Magneto vs. Henshaw

Originally posted by Philosophía
Never did I say that Henshaw wouldn't beat Magneto. All I did was say that Henshaw knowing more about magnetism than Magneto is false. And unless I'm missing something ..

I don't think I ever implied that you did say Mags wins. When it comes to Mags, I know you and Batdude know your stuff.

Originally posted by Philosophía
...all it says is that Earth's tehnology is unable to create the magnetic sheilds necessary needed to facilitate the fusion. So Henshaw displaying more advanced tech automatically means that his knowledge of magnetism is superior to Magneto's ? The same magneto who uses his powers to create wormholes ? Seriously though, I'm really not buying this.

Anyway, Henshaw ftw.

Mags did that feat with his powers and what he knows of Magnetism. Part of the reason that he pulls off a lot of the stuff that he does is because he understands how the EM spectrum works. If he had Henshaws advanced level of knowledge and those same powers, he'd be pulling off even more badass ish IMO.

Originally posted by Avlon

If he had Henshaws advanced level of knowledge and those same powers, he'd be pulling off even more badass ish IMO.

Originally posted by Avlon
Henshaw knows far more about Magnetism than Mags does. Guys like Doom pwn Mags by simple reversing their polarity.

This is like an angry chihuahua vs an elephant.

Henshaw ftw.

Originally posted by fangirl101

Originally posted by Avlon
I don't think I ever implied that you did say Mags wins. When it comes to Mags, I know you and Batdude know your stuff.

Mags did that feat with his powers and what he knows of Magnetism. Part of the reason that he pulls off a lot of the stuff that he does is because he understands how the EM spectrum works. If he had Henshaws advanced level of knowledge and those same powers, he'd be pulling off even more badass ish IMO.

I just got that vibe when you brought up the Doom/Blue Supes examples. I don't think Magneto would be able to defeat Cyborg Superman simply because the guy is nigh-unbeatable when no PIS is involved, and no energy manipulator, or at least in Magneto's class should be able to defeat him. Like I said, I think that Magneto has shown far more knowledge of magnetism, not only because he has used it for a lifetime, but also due to the various ways he has done it while Henshaw doesn't really have the showings proving he is superior.

Speaking of Steel, it's ridiculous how underused the character is, considering he's insanely smart. I remember the whole Fortress of Solitude rebuilding arc, when he was going on about rebuilding it from trace-energies/memories inside a terrasect that was just formed and isolated. There are some interesting characters that are just lying around DC with untapped potential, which is pissing me off.

Originally posted by Starscream M
oh, I get it. henshaw is far more knowledgeable about magnetism because henshaw is far more knowledgeable about magnetism. excellent point, my dear chap.

Originally posted by Philosophía
I just got that vibe when you brought up the Doom/Blue Supes examples. I don't think Magneto would be able to defeat Cyborg Superman simply because the guy is nigh-unbeatable when no PIS is involved, and no energy manipulator, or at least in Magneto's class should be able to defeat him. Like I said, I think that Magneto has shown far more knowledge of magnetism, not only because he has used it for a lifetime, but also due to the various ways he has done it while Henshaw doesn't really have the showings proving he is superior.

Mags is definitely better at using a pure EM spectrum powerset since that's his gig. I mostly meant that Henshaw's powerset and with his super genius level intelligence... it would be mostly fruitless to try EM spectrum tricks on him unless it is some kind of PIS situation. Especially when he's shown that when he's serious, he can blow past or absorb energy attacks fairly easily as with Blue/Eradicator.

Originally posted by Philosophía
Speaking of Steel, it's ridiculous how underused the character is, considering he's insanely smart. I remember the whole Fortress of Solitude rebuilding arc, when he was going on about rebuilding it from trace-energies/memories inside a terrasect that was just formed and isolated. There are some interesting characters that are just lying around DC with untapped potential, which is pissing me off.

I agree. Steel was extremely impressive in that arc...but unfortunately he gets gimped on pretty bad most of the time for some reason.