Exactly. AM also reassures Metron that he is destroying no universes and I think Luther confirms that all AM does is devistate the surface of that Earth and absorb the souls of the dead.
Metron points out that AM has destroyed countless universes that are then reborn. Whenever AM destroys a universe, he is reborn along with it as stated in the linked scan:
Metron suspects that this reborn AM is planning to do this to the current universe and states that he has already begun buy consuming the energy of Earth 3. If Metron thinks that consuming the energy of Earth 3 is the BEGINNING of destroying the universe, then clearly AM has not destroyed/consumed a universe. Plus, AM reassures him that he is not going to destroy reality. So clearly, this AM has not consumed a universe and never does.
That's before Grail finds him and Anti Monitor starts killing and absorbing universes as later seen in Forever Evil.
It's a flashback idiot.
But I like how you acknowledge Anti Monitor as Destroyer of universes but when he actually destroyed a universe he was just absorbing souls of the humans which he has never done.
We never see AM killing and absorbing universes and no such killing and absorbing universes is ever referenced beyond Grail. Grail describes what we see in the page as AM having absorbed all the power he could from that universe. Thus, according to her, absorbing a single planet's energy is all the power he is able to absorb from a universe. So he is apparently a chump LOL.
Of course, Metron's statement is what makes more sense to those who don't share your dimwittedness and he is referencing the same scene as Grail. AM absorbs the energy of a single planet. Grail clearly uses some weird hyperbole and is apparently going to do no more than find more planets for him to ravage.
Oh and yes, AM does destroy universes during COIE using his antimatter cannon. We all know that. He doesn't destroy any universes this time around and says that he isn't going to do so, but in your infinitesimal wisdom, you believe that Grail changes his mind LOL!
And pardon me. I said souls, yet the book says he killed five billion three hundred ten thousand forty-five people and absorbed their residual energies. So maybe residual energies is the same as souls or maybe not. And it is Batman not Luther who says this. An even more reliable source. Both Batman and GL reference the devastation of Earth 3 and no more and at this point, AM is already fighting Darkseid. So where is the subsequent damage?
Wow, your understanding and comprehension are pretty poor. Let me put it clearly. No references are made to him absorbing universes in preparation for his fight against Darkseid after Grail makes her statement. I'm not talking about a reference to him ravaging planets or when he destroys universes multiple realities ago. I'm talking about what he does in preparation for Darkseid in the current reality at the time.
He doesn't absorb any universes because he tells Metron that he isn't going to do so and no indication is given by Batman and GL that this has occurred while the battle with Darkseid is going on. It doesn't happen. Stop making things up. Just go into a dark room alone and cry.
He had a lot of reason to be up until this latest run in Iron Man. We now know that he should be well above Eternity if he is able to decimate the Living Tribunal.
If anything, he's OVERRATED. His most impressive showing was in a What If and even his best feat in mainstream Marvel happened off-panel (the LT and IB 'fight') so we don't know the context behind it.
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