Goku vs Superman:
Wiz: Born to dying races and sent to brave new worlds, these two alien saviors are legendary.
Boomstick: And everybody wants to know who would kick who's ass in a fight. And I mean everyone.
Wiz: Goku, the tenacious Super Saiyan.
Boomstick: And Superman, the Man of Steel.
Wiz: To ensure no questions are left unanswered, we will be acknowledging every official resource for both combatants, though the original writings hold precedence. No mistranslations allowed.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
Goku:
Wiz: Kakarot was born to a low-class Saiyan warrior on the planet Vegeta. He narrowly escaped the extinction of his entire race when he was sent to Earth with a single, simple mission…
Boomstick: Destroy everything! Then he conveniently bumped his head and forgot about it all.
Wiz: Dubbed Goku by his adopted grandfather, his life revolves around combat. He cares little for anything else, unless food is involved.
Boomstick: At 12 years old, he was trained by Master Roshi in Kame-Sennin Ryu, which pushes a person to superhuman levels.
Wiz: Complementing his Saiyan biology, Goku's superhuman strength, speed and senses skyrocketed. He developed numerous fighting techniques including the fast-moving After-Image and the Dragonthrow, his trademark grapple.
Boomstick: At fifteen, he was already so powerful that the only worthy teachers left were gods... and a talking cat, but mostly GODS! He was only a kid and his power level was already enormous!
Vegeta: It's over nine thousa-
Boomstick: Not yet...! Okay, now it is.
Nappa: What?! 9,000?!
Wiz: FALSE! In the Japanese manga, Goku's power level at that time was 8,000. But it doesn't even matter because we wont be needing power levels to scale Goku in this fight. At this point in the story, they are no longer used and a practically irrelevant, therefore, using them to judge Goku's abilities is pointless. Besides, the Daizenshuu says that—
Boomstick: Dai-what now?
Wiz: The Official Dragonball Encyclopedia. It states power levels eventually become immeasurable, not because they are so high they can't be measured, but because they cant be used to determine the power of an opponent in an understandable and linear form.
We cannot judge Goku by his power level, for it isn't known to the audience of the series and if it were known, it is unlikely whether or not it could be explained in an understandable way. Instead we'll be using power scaling to determine Gokus power, this is the theory that he can achieve the same feats as lesser Dragonball characters depending on how he compares to them in power.
Boomstick: for example, most guides of dragonball are pretty straightforward with there descriptions on people's power. Piccolo can easily destroy earths moon in just under 2 seconds, Vegeta can easily destroy Planets far bigger than earth, Frieza can destroy stars in his final form, etc.
Wiz: Cell has the power to destroy the solar system in one blow, Fat Buu without transforming has the power and abilities to destroy the entire galaxy within just under 1000 years and even the shadow dragons were stated to have destroyed a universe when they last appeared. But Goku doesn't just punch his way to victory in order to beat these villains.
Boomstick: Goku happens to have a knack for mimicking ki techniques.
Wiz: Ki is metaphysical, made up of things such as vigor, courage and being in one's true mind.
Boomstick: It's basically a kind of natural life force energy and is a fundamental component of Daoist medicine and martial arts. Oh, and uh, it's NOT magic!
Wiz: Dragonball creates a very distinct difference between ki and magic. Ki is dependent on the physical ability of the user.
Wiz: And magic-users like Babidi are clearly using something different. Goku harnesses and manipulates his ki energy—
Boomstick: - into badass lasers and stuff, like ki blasts, energy barriers and the Destructo Disc, which he totally stole from Krillin. The Solar Flare to blind opponents, also which he totally stole from Tien and the Spirit Bomb which puts the energy from other living things into a giant death ball... which takes freaking forever to make.
Wiz: And energy taken from sentient beings must be voluntary. The energy that fuels the spirit bomb is exponential and similarly to power levels, does not increase linearly. In the Super Android 13 film, Goku actually absorbs the ki gathered from the Spirit Bomb, becoming one with it, transforming and manipulating the energy himself, and once again the boost is exponential and not linear.
Boomstick: But back to his moveset, his two best moves are the Dragon Fist, where he super-charges his punch with this spirit energy, forming a golden ki dragon around his hand and the one and only Kamehameha: a giant focused beam of devastation which every kid in the world has always wanted to do. Don't lie, you've tried it.
Wiz: Goku also uses ki for non-combat techniques such as telekinesis and high-speed flight. He sense the power and location of other ki sources and can even teleport directly to them with Instant Transmission.
Boomstick: Which is light speed!
