Rage.Of.Olympus
Senior Member
Nrama: Here’s a nicely specific question from zvelf on our forums: “So in Chaos War #3, was that Zeus fighting Galactus or Mikaboshi fighting Galactus or did Mikaboshi only enter Zeus' body when Hercules beat Zeus?”Van Lente: Greg?
Pak: I think that is Zeus fighting Galactus, but there is a point where Galactus says — I’m paraphrasing here — “Hey, you’re a little stronger than the average Skyfather.” So I think Zeus is definitely is being augmented by the Chaos King. The Chaos King, as we discover — spoiler alert! — is using Zeus as a Trojan horse. So some of that incredible power that Zeus is displaying comes from the Chaos King.
At the same time, Zeus is no pushover, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen Zeus unleash his true, mighty self, and it was a ton of fun giving him a chance to do that. So don’t take it all away from him, friend. I do love my Zeus. I’m going to start saying “Zounds” more often, as a matter of fact. Just in everyday conversation.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/chaos-war-from-the-field-4-101112.htmlPak basically comes out and says Zeus was only slightly amped against Galactus. So Zeus having the combined power of Mikaboshi and so on is not the case. Good showing for Zeus. On top of it all, doesn't Athena have his thunderbolt which would make his base weaker? I remember reading that somewhere.
Not a bad showing for Galactus either (He got up after a page or two) unless you think their is a large gap between him and Skyfathers which I've never believed to be the case. At least when it comes to Odin.
And if Ares was legitimately himself -which I believe he was- his comment about Zeus unleashing his own true power supports that it was mostly Zeus.
From all I've seen, I'd guess it was their durability that was amped more than anything. Perhaps with the destruction of death being the biggest factor.
Galactus sure is lucky this wasn't a possessed Odin though. 😄