Enyalus
MALE DOMINANCE!!!
Originally posted by Galan007
^ I'm confident that Thanos could escape a galaxy-busting blast before he was atomized (and that's assuming whole galaxies were destroyed at once.)
That last part is the thing. Thanos said that galaxies were destroyed in their conflict (over what, several thousand years of time?) But galaxy-destroying blasts? Meh. Galactus has never shown that kind of power before, and if they were destroying galaxies one at a time for thousands of years....I think LT or Eternity might take offense.
If we take Starlin's story as fact (take the leap of faith with me here), Galactus depleted himself just breaking through Thanos' tech shielding. Add to this the ability to form energy shielding ontop of that, and Galactus will need to expend precious effort and power to kill Thanos. Which leaves Tyrant the winner, seeing as they were evidently so evenly matched before.
Also, I definitely agree - the heralds play no significant role whatsoever. But I don't necessarily agree about his stripping them. I mean, he didn't bother stripping Surfer on the multiple occasions they've come into conflict. Nor did he to the Fallen One. Or psychopaths like Morg or Terrax. But yeah, most of them get one-shotted...except for an amped Surfer and Morg w/ WOL. Surfer on account of him not going down to Aegis/Tenebrous in one-hit, and Morg w/ WOL on account of him being awesome.