Wiz: Again, false. This is another mistake in translation. According to the original manga, Instant Transmission is… well… instant. Its only flaw is that it requires concentrated focus.
Wiz: Also, he can read minds.
Boomstick: Wait, what? Is there no limit to this ki thing?
Wizard: There is. Goku draws from a finite pool of ki energy. So to increase his power, Goku perfected the art of Kaio-Ken. This amplifies Goku's ki, multiplying his strength, speed, defense and so on.
Boomstick: Only one problem: it puts a giant strain on his body and can even kill him.
Wiz: But Goku does not have to rely solely on his ki. He wields the Power Pole, a magical staff which expands and contracts.
Boomstick: When he's hurt, eating a Senzu bean heals him up and to get around, he rides the Flying Nimbus, a flying cloud which probably tastes like cotton candy.
Wiz: Still, the Kaio-Ken was Goku's trump card for some time until a fateful battle with the tyrant Frieza, who pushed Goku past his limits to achieve the legendary form of Super Saiyan.
Boomstick: There are multiple different levels of Super Saiyan, each drastically boosting his power.
Wiz: Like the Kaio-Ken, each form does burden his body, though Goku has trained to minimize this.
Boomstick there is the original form called Super Saiyan Grade 1, this multiplies ones power by 50X, think about how big of a multiplier that is for a second, but then its only over shadowed by forms such as Grade 2 and 3.
Wiz: the 2nd grade seems to increase the multiplier of a normal Super Saiyan by about 50% and according to El manga legendario, grade 3 is 10X increase on Super Saiyan, its unknown whether or not it meant grade 1 or 2 but to be on the safe side we will say it probably meant grade 1.
Boomstick: but this form had a ridiculous level of Muscle mass that made the form slower than Grade 1, However Goku found a way around this with Super saiyan grade 4, the mastered form of Super Saiyan, far more power efficiency then all previous forms and no speed is sacrificed due to horricly large muscles which have no reason to exist other than intimidation.
Wiz: however even that form is duped by the power of Super Saiyan grade 5, also known as Super Saiyan 2. Wielding a 2X multiplier on top of grade 4, this form has a multiplier of over 1000X base form.
Boomstick: Super Saiyan 3 multiplies the already combined power of Super Saiyan 2 by 4X, changing the multiplier to over 4000X base. But it comes at a horrible price: that hair! Oh, and it pretty much destroys his body while he's using it, but MY GOD, THE HAIR!
Wiz: Fortunately for Goku, the life-sapping Super Saiyan 3 would be trumped by his final transformation: Super Saiyan 4. This form alters his body to better endure the 400,000x power increase.
Boomstick: Complete with pinkish-red fur and crimson eye shadow. Fear the ultimate form!
Wiz: With each transformation, minus full-power Super Saiyan 1, Goku loses some self-control, becoming more violent and instinct-prone.
Wiz: Goku's greatest strength is his tenacity and never-give-up attitude. "He does not fight to defeat others. He fights to defeat himself." However, this may also be his greatest weakness.
Boomstick: He prefers a fair fight, eager to see his opponent's maximum potential.
Wiz: indeed he is fully aware of the danger his opponents are capable of and is more than happy enough to finish them as soon as possible, he cant exactly stop his Saiyan instincts from kicking in. But, when the whole world is at stake, well... hindsight is 20/20.
Boomstick: And although he's more than tough enough to survive in a vacuum, he clearly needs oxygen, so no breathing in space.
Wiz: Plus, well… Goku's not very bright. Despite some basic schooling from Roshi, Goku has never had a day of certified formal education in his life. It took him years just to learn how to drive.
Boomstick: But why the hell would Goku need to drive a car?
Wiz: Even so, Goku understands his weaknesses. To him, a formal education would just be a waste of time. He is already a genius when it comes to martial arts.
Boomstick: And even if he does get the hell beaten out of him, he improves with every fight.
Wiz: And that is what Goku is all about. He thrives on becoming stronger and bursting limits and has overcome every obstacle in his way.
Boomstick: Even marriage.
Wiz: Goku might just be the greatest martial artist in fictional history.
Frieza trembling from the power of Super Saiyan Goku in the great battle of Namek.
Frieza: What... what are you?
Goku: I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. Ally to good; nightmare to you!
Superman:
Wiz: Kal-El was born to a high-class scientist on the planet Krypton. He narrowly escaped the destruction of his homeworld when his father sent him to Earth with the goal of preserving human life.
Boomstick: Well, what a coincidence… except for the whole saving human life thing. After landing on Earth, he was found and raised by the Kents, who decided to name him Clark. And weren't they surprised when they found out he was an alien with superpowers.
