Subj: Re: If it takes 6 of the most powerful Avengers to take him down (and then they in turn are beaten by Aquaman) he's not helpless Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 at 04:15:12 pm EST (Viewed 557 times)
Reply Subj: If it takes 6 of the most powerful Avengers to take him down (and then they in turn are beaten by Aquaman) he's not helpless Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 at 03:20:46 am EST (Viewed 508 times)
Being helpless against them does not mean it took all of them. The whole scene was one of punishing him for beating Thor by adding insult to injury. Supes seemed done right after Tony’s blast. Fans criticized Busiek for what they viewed as writing the Avengers out of character and he cited them piling onto Nefaria.
Speaking of that, they do pile on Nefaria similarly and he tosses all of them off like they are nothing and this is under Busuek. So your argument that Superman is not weakened by Thor is an acknowledgement that Nefaria is far stronger than Superman. Busiek even shared the script of that scene and the script describes Superman as significantly weakened by his fight with Thor.
And I would be interested as to where Superman is shown up before Thor.