Which characters power has held up the best?

we tend to use older versions of various characters all the time. so my question is which past version of a given character is still considered a powerhouse, even by todays standards?

I'm not looking for any cosmic type characters, or silver age/pre-crisis crap.

Does Thor count as cosmic in your book? Because Classic Thor and Current Thor are more or less the same decades later.

So you're basically asking which version of a character was a beast then, and is still considered a beast now?

If so, my choice would be H/P Doomsday. Even 15+ years later, there are very few (dare I say no) sub-Odin characters who are capable of beating him without BFR.

Rhino, he was crap then, he's crap now.

Supergirl's jailbait pow... 😖hifty:

Spiderman - His powerset complements each other about as perfectly as any ever have. He's no where near the level of allot of the characters he spars with but his combined abilities, strength, speed, agility, spidersense and webbing allow him to almost always stand toe to toe fairly decently with others that far surpass him.

Other than the other story arch and a few short lived power ups he's basically always had the same nearly completely unchanged powerset!

He's not the biggest beast of powerhouses but for his level he's remained a constant badass and as he was from the start for almost 50 years now! 😉

Spider-Man is just a good all about character, not too weak, not too strong, just right.

It also makes him tough to beat because unless you go into higher levels very few outmatch him across the board, he's stronger than the faster guys and faster than the strong guys, and smarter than many as well.

So you mean who has remained the most consistant without overly dramatic power ups/downs or changes to the character. Prolly Spiderman, Cap and Daredevil. Perhaps Wolverine if you discount the HF.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Does Thor count as cosmic in your book? Because Classic Thor and Current Thor are more or less the same decades later.

Originally posted by dmills
So you mean who has remained the most consistant without overly dramatic power ups/downs or changes to the character. Prolly Spiderman, Cap and Daredevil. Perhaps Wolverine if you discount the HF.

wolverine was turn to garbage.. classic logan is nowhere near what he is now that is including HF and not other changes done to him via powerset, dillians and history.

he is garbage now, which is a shame.

good one that hasnt really change and i still love is Captain Marvel

Diablo and low tier characters nobody cares about tend to remain in the same levels.

Captain Marvel was a beast in the Golden Age and would still be a beast now.

I think Namor has help up pretty well.

Originally posted by SuperiorTech
I think Namor has help up pretty well.

Originally posted by dmills
Good one. And I'll add the Fantastic Four in as well.

When thing first was created he was a 5 tonner : o)

Would Joe Fixit count?

Originally posted by willRules
Would Joe Fixit count?

He got stomped by Ms Marvel, so I'd say no.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Nah Wolverine was originally nowhere near as broken as he is now.

Iron Fist. Captain America. Golden Age Deadpool.

Originally posted by Galan007
So you're basically asking which version of a character was a beast then, and is still considered a beast now?

If so, my choice would be H/P Doomsday. Even 15+ years later, there are very few (dare I say no) sub-Odin characters who are capable of beating him without BFR.