Wiz: After discovering his true heritage, Clark refused to accept his Kryptonian side. He subconsciously developed mental barriers that blocked him from attaining his full power, which he would work to uncover throughout the rest of his life.
Boomstick: Stupid power-limiting brain!
Wiz: After graduating college in two years and traveling the world as a secret superhero, Clark moved to the city of Metropolis as an investigative reporter and donned the red and blue to publicly announce his presence as the Superman, defender of truth, justice and the American way!... until he renounced his American citizenship.
Boomstick: Mild-mannered Clark kept his identity a secret with the brilliant disguise of nerdy glasses and wimpy demeanor, proving that people only see what they want to believe.
Wiz: Boomstick, that's surprisingly profound.
Boomstick: *burps* Since then, his power's been pretty inconsistent, mostly due to the writers doing whatever the hell they please.
Wiz: Well yes, but there is a pseudo-legitimate explanation. Superman's powers are dependent on the ultra-solar rays of the sun. By absorbing yellow or blue sunlight, his power rises; however he cannot absorb sunlight from a red star. So, if you take away a yellow sun, you slowly take away Superman's powers.
Boomstick: He's solar-powered! They call him the world's first superhero but sounds more like the world's first hippie to me.
Wiz: Now, the intensity of solar radiation disperses the further away it gets from its source, so the closer Superman is to the sun, the more solar radiation he'll absorb.
Boomstick: So he gathers more power the higher he gets? He IS a hippie.
Wiz: In the Justice League series, Our Worlds at War, Superman actually spent fifteen minutes INSIDE the sun. When he resurfaced, he was powerful enough to effortlessly move planets.
Boomstick: He can also hear sounds millions of miles away, see through anything but lead, and spot things moving faster than light.
Wizard: He can see at a subatomic level and hear through the vacuum of space… somehow.
Wiz: He can even see your soul.
Boomstick: What?!
Wizard: It happened.
Boomstick: Well, weird abilities aside, Superman can freeze his enemies in ice or create hurricanes just by breathing, and to top it all off, he shoots laser beams from his eyes.
Wiz: His heat vision can be expanded to encompass anything within Superman's sight and reach temperatures hotter than the sun.
Boomstick: He can incinerate entire planets in a staring contest.
Wiz: However, "heat vision drains his power faster than any other ability.", especially when he amps it up.
Wiz: And with precision, heat vision can reach microscopic levels invisible to the human eye.
Wiz: Superman can vibrate his body fast enough to phase through attacks, even turn invisible. By vibrating to just under light speed, Superman can use the infinite mass punch. This speed causes the relative mass of his fist to increase immensely and hit with the force of a supernova.
Boomstick: Which explodes at a force of 10 octillion megatons! Thanks fact-of-the-day calendar.
Wiz: In comparison, this is the Tsar, the most powerful bomb mankind has ever tested: 50 megatons.
Boomstick: So that punch is like 200 septillion super-nukes. That's 24 zeroes, bitches!
Wiz: And thats not even his greatest feat, by merely sneezing he is was able to annihilate entire solar systems. Superman is not only strong, but a genius with a super-brain that can process information thousands of times faster than an average human. He is capable of strategic fighting, even while travelling 100's of times the speed of light.
Boomstick: He's an expert in disabling opponents through pressure point combat and once fought demons in Valhalla alongside Wonder Woman and Thor… for 1,000 freaking years!
Wiz: He's even learned to protect his mind from telepathic attacks.
Wiz: He also studied two Kryptonian martial arts: Torquasm-Rao and Torquasm-Vo.
Boomstick: Orgasm-what now?
Wiz: Torquasm-Rao is a hard martial art in which Superman enters the theta state, a real-life phenomenon in which a person becomes extremely receptive to information and instinct. Torquasm-Vo is a mental martial art with which Superman can fight off mind domination and illusions or even counterattack.
Boomstick: In order to master all his powers, Superman needed to break through his own self-created mental blocks, like how when he was younger, he believed he needed to eat food and breathe oxygen like humans, when he can really just survive on solar energy alone like some weird plant man.
Wiz: And thanks to some intense training from Mongol II, he managed to tear these barriers down and become the true Superman, capable of amazing feats.
Boomstick: Yeah, like when he obliterated an F5 tornado with a round of applause...
Boomstick: Or when he was the filling for a planet sandwich, or held a mini black hole in his hand... oh, or the time he dragged the freaking Earth around. Superman has survived some pretty crazy things. Like when Koldgast hit him with 15 supernovas to the face, or when he survived the entirety of crisis on infinite earths and even when he fought the godly destroyer of universe known as Darkseid.
