Also like Thor, Superman is shackled and taken to the despotic ruler of this planet, who compliments him on his fighting spirit (“This one has the fire of a champion!” vs. “Well, he’s a fighter!”). Both heroes are then given an involuntary makeover and forced to wear a space gladiator costume, except Superman’s leaves a lot less to the imagination.
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Next, Superman is told to fight the tyrant’s champion, a big green guy called Draaga, while being watched by a huge crowd of aliens in a giant arena, but he refuses and offers him a friendly hand … which Draaga just uses to sucker punch him. Pretty soon, Superman gets tired of being a punching bag and beats the crap out of his opponent.
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So it’s basically the Hulk fight from Ragnarok but without the jokes. (Yes, the basic “Hulk as a space gladiator” idea and look are taken from Marvel’s Planet Hulk storyline, but that’s about it.)