Scenario 1: We are talking about the Green Lanterns from thousands of galaxies.
In this case the GL's would have an edge, since the will power of literally thousands of GLs would be an enormous force. Unified they would have the collective power that Uber GL potencies like Ion and Parallax have. The GLs would win.
Scenario 2: A couple hundred GLs (i.e. most of the GLs from the other galaxies did not arrive in time).
In this case Gladiator by himself defeats the GLs. Gladiator is a suped-up clone of current Superman, in some ways equivalent to the PreCrisis Supes. If the Red Son Superman was able to take down the Earth GL corps Gladiator can take down a couple hundred solo. Shiar wins.
Scenario 3: The Guardians of Oa get involved.
In this scenario the whole Shiar empire gets b!t@h-slapped, Gladiator is turned into a vegetabe, and Shiar tech is sold for ten cents a startship. The Guardians of Oa are just insane.
Conclusion: GLs win scenario one, and scenario 3 if the Guardians of Oa are involved. Shiar wins scenario two using Gladiator only.
Uh, doesn't the Shi'ar Empire encompass a couple dozen solar systems? I mean, the Imperial Guard is made up of many different races with special powers that are from planets within the Empire. The Shi'ar are simply the race that rules the empire.
Also, don't the Starjammers have Shi'ar citizenship? If so, that means Binary would be involved as well as Gladiator (depending on what time period we are talking about). On top of that, the Shi'ar Armada and their weaponry that they use to repel (well, try to repel) Galactus would be at play.
Hmm...
The Guardians of Oa could probably take them, but they aren't technically Green Lanterns. I don't think the GL Corps themselves could. Especially considering how ferocious Gladiator can be when he's defending his homeworld as opposed to simply carrying out some bullshit orders.
Originally posted by illadelph12
Uh, doesn't the Shi'ar Empire encompass a couple dozen solar systems? I mean, the Imperial Guard is made up of many different races with special powers that are from planets within the Empire. The Shi'ar are simply the race that rules the empire.Also, don't the Starjammers have Shi'ar citizenship? If so, that means Binary would be involved as well as Gladiator (depending on what time period we are talking about). On top of that, the Shi'ar Armada and their weaponry that they use to repel (well, try to repel) Galactus would be at play.
Hmm...
The Guardians of Oa could probably take them, but they aren't technically Green Lanterns. I don't think the GL Corps themselves could. Especially considering how ferocious Gladiator can be when he's defending his homeworld as opposed to simply carrying out some bullshit orders.
That is a possibilty, but you and I both know how hard it would be to get thousands of people with different personalities (some of whom don't like eachother with a passion) to have a singular collective will when they are under fire from Galactus busting cannons, a Pre-Crisis Superman with a mohawk and extremely arrogant attitude, and a woman with a neutron star for an afro that can create white holes and manipulate all forms of energy...
If I was a GL, I personally would contact Silver Surfer on my cosmic Motorola and tell him the Shiar have been circulating a video of Shalla Bal giving Gladiator and the rest of the Imperial Guard head, then use my GL power ring to create the image and show it to him, and have a pissed off Surfer soften them up for me while I rally the GL troops to try to pull off that Parallax-esque combined will attack. 🙂
If the Guardians are involved then this is a short fight. If anybody reads the GL Rebirth Mini would know that. Ganthet was mocking Spectres powers saying that they dwarfs his. Plus the more GLs you get to work together the more powrful they are. I think there is like 3600 total GLs throughout the Galaxy.
Originally posted by illadelph12
"how many gls do you guys think gladiator could take by himself?"How many could Superman take? Gladiator is Supes with a mohawk and superiority complex.
Originally posted by mr.smiley
what if the shiar tapped into the gl power and for lack of a better word contaminate it
Do you think the GLs would resort to that "combined will" attack right off the bat? They would be under extremely heavy fire, and not every Lantern is as adept as the next one. A few could be singled out to prevent that possibility from happening.
I'm not saying it's not possible. It's very possible and plausible, but if the GL would be considered to resort to such drastic measures, couldn't the same be said of the Shi'ar. Gladiator and Binary move fast enough and are strong enough that they could kill a number of GL before all 3000+ of them got on the same page. Not to mention the entire Shi'ar armada firing their anti Galactus weaponry at the Lanterns, as well as the rest of the Imperial Guard.
I just don't think it's so one sided and completely depends on Gladiator.
Originally posted by spetznazThat's only a few hundred inept lanterns though. The real GLs have much more experience.
...Lex gave that ring to Hal Jordan, who in this reality was a military colonel and possessor of amazing will power. Hal used his 'master' ring to create replica rings and gave them to Kyle Rayner, Gardner (Rayner's and Gardner's names are mentioned during a battle), and over a hundred other soliders. They called themselves the 'Green Lantern corps.'