GalacticStorm
Smart Alec Know-It-All
Originally posted by Tenebrous
Good scans, thanks.However I'm still not very satisfied with the notion of Thanos w/Power Gem being able to defeat Galactus because we have seen what a Thanos w/Power Gem alone can do.
In Infinity Gauntlet, when Adam Warlock's forces engage Thanos, Mephisto reminds Thanos that to combat them with the Gauntlet's full power would be no measure of a challenge at all, so with that he activated solely the power gem. Of course he dispatched them all fairly quickly but was concerned enough to reintegrate the gems once more and use the power of the full gauntlet.
However even if we would set aside the question of Thanos w/full capabilities of the power gem vs. full power galactus, I would still give the nod to Galactus if only because G need only employ his immense telepathic and mental powers to either wrest the gem from Thanos' control or to simply use it for his own means....Thanos may have the power gem in this case, but he does not have the mind gem, and brute power alone would not be sufficient to defeat Galactus.
Now this is what im talking about. Well structured argument, with refence to on panel instances as evidence. Best response so far.
We know Galactus is telepathic and can communicate telepathically, however from what we've seen on panel hes passive. He communicates and he has strong defences to fend off tp attack. But where have you seen him attacking on panel?
Thanos is telepathic as well and his immense psychic defences. If you can assume that Galactus' consumption of extra planets can suddenly make the passive telepath that Galactus is a tp force to be reckoned with despite the fact that those energies have nothing to do with tp and hes not gaining additional psychic power from an outside source then i can assume Thanos' skislls will be similarly enhanced when backed by the nigh infinite power of the power gem.
I dont agree with either assumption, but if you can assume so you need to remember it goes both ways.
With the power gem at his command Thanos' own talents would be backed by near infinite power. With a gesture Thanos could unleash the full fury of the gems power on Galactus and given its far superior power to a maxed out Galactus, he just would not survive.
You need to recall that Thanos and his abilities would be hooked up to an unlimited energy reservoir. Galactus is very finite in comparison. He relies on consuming the neergies of planets to maintain his reserves. Fighting Thanos at the intensity he would have to to last more than a second, he would use up those reserves in no time, whilst Thanos would still be going strong.
Galactus illustrated this limitation of his perfectly in his battle against Phoenix:
No matter how much energy he absorbed, he would eventually use it up. He requires external sustenance. Whilst Thanos would go on without a hitch.