Strange with a weeks prep😱 I know Shazam is powerful but Strange with a weeks prep😱 Man look what Strange has done in the past. Yea Shazam took on Specter, but then again he lost. Strange has taken on gods in thier own real and won. Its hard to imagine anyone short of a abstract beating Strange with a weeks prep. Just look at whats he's done. Thiers plenty of proof.
Re: Dr. Strange Versus Shazam
Originally posted by BuzzKiller
Dr. Strange receives one week of prep and all of his magical paraphernalia. Shazam does not know of the battle until just before it begins.Who wins this battle of magic users.
wow this is intresting but since strange gets all this prep and shazam has non what so ever im giving it to strange.
Originally posted by Laminator_Xvery very well said. its good to see someone who knows comic hero's other then most of these fanboys
Shazam typically has more power at his disposal than base-level Strange does. Shazam has the power of numerous gods at his disposal from the get go. Strange has to seriously power-up to achieve the level of power that Shazam has all the time.[b]However
Given the scenario presented here, Shazam has no chance whatsoever. None. Nada. Zilch. Strange benefits from preparation moreso than any character in comics, and I'm including Thanos in that estimate. Strange could've become omnipotent 10 times over in the timespan presented in Thanos-Quest. The scans of the Shuma-Gorath battle don't really do justice to the magnitude of that victory. Imagine that he took out one of Lovecraft's nastier alien menaces and assumed it's power, if that helps. Strange had abdorbed so much magical might that if he had returned directly to our world it would have been destroyed like a moth in a bug-catcher. There's almost no one that Strange couldn't defeat with a week 's prep. If nothing else, that's enough time to cast the 7 Gates of Chaos and destroy the universe.
In an unprepared fight on neutral ground, I'd say Shazam 3/5. If they were on the Rock of Eternity, I'd go up to Shazam 4/5. Strange still gets the 1/5 if he can absorb Shazam's energy. If he could execute a Conjurer's Sphere within the Rock, Shazam would be done, but that's a difficult move and one he seldom uses.
The scenario proposed is not a fair fight. [/B]
dr strange has the most potential of any character in the marvel universe. and the writers use this to their advantage. strange goes from beating someone like death to losing to someone he shouldn't. shazam is one of the most powerful magic users in the dc universe and on the surface one would think that he would win this fight easily. i agree with mighty adam, it is nice to see someone who looks beyond and understands exactly what strange could do.
Originally posted by batdude123
Shazam took on Spectre. Spectre>>>>>>>>>>everyone else Strange as taken on.
ill put it like this remember the black adam vs spector fight yeah that was the same deal.
i saw the scan were spector said something like i can draw magic from anywere or anything even you wizard then he proceded in kicking the H3ll out of shazam.
Thanks Guys.
Seriously though, Strange beats up Dormammu and Mantis, beats Moondragon at telepathy, gets back up after punches from the Juggernaut, stands up to Warlock with the Infinity Gauntlet, talks back to the Living Tribunal, eats Elder Gods and steals their power, turns into Eternity...
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and still gets babes like Clea and Topaz.
He's not so tough is you catch him flat-footed, but when he gets going, watch out.
A fair fight? No prep for Strange!
If Strange were packing one of his more potent artifacts, say the Wand of Watoomb or maybe the Book of the Vishanti, we might call it a fair fight.
It'd all hinge on weather Shazam could KO strange early before he can powerup to ludicrous levels or steal Shazam's power. If so, Shazam wins. If not, Strange wins.
a week???!!!!
thats unfair!!!!!
shazam is extremely powerful and all, but, in this scenario he loses, a better scenario would be: strange has the week of prep, he enter the rock of eternity... damn!!!! shazam was prepping for spectres raid, in a nutshell strange gets the week, shazam get the prep he got in DV.
Originally posted by Milkie
WHY?
Two reasons:
1) Strange can call upon even greater power than Shazam can, it just takes time. That's not minimizing the enegies Shazam has at his disposal, Strange can just get more.
2) One of the ways Strange routinely beats beings that are far more powerful than himself is by tapping into, stealing, absorbing, or otherwise making his own his opponents' magical energies. He's done this many times to everyone from other wizards to far bigger fish than Shazam. A prime example is the Shuma-Gorath victory back on page one.
Once again, Shazam is definitely more powerful than Strange is day-to-day, but Strange's ability to powerup, even mid-battle, would make DBZ characters jealous.
That's why.
We're not nuts, we've just read some Dr. Strange comics. If you just know the Doc from his various guest appearances, it's understandable that you might think him overmatched here.