Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
World War Hulk was filled with stupidity. Reed Richards can come up with only a fancy light show with 24 hours of prep? Lulz....
reed and the other egg heads phucked up when they underestimated the hulk's mind, for example reed didn't burn too many calories thinking about grand plans to defeat the hulk when the sentries energies were enough to pacify him in the past. that was his downfall.
and speaking of the past, one of the main themes of the arc was the past being dead. this meant the old hulk vs X bouts would be different now from this point onward since hulk was no longer trading strength for intellect. he had the best of both worlds.
if hulk did it again, the earth heroes would know what they are in for an stop him before he could do the same amount of damage, that makes sense now doesn't it?
Originally posted by Trackz
i dunno they couldnt beat WWH with prep...that was only a couple of hours though i guess.
It was because Hulk is Bruce Banner, a friend of Richards, and they didn't want to kill him, just to stop him. Same for Doctor Strange.
A "OMG I'm so going to **** you up" Reed Richards would probably smoke Sups' ass.
Without prep, they still have a light chance of winning: Ben can hold his own a little bit with Sups, and with the help of the Invisible Woman, they could do something.
I'm going with FF on this one. Reed at his best should be able to come up with something to put the man of steel down. I'm sure he can find out how his powers work and neutralize them. Red sun radiation, lead, Kryptonite, etc. while having invincible woman shield them in a solid bubble before the fight even starts (to buy them a little time to use the weapon). Plus Sue can make the weapon Reed will use invisible, after being surrounded in lead.
FF win with one day of prep...Supes would win in a chance meeting.
Ben can not compete physically with Superman. Supes would BFR Ben and Human Torch rather easily. Superman could contend with and defeat Reed before Reed could think about prepping. I don't know about Invisible Woman...could Superman punch through her shields? I imagine he can if he can break GL constructs.