Originally posted by Evil_Ash
Which was pure PIS writing.
Don't blame me, blame the writers. If it was only once that the OE was withstood, then it would be PIS. Superman has survived it direct and survived it through deflection, and to top it off, Doomsday survived it directly (was hurt from it, but survived). That's no longer PIS, that's now in the realm that the OE has limits on who it can disintigrate.
Originally posted by Kutulu
Doomsday survived the OE, on erase mode. The OE is not unstoppable. Doomsday wasn't even essential to the universe. Superman has also deflected the OE with heat vision, and withstood it directly.
Doomsday had either evolved an energy aura (as we seen against the Radiant) to prevent the OE from getting him or he instantly evolved to draw energy from the Source to prevent his erasure. Either of these are feasible.
The erasing OE, by definition, only effects physical material things (not energy). That is why it can be deflected by HV or any other strong energy source. But if it comes in contact with a material substance then it completely erases that material substance.
And know that the power of the Source (which is in the OE) is far greater than Death's curse. For God (the Presence) can overide any curse by mere abstract beings.
Now Thanos might be immortal but that has nothing to do with him being erased (or sent to oblivion-limbo). Death and Oblivion are opposites (not the same). Thanos would still be alive in limbo until Darkseid calls him back with the OE (whenever he decides to).
Given the crazy evidence Draco presented in the DS vs. DD thread, I'd say Thanos is severely outclassed. An avatar is a close fight, minus the Omega effect. Which may or may not work in Marvel......
Anyway, DS at his full power obliterates Thanos. I'm not sure if DS can override death's curse, but at the very least he'd be able to incapacitate or KO Thanos enough to give him the win.
You wish to know who would win at their peak. Well, I am not familiar with Darkseid's peak. However, Thanos' peak probably occured when he obtained the Heart of the Universe. Wikipedia has this to say:
The artifact makes Thanos a part of everything, and able to absorb the entire universe - even the cosmic entities Eternity, Infinity and the Living Tribunal. After literally ending the universe, Adam Warlock (who exists outside the space-time continuum) explains to Thanos that the constant resurrection of beings has caused an impurity in the old universe that only he can fix. Thanos then restarts the universe and sacrifices himself to fix the flaw.
Wikipedia also concisely states the artifact's power with the following:
The Heart of the Universe is the most powerful object in the entire Marvel Comics Universe, above that of the Cosmic cubes, the Great Powers of the Universe, the Infinity Gauntlet, and even the Living Tribunal itself.
Of course, Thanos turned up alive nonetheless, and it is unclear whether he or anyone else still has access to the artifact. Recently, it has been suggested by writer Keith Giffen that Thanos may become the new Death. If so, this also effects the outcome of a fight with Darkseid, as Death is capable of keeping the soul outside of her realm and hence, the soul continuously restructures matter to re-form a body.