Here are all the facts...you're welcome.
http://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2011/05/superman-vs-captain-marvel.html
Cool write-up!
I agree - Superman cannot defeat Captain Marvel.
The entire JLA couldn't defeat Black Adam, yet Captain Marvel on his own has the ability to beat Black Adam.
I think Supes, if pushed with blood lust and a long soak in a yellow sun, could be stronger or faster than Marvel.
But Marvel exists because he's magic - Supes just doesn't handle magic well.
Marvel takes this fight.
And I also agree...he's been poorly written. But then, if you write Marvel correctly, he's so ridiculously over-powered that his story line is actually quite dull. I mean, who can beat him? Galactus I guess.
And a few years back, Supes' character was so ridiculously strong (culminating with Superman Prime One Million) that it was pretty dull to read it.
I get the writers have a tough job. Write a story line with two essentially indestructible god-like heroes, where one has to lose.
How does the immovable object stop the unstoppable force?