Superman Or Thor? Looper Readers Decide

«I would argue this would be an easily matched fight physically,» acknowledged one user. «It would be [the] mentality that determined the winner. So with that I’d go with Thor. Not to mention Superman is vulnerable to magic and magic wielded relics. So [Thor’s] hammer is his greatest asset against [Superman].»

As a number of other users from the minority view smartly pointed out, almost every iteration of Thor has something in common: their powers and weapons are magic. Though Superman may at first appear to be the stronger hero, the origin of Thor’s gifts makes him a potentially lethal threat to the Last Son of Krypton, who in the comics is extremely vulnerable to magic. «Thor wins,» said another user. «[A]lthough [Cavill’s] Superman has not shown it in live action, I think he may have a weakness in magic and Thor is a ‘god of thunder’ [who] wields a magic [hammer-slash-axe].» 

However, at least in the comics, Thor’s magic doesn’t do much to help him overcome Superman’s might. When the two came to blows in the 2003 limited crossover series «JLA/Avengers» (a series James Gunn has teased turning into a film), Superman stopped Mjolnir with one hand before swiftly dispatching Thor with little trouble. Later in the comic, he even briefly wields Mjlonir himself (though he wasn’t technically worthy, as an undeservedly smug Thor later points out). Regardless, though the above commenters posit an intriguing theory, the Man of Steel still wins the day.