Originally Posted by
John Venus
Mongul was also depicted as very arrogant and misogynistic. Even though he claimed that Superman was the only who could stop him, the League had Captain Atom, Supergirl, Orion, Big Barda, Martian Manhunter and even Waverider among it's ranks. Kind of hard to believe that none of them, either individually or together could have stopped Mongul. I think his ego was just bruised from his first defeat that he tried to convince himself and others that Superman was just that powerful but everyone else was ants to him. I wouldn't take his words too literally.
The Superman vs Mongul is one of my favorite fights in JLU and I've re-watched it a lot of times. I noticed how, during those re watches that even though Superman had the upper hand during the beginning of the fight, Mongul actually did really well several times during the fight. He even gained the upper hand over Superman after the latter burned his chest with heat vision. Mongul may have taken a hell of a beating but he wasn't outclassed.