unregisteredMAN
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i'm new here. i have a few things to say about this one. before anyone asks I have read all of these characters significantly through the years. first off, its clear that all of these characters at one time or another have had their powers either exaggerated or diminished by some writer for the sake of telling a more balanced story, personal favoritism, or any other reason. b/c of this its hard to refer to a specific comic as 'proof' in any conclusive way. in general, however, there are accepted power levels that are attributed to each character. you can find these, with slight differences even here, in various 'official handbooks' and 'marvel encyclopedias.' generally, cap is described as being in 'peak human condition' -- referring to strength, speed, endurance, agility etc. quantitatively, hes able to lift/press about 800-1500lbs--maybe a ton. DD is not this strong by any account, and wolverine is sometimes described as having this level of strength, but generally he doesnt -- and he certainly isnt stronger. spiderman, however, is consistently described as being orders of magnitutde stronger -- about a factor of 10 times. i realize that there is more to fighting than strength, but the point of the above was to basically show that against spiderman none of these characters can rely on their strength. basically, one or two hits from cap or DD wont do much against spiderman. wolverine is the only character able to do damage from a single hit. moving to speed/quickness and agility. also no contest here. DD is fast, quick, and agile. so is cap, but probably more so than DD. same goes for wolverine. he is sometimes described as being at cap's level in these categories, sometimes not--but hes in caps general ballpark. spiderman is ALWAYS described as being significantly faster, quicker, and more agile than any of these characters. in fact, these are often described as his main advantages in combat -- his dominating speed, quickness, and agility. its unclear if hes "3 or 4 times faster" or if hes 20 times faster. whats important is that none of the other characters can overcome his speed -- in the sense that they wouldnt be able to successfully defend themselves against an attack--and almost certainly wouldnt be able to counter it and get some serious hits in. wolverine is the only one for whom this isnt 100% true. a block from wolverine could mean some serious damage b/c of his claws so spidey would have to be quite careful but I still think that his speed could see him through. moving to my main point (if youre still reading). its clear that none of the opponents can relly on any of their fundamental physical strengths to handle spidey. there is however much more to a fight than individual strengths and weaknesses. cap for example, is always described as a great tactician one on one and in a group. its his ability to anticipate an opponents movements and strategies, and then counter tham that makes him so potent. this is his main strength in combat. same goes for wolverine (though without the 'group leader element)--hes a master fighter, and more dangerous than cap b/c one hit is enough to do serious damage. DD is also a great fighter, not on caps or wolvie's level, but still great. his senses are obviously his main advantage, and what limits those senses is his reaction time -- which is far far slower than spideys. in any event, in a one on one fight, i think everyone agrees than DD doesnt really have a chance against spidey. with cap, spidey would have a slightly harder time. like i said above, hes a great fighter, but his role here would naturally be defensive. spiderman simply has too many decisive advantages in speed and strength. i cant really see cap being able to block or dodge spideys attacks for a very long time -- shield or no shield. his shield cant be everywhere at once, and spideys speed guarantees that it would have to be for cap to have a chance. in general cap would have to never make a mistake to survive spidey, and even if he does defend perfectly, spideys still too fast for him to stop. spidey on the other hand doenst need to be perfect to throw down with cap. his speed and strength mean that he has many more options -- if he misses an attack and is left open as a result, he has plenty of time to defend (this isnt true for cap...if he leaves himself open even once its pretty much done). i see cap going down in this one. wolverine is basically the only one that pidey needs to worry about. this is because, his ability to do damage with one hit means that spidey cant make many mistakes either. if he miscalculates and wolvie is able to dodge an attack, though hes still fast enough to dodge it, if he stumbles of wolvie gets lucky with positioning or wtvr, spidey could be seriously damaged. the spider sense would be a key component here. it would give spidey an additional defenseive tool he could use to avoid wolverine if he had too. conversly, wolverine also doenst have to be perfect on defense. his healing factor gives him some room to take hits. but even in that comic that everyone cites, where the two fight in a graveyard, wolvie eventually admits that the only reason spidey didnt beat him is b/c he didnt have to stones to break his neck, which he is clearly capable of doing. bottom line, spiderman would definitely get some hits in on wolvie, but he'd have to get a lot of really serious ones in to knock wolvie out, or hed just ahve to break his neck. wolverine, would need to get a few serious blows in to finish spidey--not just casual scrathes. this would be really hard with spideys speed, but if he got lucky he could maybe get one or even two. the webbing hasnt even been brought in here, with it spidey is even more potent. one on one, with webbing or without, spidey beats cap and DD easily, and he still beats wolverine, buts its tougher. all three of them working together, is a totally different matter. here, caps tactical strength is greatly hightened. daredevil can be used on point for example, to draw spidey into poitioning that is more favorable to cap and wolverine, for example slowly forcing him closer to wolverine than he would normally want to be unless he was attacking. also, with all three of them spidey doesnt have as many options, he cant afford to slip up or miscalculate. the burden is on him to be near perfect, because if he isnt, he might get tagged real real hard. he cant keep focused on all three oponentsat once, and even the spidersense wouldnt save him b/c he doenst know the specific nature of the threat. in fact, it could even be used against him, for example by creating a fairly obvious threat that he would 'sense' and would naturally react to, and setting up a situation in which his reaction would inadvertantly put him in an even more dangerous situation -- sandwiched between wolverine and cap all of a sudden for example. the point is that there are now several ways for spidermans decisive advantages to be countered. again, wolverine is probably the only one among the three that would be used as a 'finisher' where as DD and cap would do some setting up. one on one, spidey wins hands down, but three on one, he almost certainly loses. those are my 2 cents.