Wiz: overestimation? Maybe, but he has survived many threats capable of destroying entire galaxies before. When he takes a hit, his super-dense molecular structure and bio-electric aura protects him and his suit.
Boomstick: Holy crap, he sounds invincible!
Wiz: Not exactly, despite the theoretical infinite power, he does have limits which depend on how much energy he has. Not to mention this solar energy can be depleted over the course of a battle, if he takes too much damage or remains out of sunlight for too long, he can lose all of his energy and be just as feeble as any normal person. This is how the monster Doomsday was able to kill him. Oh, sorry, not kill, put him into a "healing coma".
Boomstick: (*coughs*) Cop-out! (*coughs*)
Wiz: He also has several specific weaknesses, like the famous Kryptonite, radioactive fragments of his homeworld which bring him to his knees. Any prolonged exposure will eventually kill him. He also has no special resistance to magical attacks.
Boomstick: And he always gets all hung up on doing the right thing, even if it makes his life miserable.
Wiz: He does not fight for himself, but to protect others. Even the buildings in Metropolis are more valuable to him than his own life… most of the time. The point is, Superman spends more time defending the city than actually improving his own abilities.
Boomstick: But remove all those pesky feelings about saving people and look out!
Superman: I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard. Always taking constant care not to break something; to break someone. What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am.
Death Battle:
Just an average day in Metropolis.
Man: Look! It's a bird!
Man 2: It's a plane!
What they see is a plane with a damaged wing flying towards them.
Man: It's gonna kill us!
Everyone starts to panic and run away.
Man 3: I hate Mondays!
Superman flies in, then sees to the plane.
Superman: *humming Superman theme* Don't worry, folks, this looks like a job for Super - WHOA!
The plane nearly hits a nearby window cleaner.
Superman: I got it! I got it!
Then it switches to a news reporter, who talks about Superman's heroics. At the Kamehouse, Goku's friends are watching it on TV.
News reporter: Earlier today, Superman heroically rescued Metropolis from disaster once again. The man of tomorrow saved a downed airliner which would've crashed-
Krillin: Superman, huh? Wow, he looks really strong.
Vegeta: What, that pretty boy ass clown? Oh please. I could kill him with my eyes closed... even faster than that stupid transforming hedgehog.
Chi-Chi: Just look at him... wearing his underwear on the outside. I bet it chafes...
Goku: Don't be so sure...
Chi-Chi then looks out a window at Goku, who is outside looking at the water.
Goku: I sense him. He's strong... stronger than anyone I've ever fought.
Chi-Chi: Are your serious?
Goku then happily picks up Chi-Chi.
Goku: Finally... someone as strong as me!
Vegeta: (off-screen) SCREW YOU!
Goku holds up Chi-Chi while spinning in a circle as the two of them laugh.
Master Roshi: I heard he's an alien!
Goku: An alien?
Goku, shocked at the news, accidentally lets go of Chi-Chi, who flies off-screen.
Goku: It's only a matter of time before he destroys the planet!
Goku then gears up for battle.
Goku: Nimbus!
Goku then flies off on his Nimbus from his current location to Superman.
In Metropolis, Superman is standing on top of the Daily Planet when he hears the Nimbus coming from a far distance. He then turns and sees Goku riding the Nimbus, who stops and turns to face him.
Goku: Hey there.
Superman: Uh... hello.
Goku: You look pretty strong. Let's fight!
Superman: Fight? Well, that's not really what I do...
Goku then charges up a ki blast and fires it at Superman, who knocks it away. Superman then flies forward, knocking Goku off the Nimbus. Both then land onto the streets below.
Goku: Oh boy! This is gonna be fun!
Superman: You're insane!
FIGHT!
Goku flies forward and punches Superman, then proceeds to go on the offensive, forcing Superman to block his blows until Goku teleports behind him and kicks. Goku then jumps onto the side of a building and flies at Superman, who is knocked back a couple of feet before flying back into Goku punching him hard enough to send him flying through multiple buildings. Superman then flies after him and delivers a fast combo on Goku who blocks every single blow, but still knocking him back.
Superman: This is pointless! Give up!
Goku kicks Superman in the stomach sending him flying a few feet before using his Kaio-Ken technique.
Goku: Kaio-Ken!
Superman: Kaio-what?
Goku punches Superman into the air, flies after him, kicking him further back, then fires another ki blast, which knocks Superman to the ground. Goku then lands to the ground and fires a large volley of ki blasts at Superman.
Superman: Alright then.
