Ah.

GL sheilded him from the blast at the end. We don't know if he could have survived it, since Superman did, but Alloy didn't.

Alloy tried to shield him but definately didn't do it fast enough. At the point of the explosion, Alloy is pretty much on all fours with Magog underneathe him. This leaves the space of about a house free for the blast to hit Magog. So pretty much, he got the full brunt of it.

As for weather he hurt Superman...eh, not so much. Still, he did as much damage as anything did to Superman, save maybe the lightning. I mean the same blast that tore apart Alloy and killed 90% of the Justice League, 90% of the Outsiders, and 90% of the "criminals" just pissed KC Supes off.
He looks roughly in the same condition after that blast as after Magog shot him, except more angry.

You sir, are correct.

Don't forget that many of the "heroes" of the new generation fear him. He is besically the new Superman.

His (very little) exposed flesh would have been damaged slightly as well. And I don't think Supes would have been too surprised at Magog shooting him. Remember, Magog is the dude who wanted a title bout with Supes.

I do think Superman was surprised by the attack.
He was also surprised that he survived the attack.

I don't think the force of the blast itself was what stunned him,
but as Spizzie said, very very little can hurt KC Superman.

This could just be me reading into things too much, but I noticed that before Magog blasts stuff (when he's just pissed off), the gem in his helmet turns red. Maybe the blast is partially effected by his mood? Or maybe it was just a lame tell built into his gear.

It's like a mood ring!

If the blast is partially effected by his mood, then by the time he attacks Superman, he's basically given up on life, so the blast would be weakened. Of course, this argument is based on very little and is entirely academic, especially since the voting on this one is closed.

Well Magog is supposed to symbolize everything wrong about comic books, so which is more of a problem with comics?

Mood rings?

Or powers affected by emotion?

I got nothing.

How about strength from rage? Or strength from hatred?

Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. ~ Yoda

Maybe it just glows when charging up period?

Team magog will win. Anyone who can put a scare into superman is no joke and the black queen is even more dangerous (all dressed up like that - yummy!).