Originally posted by Omega Vision
In his solo series Captain Atom used his elemental powers to defeat Nekron and create his own Universe. So yeah, he's above the likes of Ymir and Surtur.DC Elementals have immense potential. Just look at God-Thing.
You didn't answer my question. How would Galactus fit into this classification? Would he not count as an elemental? As shown in the Captain Atom series, you don't have to be of Gaea to be classified as one.
I don't recall Nekron doing anything that impressed me. Or at least Adam didn't do anything that impressed me during the defeat.
Operating on a Universal scale or creating dimensions/universes is impressive but not something I'd put above Skyfather level. Captain Atom being in the Quantum Field, a realm that was basically a giant power source for him and could be bent to his will didn't exactly hurt while doing the feat either. He still had limits even there. IRCC, he couldn't bring a dead dog back to life so he created his realm. I always thought of that realm as his Hel, or whatever Mephisto's realm is to him.
Once again, your focusing on two beings. This doesn't magically elevate Elementals across the DCU.