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Originally posted by Hercules
Worse...Devilgoblin!

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Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
You did see who made the thread right?

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Originally posted by Juntai
Magic and prep-time.

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Originally posted by DevilGoblin
rated

BTW: you are "The Man"

Hulk beats them all. Case Closed.

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Originally posted by endrict
there are so many plot devices...

Speed blitz, rope of truth, super healing factor with Adam. claws are the top 3.

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Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Only the second one you listed can be taken as any sort of plot device . . .

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Originally posted by Hulk rules all
What is the greatest plot device ever created in comics? Please rate the following from 1 to 9.

Mjolnir
Thor's god blast
Wolverine's healing and fighting attributes
Superman's attributes
Silver Surfer's power cosmic
Black Bolt's pseudosonic scream
Mangog's power of a billion beings
Destroyer armor
Iron man's weaponry/tech

What says ya'll?

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Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Magic, followed closely by GL Rings.

The Speedforce is a plot device as well.

Healing factors that are unspecified and inconsistent like Wolverine's are plot devices as well. Why? Because the writer uses it to adjust to whatever situation he's writing in. Do we get ko'ed by DD today in one hit, or do we take hits from Hulk multiple times. Do we grow back an eyeball, or do we get a scar from a knife wound?

Oh, and Batman's utility belt.

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Originally posted by Soljer
I was about to make that comment.

A speedblitz may be seen as a cop out, but it's not a plot device.

The Golden Lasso, Mjolnir, a Lantern Ring, the Power Cosmic, THOSE are plot devices.

A healing factor is not.

Unless you want to get into a deeper discussion, in which case EVERYTHING in the story is a plot device. Good, bad, and ugly, NOTHING would be written if not for the plot.

If you understand what I mean.

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Originally posted by grey fox
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Originally posted by Ize19
I believe Jinzin's covered this before. One of the reason's that Wolverine's healing factor is inconsistent is because it needs energy to run. The major provider of that energy for Wolverine is protein, so, when he's well fed and well rested, and his healing factor hasn't been pushed yet, then it's at it's optimal. The loss of the above factors can drag it down.

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Originally posted by Tha C-Master
And it wouldn't make it so different that it would add 100 tons of force on the receiving end, would it? No, it would make a mild difference. It's inconsistent from writer from writer becase it went up as his popularity grew, AND it's used for whatever plot he's in.

I'm sure they write in the captions. "Wolverine just ko'ed, it's because he didn't eat his vitamins and minerals fans."

That's more of an excuse than anything.

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Originally posted by Ize19
In the Terry Adams arc, (where he meets Epsilon Red) Wolverine is dying in the desert, and the "angel" that's with him states that his healing factor needs protein to work. This is confirmed when, after eating some vultures, he manages to completely recover, and even pull off his famous speed feat of blitzing the soldiers and slicing their guns without them even being able to track him.

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Originally posted by Ize19
In the Terry Adams arc, (where he meets Epsilon Red) Wolverine is dying in the desert, and the "angel" that's with him states that his healing factor needs protein to work. This is confirmed when, after eating some vultures, he manages to completely recover, and even pull off his famous speed feat of blitzing the soldiers and slicing their guns without them even being able to track him.