Superman uses his super-speed to evade all of them, then suddenly strikes Goku, stunning him. He then proceeds to deliver a large flurry of blows to the dazed Goku before his final strike sends Goku into a wall, paralyzed.
Goku: Wha... what? I... I can't move...
Superman: So... you're an alien too, huh? interesting.
Goku: What did you do to me?!
Superman: Pressure points. Didn't work at first, but my X-ray and Microscopic vision let me find your body's weak points.
As Superman continues talking, Goku uses telekinesis to lift up a Senzu upward to his mouth from a pouch full of beans.
Superman: You won't be going anywhere... what is that?!
Goku then eats the Sensu bean, recovering him from his paralysis, then floats as he holds the bag in his hand.
Goku: Ah... thats better!
Superman: what are those.
Goku: Senzu beans! want one?
Superman: no!
Superman incinerates the bag with his heat vision.
Superman: I'm ending this... now!
Superman flies towards Goku to punch him, but his punched is stopped by Goku's hand as he becomes Super Saiyan.
Superman: What?!
Goku then unleashes a massive combo on Superman and eventually side kicks him far back.
Superman: what the hell? Okay Blondie! What's going on here?!
Goku the smiles to hiself before flying towards Superman, whose attack he anticipates, but when Superman strikes, Goku suddenly disappears. Realizing that Goku was behind him, Superman prepares another punch, but is interrupted by Goku's.
Goku: I... am Son Goku!
Goku punches Superman into the air.
Goku: And I...
Goku flies upward towards Superman.
Goku: ...Am a Super Saiyan!
Goku punches him downward, with Superman crashing back-first into the top of a building. Goku then prepares his Kamehameha Wave.
Goku: Kame... Hame... Haaaaaa!
Goku's Kamehameha Wave blasts through what turns out to be the LexCorp building, blowing it up. Afterwards, Superman rises up from the rubble covered in wounds and dirt.
Superman: Well... this might take a while...
Suddenly, Superman begins feeling even weaker, due to a piece of Kryptonite left over from the remains of LexCorp.
Superman: What? *groans in pain* No... not now...
Goku flies in to attack, but then notices that something is wrong.
Goku: Huh?
Goku then lands to the ground.
Goku: Hey, what are you doing?
Superman: I... no...
Goku: Is that rock hurting you?
Superman: Kryp... tonite. *groans in pain*
Goku then charges up a ki blast and then proceeds to fire it at the Kryptonite, destroying it.
Goku: There. Okay, let's go.
Superman: What... why?
Goku: I wanna beat you at your best. It's no fun if it's not fair.
Superman: well, thank you I suppose
Goku: your welcome, now let us continue!
Goku kicks Superman into the air. Afterwards, Goku and Superman are clashing at super-fast speeds across the entire city. His final strike knocks Superman back and then Goku proceeds to leap forward using two buildings, knocking Superman towards the ground.
Goku then charges at Superman on foot, using his After-Image Technique to create illusions of himself, who run in a circle around Superman. confused at first, Superman then realises what Goku is doing. He then walks forward and punches the real Goku, knocking him backwards slightly. The two then zip across the city, trying to catch each other, until Superman sneaks up on Goku, hitting him with a car, Goku gets up unscathed and flies towards Superman who then uses his eye beams to blast Goku in the chest stopping him in his tracks before then punching Goku full force into another building.
Superman: Next time, you should think before telegraphing your attacks
Goku then goes Super Saiyan 2, teleporting behind Superman
Superman: Huh... déjà vu.
Goku fires more ki blasts at Superman, who is heavily damaged by the attacks. Both fly into each other and Super man manages to send Goku FLying before Goku flies forwards to do the same to Superman, only much harder
Superman then rips out a lamp post from the ground and hits Goku with it, knocking him into the air. Goku then takes out his Power Pole and sees the lamp post flying towards him. He swings the pole, knocking the lamp post away, then proceeds to fly towards Superman and unleash a combo on him utilizing his pole, knocking Superman back.
Superman: That... feels... like...
Goku: Power Pole extend!
Superman is suddenly struck by the expanding power pole, which forces him into the side of a building. Goku then flies at him with a punch, knocking Superman through the building.
Superman: *groans* Magic.
Goku appears next to Superman who is now covered all over in wounds.
Goku: The game's not as fun when you're losing, is it?
Superman: Game? You think this is a GAME?! I haven't even begun to play.
Superman then flies into the air and goes off into the distance where there's more sunlight. Goku then focuses, anticipating where Superman will fly to, then uses Instant Transmission.
