Strongest hero in their first appearance

Okay, the way this works is we take the characters we usually debate about, except we can only use the very first comic they appeared in.

So Superman is Golden Age, Wolverine is fighting Hulk, etc.

How does this change popular match-ups?

sentry should be on top then

How about Rulk??

Rulk is not a hero

Spectre

Originally posted by occultdestroyer
Spectre

How strong was he in his first appearance?

Superman

I'll go with sentry.

He could do practically anything. Almost Beyonder-like.

Originally posted by shokosugi
Superman

Silver Surfer/Thor

Supes could barely lift a car in his 1st appearance.

I wouldn't say barely. It wasn't hard for him.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
He wasn't even able to fly.

Meh, don't take too much care in what he has to say.

Originally posted by Priest
Silver Surfer/Thor

Thing one-shot KO'd the Surfer on his first appearance, I think.

Originally posted by KingD19
Supes could barely lift a car in his 1st appearance.

QFT

Thor,gladiator,sentry

Yeah, I would say Thor, Colossus, Sasquatch, Sentry, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Hercules. I mean, as long as we're only talking heroes. Because I would also say Juggernaut, Rhino, Doomsday, Lobo, Darkseid.

Superman couldn't lift more than a car and Hulk was injured by getting hit by a little army jeep, so it's neither of them.

Question: Are we talking before or after the standard power for a top-tier was established? Are we measuring against anything, or just how powerful they were in their first appearance?

Originally posted by The Nuul
Meh, don't take too much care in what he has to say.

As I thought he's a little "fanboyistic" isn't he?

Adam the Blue Marvel

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He-Man?