But then this leads to one of my favorite Superman beats villain moment that didn't require any fists.
This is one of the reasons why I love Superman, people think he's all muscle but he can outsmart the smartest supervillains out there. Also another example as why I think Superman's Bronze Age era is criminally underrated.
I didn't know that Savage was a Golden Age JSA villain until several months ago, so I always assumed that like Darkseid and Cyborg Superman, he was one of the Superman rogues who was so good, he was promoted into a villain for the entire DCU such as his appearance in Grant Morrison's Millennium event. The character in some way was a major adversary for Superman whenever he was used.