He arrives at a wasteland from the opposite side of the world, where he takes his Power Pole back out, then swings it downward while expanding its size, which hits the flying Superman, knocking him back. Goku then swings his extended Power Pole, which Superman catches with his hand. Superman then slams Goku into the ground with it, then throws the Power Pole far out of the atmosphere. Goku now understanding that superman is starting to go all out, decides to transform into Super Saiyan 3.
Superman: Oh great. Not another...
Superman is interrupted by a punch from Goku, who then delivers a flurry of kicks, and finishes by using his Dragon Throw, grabbing Superman by the legs. He spins, repeatedly knocking Superman into the ground, before throwing him, destroying an entire large rock formation. Superman then flies at Goku on the offensive, with Goku blocking a flurry of punches.
Goku: (thinking) impressive, He can even keep up with Super Saiyan 3. What makes him so strong?
Goku teleports and places his hand on Superman's head, trying to read his mind.
Superman: Attacking my mind, huh?
He knocks Goku back, then strikes him a few times, knocking him into the air, he then knocks Goku to the ground Goku to the ground, creating a crater. Goku sees Superman about to fly towards him.
Goku: Solar Flare!
The screen goes bright, a bloodied superman is there with his eyes closed, holding an equally bloodied Goku by the collar of his Gi. Superman then smiles to himself...
Superman: Alright then...
He opens his eyes which are glowing crimson red.
Superman: My turn...
Superman creates a huge beam of heat vision, intending on ending the fight right there. But then he is sent flying as a strange deformity begins occuring around him.
Superman: I've got a bad feeling about this...
The deformity then begins to conclude, ending with the day turning to night and Super Saiyan 4 Goku appearing before him as lightning strikes in the distance.
Superman: Here we go again...
Goku: It's over Superman! No one is stronger than Super Saiyan 4, my ultimate form!
Superman: Ultimate form, huh? About time you ran out of hair styles...
Both begin floating upward, then finally fly towards each other. The two clash at unprecedented speeds before Goku does a two-leg kick, knocking Superman down.
Superman then tries to use his freeze breath to try to halt Goku in his tracks, but Goku manages to make it through and delivers a few kicks that knock him into the ground. Instantaneously, Goku teleports towards Superman, then places his hand by Superman's face as he fires off a ki blast. Superman starts to realise that he is outmatched, he is beginning to reach his limits whilst Goku is only getting stronger throughout this fight.
Superman: Dammit, I don't have much left in me. Have to get above those clouds...
Superman flies upward, intending to leave the planet for the sun. Goku sees this and chases him.
Goku: Oh no you don't!
Superman then tries to exit the earth towards the sun but Goku is flying uch faster than him and is able to grab him before he reaches the outer atmosphere, he uses the dragonthrow and sends him flying downwards befor flying into him punching him towards earth.
Superman: goddammit.
Goku tries to ram Superman again but superman dodges the attack and kicks Goku down instead, he then continues flying upwards whilst Goku prepares a Kamehameha X10.
Goku: Ka... me... Ha... me... Haaaaaaa X10!
Goku fires his 10x Kamehameha, Superman hears what goku is doing and turns to fire a full power blast of heat vision towards him. The two beams are at a near-standstill with goku at a slight advantage.
Superman: a shall not lose to you Saiyan.
Superman starts to put as much power as he can into the laser beam and starts to push back Goku's Kamehameha, but Goku hasnt fallen just yet
Goku: Kai...o...KEEEEN!
Goku's Kamehameha Wave then overpowers the heat vision, sending Superman flying into the sun. Goku then reverts back to his normal form, exhausted.
Goku: *breathes heavily* Phew. That's... it. what a Good... fight.
As Goku prepares to fly back to Earth, he suddenly sense his opponent.
Goku: *gasp* Wait... he's... there's no way... he's still alive! It's... it's the Sun. He's using the Sun! Dammit that Kamehameha took everything I had.
Goku then resorts to his trump card, he raises his hands upward.
Goku: Sun, Earth, everyone! Lend me your energy!
As Goku is creating a Spirit Bomb, Superman is inside the sun, absorbing its energy. As Superman begins to exit the sun, Goku goes Super Saiyan and absorbs the Spirit Ball's energy.
Superman then flies towards Goku whom is charging up all this energy and flies towards Superman. With his power near its maximum, Superman flies and Goku fly as fast they possibly can and then they come into contact with each other and cause a giant shockwave that shakes the entire solar-system. Goku and Superman then fly past each other trading blows befoire they decide that this fight has gone one for too long on must end there, Goku turns Super Saiyan 4 and put all of his energy into his hand whilst superman flies at just the right speed to do this one move he has been saving for these moments.
Goku: Dragon... FIIIST!
