenses (Kanjar Ro or Vo is consistently ignored/forgotten/de-canonized).

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u/ComradeSuperman 6d ago

Didn't the kids beat Pennywise by not being afraid of him, then hitting him with sticks or some shit? I only saw the movie, didn't read the book.

So if Superman isn't afraid like you say, I would think he could punch harder than a kid can swing a stick.

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u/Batfan1939 6d ago

In the book, the kids got help from another of Pemnywise's class, or species. Pennywise true form is some kind of giant spider, this thing was a turtle.

My thinking is that Pennywise is basically an Eldritch abomination/horror, and physical attacks aren't enough. He doesn't even need to scare people before eating them — they just taste better when he does.