Talk:Steely Dan/@comment-36354214-20180728104235/@comment-31656818-20190626185025

Well it can be figured from Jotaro's fight against DIO that during these fights against the assassins he is holding back, meanwhile during his fight against DIO he is trying to kill him. Against DIO, Jotaro causes massive holes in his body using his punches, meanwhile we don't see things like this in his other fights. Also, you must consider Steely Dan's stand, Lovers, which would require him to build up quite the pain tolerance for it to work very well.

Steely Dan could be dead, but it is not impossible for him to be alive.