While goob did a good job of showing that the narration itself says A-M only had the power of several mini-universes, that's been retconned.
What hasn't been retconned, or shown for that matter, is A-M actually destroying a universe under his own power.
So, I challenge anyone to prove the Anti-Monitor, before absoring the Anti-Matter Universe, could destroy a universe under his own power and nothing more.
If you can't prove this, the A-M isn't even as powerful as Galactus.
__________________ "No, when Luke uses anger he turns into Stevie Wonder at batting practice."
Gender: Male Location: Anti-Forum Elitist. I put Elitist i
Account Restricted
No proof needed. The AM was already as powerful as the entire multiverse. When one universe died, it threw off the balance and gave the AM plus one in power. Thus creating the entire series.
Indeed. one would think if I had the power of the multiverse, these pesky five remaining universes wouldn't be a problem...but seems A-M needed more tech
And whatcha know...same with all his other feats..
__________________ "No, when Luke uses anger he turns into Stevie Wonder at batting practice."
The Anti-Monitor seems a lot more powerful on paper than he turns out to be in practice. Absorbing the power of a unierse seems like it should make him uber, but then he gets punched around by Supergirl or the like.
I wonder if it's kind of like eating for him? I may be a bit more powerful after absorbing the energy of a Powerbar and some Gatoraide, but not infinitely so.
__________________
...You are Number Six. Respect Popeye
That's the problem with DC right there, encapsulated in the AM's showings. A being who can absorb universes and hang with the specter (never mind he is not at full power) should not be wasting time with top tiers. Too many DC villains are bigged up just to be shot down by mere top tiers.
It probably was meant to get a rise of them, but it was a pretty valid question, no? Just because it was aimed at them does not mean the question does not stand. Plus, it would be a great excuse to stop threads degenerating into SS vs superman or DS vs Thanos.
Although AM's feats in terms of destroying universes don't necisasarily imply that he had great power standing up to Spectre and surviving a blast that rewrote reality certainly does.
Nonetheless the policy is that if someone creates a thread with the sole motive of causing an argument or attacking certain members the thread should be closed.
I don't see how this thread would affect that.
__________________
Graffiti outside Latin class.
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
A juvenal prank.
A being who does all that should not be having problems with top tiers, yes? As I mentioned, the AM's showings were a culmination of DC's tendency to big villains up just to have the big seven take them down.
A debate and an argument are simply separated by the presence or absence of civility. If trick and nvr can be civil, I don't see why this cannot be a debate instead. I don't see how this is baiting them either. Anyone else can answer the OP's question.
Assuming an intelligent debate ensues, what do SS vs superman and DS vs Thanos have to do with this thread?
He didn't have trouble with top tiers. Throughout the whole of COIE they kept doing more and more to weaken him. Spectre's blast sapped his power, the magicians turned his shadows into energy leeches and sent them back into him, the tuning forks were stopping or at least slowing his ability to increase his power, Darksied channeled a huge amount of energy though AM's equivalent of K-nite right into AM.
He never really had much trouble going up against top tiers. Supergirl destroyed his body sure but that didn't really do anything. Top tiers screwed up his plans but none of them ever came close to beating him IIRC.
You've made a lot of assumptions there.
__________________
Graffiti outside Latin class.
Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
A juvenal prank.
It wasn't so much of trouble as the fact that AM couldn't swat them like the ants like they should have been to him. I know he got hit by Spectre. I know he got poisoned by his shadows. I know that DS channeled energy through Alex to him. The point is that a being of his supposed power should not have had this much hassle at all. Even without talking purely about top tiers, DS himself should have been insignificant to the AM, which was not the case.
The first was to show that it does not have to be a silly, childish argument if people don't let it become one. It takes two hands to clap.
As for assumptions, I wouldn't know any more than you whether trick and nvr are going to be civil, would I? Would you prefer if I had jumped to conclusions?