Originally posted by Master Court And much later, issues later, Hulk beats the sh*t out of Rulk, and proving he's stronger than Rulk in the process. Since Rulk only aborbs energy, and Thor's powers are not energy based in any way, it's logical to assume Rulk pwned Thor with pure raw force and simple strategy. Save for the energy-absorbing crap, if Rulk can do it, Hulk can do it. Especially considering Rulk's strength does NOT increase.
God you’re full of shit. You resort to the stupidity that was Rulk and you still ignore context. Rulk has punked the Hulk on a number of occasions. Hell, he somehow knocked him out with a hold and a broken arm. So apparently all Thor needs to do is break an arm and get him into a hold, which wouldn’t be difficult for Thor. Rulk has even killed the Hulk by stabbing him through the chest with a trident. Apparently Hulk’s healing factor isn’t what it used to be currently.
Did you forget that all Rulk did was gain the advantage through surprise and shock? The moment Thor came back, he beat the utter shit out of Rulk in a page. Had him on his knees and everything, so clearly Thor is superior to Rulk in terms of power and strength, and since Rulk can kill and knock out the Hulk, then so can Thor. All you need to do is get him in a hold and break his arm. That would be easy for Thor. dur
Nah, just because Rulk can do it does not mean the Hulk can. Utter bull shit. Rulk killed a freaking elder of the Universe in a few blows somehow despite their immortality and not being accepted in the realm of Death and even puncked the Watcher Uatu. Just because Rulk did it, does not in any way indicate that the Hulk can do it.
Originally posted by Master Court So I've proven that on more than one occasion, Thor has not held back against a Hulk of some kind,
It has been proven on more than one occasion that Thor did not hold back against a Hulk of some kind? When was this? You have the debatable one instance with the Mindless Hulk. The Rulk incident only counts if you completely ignore what happens when Thor returns and beats the utter shit out of the Rulk.
Originally posted by Master Court and since Thor never stated how often or to what extent he holds back, it's a very real possibility that he has NOT held back on more than one occasion against Hulk himself.
Reaching for straws here. Thor state he in the past has held back against the Hulk. In the past is in reference to all their battles. Unless there was some evidence to indicate he was not referring to all their battles, then your statement is baseless. Thor has stated on more than one occasion, that he always holds back against mortals. Brings himself down to their level, and Thor considers the Hulk a mortal. There is more than enough evidence to support that Thor holds back his strenght against the Hulk.
Didn’t Thor even state that no matter how strong a mortal was, he only used “1/3” of his strength in fear of killing them? I do not recall the issue however. Do you?
Originally posted by Master Court I've proven Rulk's strength is > Thor's durability. Hulk is stronger than Rulk, and therefore Hulk's strength is > Thor's durability. Given his many battles with Hulk, Thor should know better than to hold back against Hulk, someone that can physically harm him, and by Thor's admission could kill him, especially given the right weapon. And a weapon should be a-okay in this fight, considering Thor uses Asgardian super-glue to keep Mjolnir in his grip at all times.
You’ve proven shit. You are so desperate you’ve resorted to using utter stupidity as evidence and even that is a faulty argument. The Rulk did punk Thor, but Thor was in extreme shock as shown. When pissed off, he came back and beat the crap out of him, which shows how much shock and his natural habit of holding back can hinder him. Hulk is stronger than Rulk? Nah. The only time his actually beaten him was when he interrupted the Thor fight and proceeded to overheat him, and even that was just a random shtick so he could lose. Loeb just pulls this shit out of his ass.
Since you so laugh “A>B> C” logic when it suits you, I’ll use some of my own. Namor has stated, that Thor is out of his league, and Thor has even one shotted a fully hydrated Namor while it was raining. A younger, better Namor, who beat the Current Namor. The same recent Namor, who has the winning record against the Hulk as I can tell.
So based on that:
Thor >Namor>Hulk
See I can do stupid too. dur
Hulk’s strength > Thor’s durability? Dude, is your love of Hulk really warping your perception of comic book history that much? Holy shit, get off that gamma irradiated dick, and use your head for a change. Shit, that statement is so baseless, it’s hilarious.
Not really. Thor brings himself down to the Hulk’s level by not using his power and holding back his strength. The most the Hulk has done is draw a drop of blood here and there. Thor with his Asgardian nature can go on fighting and even defeating the freaking Absorbing Man, with his entire rib cage broken. His damage soak is ridiculous. Such trivial wounds mean nothing to Thor. He stated that an Adamantium weapon of blunt force could kill him in the right hands. He didn’t say that the Hulk could kill him. God you’re reaching. It was a statue made out of secondary Adamantium as I recall. Yes, that should obviously be allowed right?
Originally posted by Master Court So even there, we have Thor with Mjolnir, something powerful enough to dent Cap's adamantium/vibranium composite shield, unable to kill Hulk. And we have Hulk with an adamantium statue that Thor admits could kill him.
Who said Thor with Mjolnir is unable to kill the Hulk? He can do so, easily. He just chooses not to. Even when they go hand to hand, Thor clearly states, that he never had the intention of killing or doing any real harm to the Hulk, and simply wants to stop him. He was even worried about the Hulk’s life when he hit him so hard, he was absent for an extended period of time. Presumably down.
Dude he said, “Become a weapon fair fit to destroy a Thunder God.”.
That’s all he stated. At best, we could gleam, for this statement that in the Mindless Hulk’s hands, a weapon of pure Adamantium can put him down. It’s not some admission or fact, that the Hulk can slay Thor, or if they engaged in a battle in that point, that the Hulk would slay Thor. He could, with that weapon, if he beat nonstop on a defend less Thor for god knows how long.
Originally posted by Master Court Finally, the test-of-strength we both have been referring to was years and years ago. Around that time, Hulk was also stating that he would've died from simply falling from great heights.
You are so full of crap. So what if it was stated that the Hulk can die from falling from great heights? Clearly it’s not true. Hell, his greatest and craziest feats come from years and years ago. You don’t have any type of problem referencing them when it suits you, but when it goes against your argument clearly there is some problem there right?
Also, for someone who reads a lot of Hulk you sure seem to have forgotten a detail. It was stated no more than a few years ago, around the earlier issues of his second volume that the Hulk and Thor stalemated in strength for entire hours on end, without Thor showing a sign of tiring. That recent enough for you?
Originally posted by Master Court Hulk's strength not only increases with anger, but his base power and the extent of the anger-amp has increased over the years. Like I've pointed out before, a calm Banner-Controlled-Hulk caught and braced a 150 billion ton mountain at a moment’s notice. That's a tremendous amp in just a few seconds. And it wasn't even Savage Hulk. And in Planet Hulk, he took an orbital fall just to get home faster.
Do you have a point? His feats of strength are still just as great from those years ago. Hell, that so called mountain feat (Which wasn’t that impressive, as the Hulk simply supported a small enclave and so on.) , happened before the reference to their fight where they stalemated for hours. Almost 30 years before by my calculations. Lol. Hulk jumping from his base to new levels is nothing new at all. He did that all the time back in the day when needed. Orbital falls are supposed to be impressive? His tanked a lot worse back in the day.
Originally posted by Master Court So the Hulk that stalemated Thor in a test-of-strength something like fifteen to twenty years ago was the same Hulk that could die from a fall at great heights.
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Just because the Hulk and Thor’s fights happened were years ago does not change their validness in any way at all. So the Hulk stated a height from high up, can kill him? That’s obvious bull shit. Do you want me to post scans of the Hulk back in the day withstanding a lot worse? Also, references to them stalemating for hours and hours on end without Thor showing any signs of weakness, happened only a hand full of years ago.