Superman then prepares his Infinite Mass Punch as the two connect. The two opposing forces are so powerful that the entire Solar system is obliterated in an instant. Goku and Superman shout as they suffer the force their connected blows as the screen goes white. Superman is shown floating in space appearing lifeless. Whilst goku is floating there too before straightening up and opening his eyes and smiling in victory.
K.O.!
Goku grabs his power pole which floats past him and flies off to find Namek to wish everyone back.
Results:
Boomstick: It's over! It's finally over! We never have to hear about it again!
Wiz: Indeed. Superman may be more honorable than Goku, but sometimes in reality, surpassing his oppponents is what Goku does all the time.
Boomstick: Superman's power's insane. He can even patch up holes in reality with just his own static electricity.
Wiz: However Goku has fought and defeated beings with similar powers and abilities before in the form of Majin Buu.
Boomstick: Sure Goku didnt understand Supermans connection to the sun, but had he have known, he could easily destroyed the sun with and walked away unscathed, leaving Superman with no more energy source.
Wiz: and he may also use instant transmission to teleport Superman to a place with a red star or better yet, no star at all, although it is possible he may run the risk of teleporting him somewhere with a blue star.
Boomstick: but in the end thats not important, what is important is who is stronger, faster and more durable.
Wiz: we shall start with superman.
STRENGTH
Wiz: The force needed to move an object out of the sun's orbit by 1% is about one thousand times less than the object's mass. The Earth weighs in just under 6.6 sextillion tons. This means that Superman is strong enough to move 6.6 quintillion tons.
Boomstick: But he has lifted far more than that without the use of solar radiation. with solar radiation he lifted entire colonies of planets.
Wiz: a mass of which can roughly be estimated to about 100 sextillion tons. Not that lifting strength really compares to striking strength ofcourse, he has been able to punch through entire planets with his bare hands meaning at the very least he can punch with over 3 sextillion megatons, which can be shortened down to 3000 yottatons.
SPEED
Wiz: While being timed by Max Lord, Superman flew to the sun and back in less than two minutes. That's 9.4 billion km/h.
Boomstick: Not to mention he was fighting Wonder Stripper the whole time.
Wiz: True, so it's likely he can go faster. According to Batman, he can fly at least 17 billion km/h.
Boomstick: And even thats at the least, he is much faster than that.
Wiz: Someone who we can compare with Superman when it comes to speed is The Flash. In one instance, the flash saved 532,000 people during a nuclear explosion in Korea by carrying them away from the explosion in 0.00001 microseconds.
Boomstick: the comic says The Flash did this at a hairs breadth short of the speed of light. However, to actually achieve this, he would have needed to be moving much, much faster than the speed of light.
Wiz: indeed, each time The Flash picked someone up he travelled a distance of 70 miles, sometimes he carried 1 person or 2 people so at the least we can estimate he carried 3 people every times he travelled the 140 miles, meaning he could 70 miles about 354,667 times. Meaning he travelled over 24,826,690 in 0.00001 microseconds, divide that by 1 second you get 100,000,000,000, multiply that by 24,826,690, you get him being able to move over 2.5 quintillion Miles per second, or 9 sextillion Miles per hour in other words.
Boomstick: Superman may not be as fast as the flash but he certainly compares, lets just say he is half the speed of Flash which in short makes him over 6 trillion times the speed of light, Holy crap that's fast
DURABILITY
Boomstick: The Man of Steel has survived a firing from the void hound, a weapon which destroyed 10 star systems, a feat which at the very least requires a durability of around 2 nonilllion Megtaons or 2 trillion yottatons for short.
Wiz: So, Superman's feats and skills are definitively measured. However, Goku's are not and are difficult to judge. Not only does Dragonball heavily abuse cinematic time, but Goku's final adventures in Dragonball GT are incredibly inconsistent due to his untimely transformation into a child.
Wiz: As ki is dependent on the physical body, his child form likely could not handle his own ki, sending his power into flux.
Boomstick: And obviously, we're not using future Goku 'cause that would require a ridiculous amount of assumptions. Not to mention we'd have to use future Superman, who would also require such asumptions. So, like Superman, we need to judge Goku in his prime.
Wiz: After experimenting with dozens of different theories, we decided to use the most simple method we possibly can, feats, stements and powerscaling.
STRENGTH
Boomstick: Multiplying the 400 tons by the Super Saiyan forms means he can lift up to 1,600,000 tons in Super Saiyan 4, strong enough to pick up a continent... or my ex-wife. Ha ha!
