Thanos vs....YOU

So Thanos discovers a way to break the fourth wall and realizes he's a comic book. He runs into you and, because he's bored, comes up with a bet. He challenges you to put together a team of up to five HEROES (HEROES!!) below skyfather level from any non-anime comic universe. Give him the list, a stack of comics about each character and give him a MONTH to prepare. He'll then engage that team in battle.

Thanos is so confident in his prep abilities that he believes that no one can beat him when he plans it out. Is there some combination of five heroes anywhere in the universe who Thanos can't beat even with prep? Thanos doesn't think so...can you prove him wrong?

Thanos supporters - feel free to shoot down any teams people come up with, using ways Thanos might prepare for them.

below skyfather?

Yup. So no one at or beyond Odin's level. But you get five of them! Impossible?

how about Hulk,SilverSurfer,Thor,IronMan,and Doop... They could win easy!

and remember doop has every stat at 10 or more! and SilverSurfer and Hulk have strength at 10!

ok......

Nate Grey
Mr Majestic
Dr Strange
Sentry
Flash

i didn't pick the Surfer because he is always involved in these fights and i want to see one without him

I really don't know who some of those are.... but maybe I should have had Doc Strange on my team...

OK...cool thread. I'll give it a shot.

King Thor
Hulk
Adam Warlock (hero?)
Silver Surfer
Dr. Strange

I thought about including Gladiator , but the versatility of Doc Strange was too enticing...good luck prepping for him, even with a month and a stack of comics. Warlock and Thanos, if I remember correctly, were friends at one point...so if I can't pick him then Gladiator is my alternate. Also, if any of these guys are considered above Odin (don't think so, but maybe) then Iron Man in his ThorBuster armor is my next alternate.

-DM

Originally posted by Scoobless
ok......

Nate Grey
Mr Majestic
Dr Strange
Sentry
Flash

i didn't pick the Surfer because he is always involved in these fights and i want to see one without him

Wouldn't Sentry be considered to be above Odin?...and thus emilinated from choosing him?

But I forgot to include any DC heroes...nice touch.

-DM

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Wouldn't Sentry be considered to be above Odin?...and thus emilinated from choosing him?

But I forgot to include any DC heroes...nice touch.

-DM

i don't know if Sentry is at Highfather level....... but King Thor is so you have to lose him..... if i have to lose Sentry then i'll replace him with........ um.........hmmm........ Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

so that's

Nate Grey
Mr Majestic
Dr Strange
Green Lantern (Jordan)
Flash (West)

Cool. Already had my alternate ready. New team...

Hulk, Surfer, Strange, Warlock, and Captain Marvel (i.e. Shazam). First alternate Gladiator.

Not sure who I'd pick in a fight between my team and Thanos, but that's about the best I can do.

-DM
P.S. Superman Prime...above or below Skyfather?

team one:
franklin richards
nate grey
pheonix
adam warlock
dr. strange

team two:
Ghost rider
Doomsday (from gog timeline where he WAS a hero)
dr strangefate (from any comic universe right?)
darkclaw
franklin richards

that's all I got for right now.

Originally posted by jinzin
team one:
franklin richards
nate grey
pheonix
adam warlock
dr. strange

team two:
Ghost rider
Doomsday (from gog timeline where he WAS a hero)
dr strangefate (from any comic universe right?)
darkclaw
franklin richards

that's all I got for right now.

Hate to play the bringer of bad news, but since the rules of the thread are no one above Odin, both Pheonix and Franklin would have to go. Either one, at full strength, would take the fight by themselves.

I'll play devil's advocate on behalf of Thanos.

Here are my observations so far:

Thor, Hulk, Surfer, Warlock, Nate Grey and Iron Man would all be bad choices against a Thanos with a month of prep.

Thanos knows Thor, Surfer and Warlock too well - he knows their strengths, weaknesses, battle strategies intimately - they'd go down quickly against a Thanos with prep.

Nate Grey, even though he's powerful, is fairly one-dimensional - he's a psionic. You don't think Thanos can build a psionic disruptor in one month? Or something to turn off the mutant gene? Lots of devices just like that are floating all over the Marvel Universe.

Hulk is gamma powered - Thanos can easily use his own power to siphon away his gamma radiation and turn him back into Banner. Surfer does it all the time. Or, barring that, could just build a gamma device to siphon the power off of him.

Iron Man is still vulnerable to EMPs - Thanos could build one or generate it himself.

Gladiator is still vulnerable to radiation, and he's mentally weak. Those are easily exploited with a month of prep. Thanos could go Hannibal Lecter on him and make him doubt himself easily, or just blast him with radiation.

You'd probably have to select more versatile characters, characters who don't have an easily-exploitable weakness, or...characters who don't have many comic appearances (since that's how he's doing his research).

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Hate to play the bringer of bad news, but since the rules of the thread are no one above Odin, both Pheonix and Franklin would have to go. Either one, at full strength, would take the fight by themselves.

i would agree....... and Superman Prime is WAY above Highfather level

Right - remember they have to be below Skyfather level. Doomsday, if you want to exploit that hero loophole, would actually be a pretty good option. So would magic users, since it's difficult to counter easily.

Green Lantern...hmmm....are they still vulnerable to yellow? If so, Thanos is going to know and prepare.

Am I allowed to pick 5 Thanoses?

Ghost Rider would be an interesting option, since it's unknown what effect the Penance Stare would have on Thanos. But would he have time and the ability to do it if Thanos knows about it and has prepared? That's all GR has going for him...if he can't do it (and I think eye contact has to be made), then Thanos is going to take him out, and GR doesn't have any other really good powers to fall back on.

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
Am I allowed to pick 5 Thanoses?

lol. No.

Originally posted by demigawd
Nate Grey, even though he's powerful, is fairly one-dimensional - he's a psionic. You don't think Thanos can build a psionic disruptor in one month? Or something to turn off the mutant gene? Lots of devices just like that are floating all over the Marvel Universe.

Perhaps, but i've got Majestic and Lantern who could destroy any devices that Thanos has putting Nate back into the fight

Originally posted by demigawd
You'd probably have to select more versatile characters, characters who don't have an easily-exploitable weakness, or...characters who don't have many comic appearances (since that's how he's doing his research).

if he's just researching through MY comics he won't find anything on Majestic and he wont have thee most up to date details on GL and Flash..... he may be surprised to find out nate is fighting him while dead though............. but all of that wouldn't matter if he folded or dog-eared any of the issues....... i'd kill him myself....... 😈