Overpowered Comic Characters

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
The reason for all those extra powers is that:

A) It allows conquest of highly advanced civilizations

My version of the Surfer would also only be able to wield power cosmic when on his board (that's why he falls when knocked off). On the other hand, he would be a much more formidable opponent in h2h.

All I'm saying is that it is my personal preference not to like certain characters that I view as overpowered, it just doesn't float my boat. See, I liked the third X-Men movie, it was great and all, but I just didn't like the fact that they gave the Phoenix such a ridiculous amount of power. The same goes for other comic characters. (I know you can't compare the comics to the movies, I was just using it as an example)

Originally posted by Jason Redfield
All I'm saying is that it is my personal preference not to like certain characters that I view as overpowered, it just doesn't float my boat. See, I liked the third X-Men movie, it was great and all, but I just didn't like the fact that they gave the Phoenix such a ridiculous amount of power. The same goes for other comic characters. (I know you can't compare the comics to the movies, I was just using it as an example)

A well written character with immense power can still be a good read.

There are people that can write a compelling story with people like Strange, Galactus, Surfer, Yuki (😏) and many other characters that border on being omnipotent.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
A well written character with immense power can still be a good read.

There are people that can write a compelling story with people like Strange, Galactus, Surfer, Yuki (😏) and many other characters that border on being omnipotent.

Exactly. There are many "über" characters that have great comics and are still very interesting.

In my opinion, Thanos has never fallen under that category. He uses his brains yes, but he's still above herald level and for someone who plans a lot, he ends up displaying his power quite a lot. What do you think?

Originally posted by Skeets
MM can't be overpowered he gets knocked on his ass every 3 appearances.

Reality warpers annoy me more than annoying.

How the hell can you overpower a comic character?
Does it say real world? No.

Originally posted by WorldWarHulk
How the hell can you overpower a comic character?

Pfft, by giving them superpowers. Duh 🙄

Originally posted by WorldWarHulk
How the hell can you overpower a comic character?
Does it say real world? No.

Maybe you should've read some of my earlier posts 😉

I stated that they were overpowered in my eyes. As in, it is MY personal opinion that they're overpowered in comparison to other characters. I never said anything about the real world.

"A well written character with immense power can still be a good read."

Good point. This is true. Very true. Any character, weak or strong can be made into a great character by a good writer. I've read a few comics on overpowered characters and I liked 'em, I just don't admire them as much as the other, more lower key characters.

Excaliber chararcters. Somehow they have like 10 people who are supposed to be "Omni-Versal" gaurdians and fight multiversal threats everyother issue, but none of those characters ever even attrack the attention of eternity or Galactus or LT or face anyone outside of Excaliber.

Originally posted by llagrok
Exactly. There are many "über" characters that have great comics and are still very interesting.

In my opinion, Thanos has never fallen under that category. He uses his brains yes, but he's still above herald level and for someone who plans a lot, he ends up displaying his power quite a lot. What do you think?

🤨 Thanos is one of, if not the, best written cosmic. And yes he's powerful, but he's a genius on a level that surpasses even Doom. He can outprep the freaking batman, Dr. Strange, even Reed and Doom, COMBINED. The brilliant thing, is how his character changes over time, like how someone can get ultimate power 3-4 times, and throw it away each time.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
🤨 Thanos is one of, if not the, best written cosmic. And yes he's powerful, but he's a genius on a level that surpasses even Doom. He can outprep the freaking batman, Dr. Strange, even Reed and Doom, COMBINED. The brilliant thing, is how his character changes over time, like how someone can get ultimate power 3-4 times, and throw it away each time.

😆 I'm still right and you know it. 😛

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
😆 I'm still right and you know it. 😛

Yeah, I'm just playing around.

Thanos is a great character, and interesting. However, you have to agree that it's a lot of powerdisplay and showing off in his comics?

Lol. How is Drax killing Thanos PIS? He's Drax, who is designed specifically to keep Thanos in check.

sometimes enough is enough you cannot babysit him constantly 😉

Originally posted by Evil_Ash

Thats gotta be your best one yet.

silver surfer is over powered

thanos is over powered

Originally posted by Mider999
silver surfer is over powered

thanos is over powered

Mider, go soak your head. 😛