Wiz: and thats without ki, he has shown far more impressive feats such as in his fight with Frieza, when he slapped away aki blast capable of destroying entire worlds, meaning he can hit with at the very least 400 quadrllion as a Super Saiyan during the frieza saga. however it goes even further than that, the supreme kai in the Buu saga stated that he was so powerful that he could one shot Frieza if he so desired, however he was afraid of the two fighters Puipui and Yakon, implying that they are stronger than Frieza, Vegeta and Goku destroyed them both easily, meaning at the very least Goku in his base can hit with around 1 quintillion megatons, multiply that by Super saiyan 4's 400,000X multiplier and we get 400 sextillion Megatons, or 400,000 yottatons.
SPEED
Boomstick: Right after Goku left the healing capsule in Frieza's spaceship during the Frieza fight, he travelled across the planet to reach his friends in just under a few minutes.
Wiz: seeing as how Namek is more than 10 times the size of earth, we are gonna determine half the perimeter of Namek and estimate how quick Goku must've gone to get there in say... 1 Minute.
Boomstick: as Namek is over 10X the size of Earth, it has a diameter of roughly 80,000 miles, meaning he travelled around 503,000 Miles in a minute meaning he could at the time he could travel over 30,180,000 Mph. Multiply that by super saiyans 50X multiplier you have over 1.5 billion Mph, times that by the 2.5 we had earlier for base form and we get roughly 3.8 billion Mph at base, Multiply that by 400,000X and you have 1.52 quadrllion Mph, which is roughly just under 2,300,000 times the speed of light
DURABILITY
Wiz: We can determine Goku's durability through his son Gohan, Perfect Cell and Majin Vegeta.
Boomstick: Perfect Cell and Teen Gohan were stated to be able to wipe out the entire Solar System in one blast of energy. During the Buu saga, Majin Vegeta said that Goku as a Super Saiyan 2 Far exceeded the powers that both Gohan and Cell showed during the Cell games.
Wiz: Meaning at the very least, Goku would have to have at least twice the durablity of Teen Gohan as a Super Saiyan 2 Gohan which is about Solar sytem levels of Durability, Meaning as a Super Saiyan 2 he can take about over 1 nonillion Megatons or for short, 1 trillion Yottatons.
Boomstick: once again, Multiply that by 4X for Super Saiyan 3 and then another 100X for Super Saiyan 4, you get 400 Trillion yottatons.
KI POWER
Boomstick: Goku doesn't rely solely on his physical abilities. He amplifies his strength and durability with ki.
Wiz: But even though his ki reserves cannot be measured, we can determine his maximum output. See, his ki attacks do not force him backward unless he allows them to.
Boomstick: Even when firing upward at full power, the ground beneath him remains untouched.
Wiz: Therefore, according to physics, his maximum output is at most equal to the amount of force he can withstand.
Boomstick: Luckily, we just calculated that with Majin Vegeta. 400 Trillion yottatons
CONCLUSION
Wiz: All right, now that we've determined Goku's maximum potential, let's compare it to Superman's.
STRENGTH – Goku – 400,000 yottatons - – Superman - 3000 yottatons
SPEED – Goku – 2,300,000 Ftl – - Superman - 6 trillion Ftl
DURABILITY – Goku – 400 trillion yottatons – - Superman - 2 trillion yottatons
Boomstick: Its close but Goku still overshadows Superman in both Strength and Durability
Wiz: Now we can keep throwing feats and equations around, but in the end, numbers cannot measure what Goku and Superman are capable of. They are both ultimate heroes, solutions to daunting problems and achievers of the impossible. The difference is at the core of their character. Goku has always been understandable, there is no questioning how powerful he is, there is no inaccuracy with his scaling, there is no denying how powerful he is.
Boomstick: with superman however, its a bit different. People don't agree on how superman's powers work, James Brackett thinks that Superman destroys anyone in Comics whilst in other comics he is shown getting massacred by Darkseid.
Wiz: When you start reading the comics and you see what superman is capable of, you may start to realise that Goku has done the exact same thing or something much more impressive previously in Dragonball Z alone, without counting the possibilities of what he could do in GT. Superman can certainly survive supernovas and can destroy planets, but Goku has fought beings who can destroy entire Solar systems in mere seconds.
Boomstick: and we can't say that superman just has no limits because Goku doesn't have limits either, meaning if it were to be interpreted as having infinite power then there would be no end to this fight. In the end we just have to use what superman is most frequently shown as being.
Wiz: so in the end, who wins between the hope of the universe and the Man of tommorow? well whats more impressive, Destroying a star, or destroying the system that star resides in.
Boomstick: In this fight Superman was kill-eld
Wiz: The winner is Goku.