Superman, Hal Jordan, Silver Surfer, and Thor have been summoned by a mysterious entity.
He gives them this ultimatum: Decide amongst yourselves who shall sacrifice his life so that both of your respective universes shall survive!
The heroes discuss amongst themselves who should give up his life. Naturally, all of them volunteer their own life. But in the end, they must agree on one person.
Wow... I see surfer and superman willin to sacrifice their lives
Hal and Thor are more the kind that are willing to die in battle
in the end I surfer would be the one to go between him and superman
superman is seen as the de facto leader of dc. The morale loss would be astronomical... Whereas surfer would see his sacrifice as a way to repent for sins past... Hal could be said to make the same argument...
But surfers noble nature is one of the greatest if not the greatest in comics
and I think surfer would think that while powerful... He isn't a leader like warlock or Thor
__________________ Quotes from Hia8:
"I claimed that the science is sometimes faulty."
"You don't understand. This is fiction. That means none of this stuff really happened."
"There is no writer to purposely ignore a character's natural ability just because it suits the story."
"in some cases because the writer knows that Character A will dominate Character B easily and refuses to allow this to happen for the sake of the story."
I do see a case for Hal though. He's the only mortal...Surfer and Thor and Superman could potentially have a much longer lasting beneficial effect on the Universe.
And knowing Superman, being the boyscout he is, I could see him pulling a Bruce Willis manuever ala Armaggedon.
Surfers first act of nobility?
He offered himself up body and soul to save the people of Zenn la from galactus
after regaining a semblance of his soul... Surfer having been on earth for mere days chose to defy his master and again was willing to sacrifice his life for the earthlings
Superman stays on earth because he feels bound to protect his homeland
surfer soars the spaceways... To defeat the overlord surfer absorbed billions of souls risking himself body and mind in order to free them
surfer has been literally to he'll and back to save mortals
when it comes to sacrifice without putting up your fists surfer is king. He's the pacifist with power. A space paladin.
__________________ Quotes from Hia8:
"I claimed that the science is sometimes faulty."
"You don't understand. This is fiction. That means none of this stuff really happened."
"There is no writer to purposely ignore a character's natural ability just because it suits the story."
"in some cases because the writer knows that Character A will dominate Character B easily and refuses to allow this to happen for the sake of the story."
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