Rage.Of.Olympus
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Originally posted by Enyalus
Rage, correct me if I'm wrong, but even in true Warriors Madness he had trouble putting down HIM physically.We can all agree that HIM is beneath Thanos in pretty much every way that matters in a fight, yes?
Yea, Thor was in true Warrior Madness during that fight after the big reveal. He beat the utter shit out of him and had won in the fist fight after like 3 punches only but yea, it took way too long to put him down. Even a page or two is too long.
I don't think he has any showings of strength besides his original fight with Thor. It's been a long time since I've read those books and correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't HIM revamped into Adam Warlock in Marvel's Premiere #1 right after his fight with Thor?
One major thing to take into account was back then, Warrior Madness was simply Thor going berserk as I understood it at least. It wasn't until Thor #502 in 1996 where the Berserker's Rage (It was referred to as that and not the Warrior's Madness.) was actually stated to amp Thor's strength nearly that much. I don't recall any other instance other than Bill's Thor draws strength from the Madness statement to indicate any amp at all.
Even in Blood and Thunder, when Sif thought Thor was under Warrior Madness, she specifically told Zeus, it was a malady of the mind.
This also justifies why Thor has stated things such as Zeus went into a Berserker's Rage when he attacked the Avenger's. The arc Zeus was crazy with blood lust and revenge for what he thought was the beating of Hercules as a result of the Avengers.
In their first fight, it isn't really fair to Thor to state that he was amped 10x as it wasn't until much later on that it was even suggested that Warrior Madness gave any sort of amp and it wasn't until years after that it stated that there was a 10x increase (Unless I've not come across or forgotten an instance.).
You could choose to ignore it, but that's something I believe is a big factor to consider.