Nice thread.
To be honest I do not think our world (ours meaning the real world, with no powers or such stuff) could take out many comics characters.
With 2 weeks of prep that is virtually guaranteed.
Seriously, how could we hurt the Hulk?
Nuke him? Somehow I think that wouldn't knock him out for a loop for too long, and anyways where are we going to nuke him?
He will be moving quite fast, more often than not in areas with human settlement, and there is no way an American president (who wants to be re-elected ....or have someone from his party elected) will nuke a populated area of American soil.
In comic books they have all sorts of nice weapons, and maybe they can come up with something that can work against a gamma-monster like the Hulk.
However in the real world there is no analogue.
The Hulk beats and eats all of us.
Seriously though, any of the major characters can wipe out the world.
Take Superman for example ....his weaknesses are kryptonite and magic.
In the real world where will someone get either?
Take the Flash .....how would we even sense him if he goes at his top velocities?
Take Magneto .....or the Juggernaut .....or Lobo ......or Darkseid ....or Doomsday ....or the Surfer .....or Gladiator .....or .......
If any of a good number of characters came to earth there is absolutely nothing we could do apart from yield or run off into the wilderness and hide.
Last edited by spetznaz on Dec 21st, 2005 at 10:36 PM
Because Magneto is too important to Marvel to be killed with wooden weapons. At least that is what I think. Remember there was a time when Marvel would have collapsed were it not for the sales being brought in by Wolverine and Magneto, hence those characters have a special pedestal in Marveldom.
Yeah, i can see THAT
But at least a failed attempt or something would've been nice. I mean......is there any logical reason you can think of (besides decrease in sales and such) why this wouldn't work?
Nerve gas should technically work.
Good one ....hadn't thought of that.
However wouldn't that fall under the same problem category as deploying nukes?
1) Using nerve gas in a populated area would be political suicide.
2) How does one get a bearing on the Hulk? If he jumps he will be miles away by the time he lands (and on the ground he can move at around 300mph, meaning that the only way NG would work is if the entire area was saturated with the gas, which would have severe political implications unless the Hulk was lured into the middle of nowhere. And anyways what is to stop the Hulk from simply jumping up and away).
3) Anyways .....the biggest problem (apart from the political stuff) would be bringing the Hulk and the gas together. IF he is too mobile they cannot get a bead on him, and evne if he is stationary they would have to bring the canisters of gas (in whatever form they will be, either in missiles or other) to him.
4) Nerve gas is a chemical weapon and the US is NOT supposed to use it (although we HAVE it and are currently destroying the stocks we have, although I'd be willing to bet not all of it will get destroyed). The Russians also have large stockpiles, and apparently still make some ....such as the 3-BZ type that some say was used in the Theater rescue (when Chechen terrorists took over the Russian theater in Moscow and Russian special forces had to use NG to take it over). Anyways, any use of nerve gas (be it sarin, 3BZ, or any other type) by the US would have ramifications.
With that said ....that was a good one.
I hadn't thought of it.
Nerve gas is a good option, and i am certain the president would simply say 'it had to be done.'
Question for you: How does one stop Superman if he came into our world. If you have an answer for that YOU ARE THE MAN.
Hmmmm ....honestly none. I remember in a cartoon (one of those old X-men cartoons) Magneto almost getting killed by a Sentinel that I believe was made of a non-ferrous material (I don't recall whether it was ceramic or high-grade plastic, but his powers had zero effect).
However rest assured that Marvel will ALWAYS come up with a way to prevent Mags from getting offed by a wooden weapon.
However in the real world wooden weapons (my best choice would be many wooden flechettes fired at high velocity in a scatter-shot pattern) should not only hurt Magneto BUT kill him as well.
The answer to the supes one is rather simple , show him the comics . The mere thought of one being a fictioanl character and having nor real meaning would cause him to snap becoming ether a psychopathic monster the likes we have yet to see , or a docile vegetable......
Yep. But about a dozen javelins should do the same job. And a small tribe of africans would be able to pride themselves on killing one of the strongest mutants in the world
Anyway, back to the Hulk......why doesn't anyone like my "2 persons sollution" ?
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