Originally posted by Air Legend
Actually they are equal. The architect was TOAA the writer of the comic book. TOAA can't be put in battle because he is above the comic book world. Thanos w/ HOTI equals the representation of TOAA on panel if you must (that old guy that looks like Jack Kirby) but he doesn't equal TOAA because he is not the real world writer writing the comics.
Literally speaking (which is what makes this thread frivolous), you are correct.
However, metaphorically speaking, where most of our line of thinking is, it's incorrect.
Does that make sense?
And this opens it up to another argument (if religion is brought into the equation) where one could say that the Presence, who represents/symbolizes God in the DC universe, and God in their belief, is greater than any writer for any comic. But, I don't want to go there (though I believe it), nor do many.