Laminator_X
Once & Future KMC Hawkeye
Originally posted by Board Walker
Logic doesn't apply to comics.Flash has already done an IMP before, and survived fine.
Refer to my above post as to why.
There's is a sort-of internal logic to how the Flashes operate most of the time, but it only pays lip-service to relativistic principles, rather than obeying them. Judge them by the effects they actually produce, rather than by how a speedster in some sort of hard-science-fiction story might operate.
The key to keep in mind is that how hard he's hitting really has nothing to do with how fast he's going or relativistic mass dilation. Those are really just wind-up and window-dressing for a Magic Speed-Force Assisted Super Punch. This does in fact hit very hard, and certainly harder the more energy the Flash pulls from the Speed Force. That's not as hard as an extremely relativistically-dilated object would actually hit, but still hard enough to KO (but not kill, splatter, or vaporize) a White Martian. That's still no small feat.
Now, to answer the thread starter's question. In assessing how each person would take such a hit, don't answer: "Could this character withstand a near light-speed collision with a fragment a black hole?" Rather answer the question, "How would this character hold up against a blow that would KO a White Martian?"
I'd answer thusly:
1. Batman -splatter
2. Aquaman -KO, maybe worse. He's varied a lot over the years.
3. Spiderman -splatter
4. Wolverine -Splatters soft tissues and organs, but eventually recovers.
5. Thing -KO
6. Colossus -KO
7. WW Hulk -Feels it, but quickly shakes it off.
8. Thor -Not sure, I'm thinking hurt, but maybe KO
9. Classic Juggernaut -No serious damage
10. Hercules -Not sure, see Thor above
11. Martian Manhunter -About as tough as a White? KO
12. Superman -As portrayed recently, hurt.
13. Silver Surfer -Hurt, continued blows might add up.
14. Thanos -Feels it, but not significantly harmed by a single blow.
15. Blob -KO, but might actually survive. All that goo might diffuse the impact enough to save him.
My calls are subjective and imprecise, of course. I'm hardly an expert on how all those characters stack up compared to a White Martian, and it's been years since I read the Hyper-Clan story in any case. But you get the idea.
If you want the right answer, you first have to ask the right question.
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