Originally posted by Stoic
This is ABC logic at it's highest degree.
It might be ABC logic, but this kind of logic can be applied to indicate clear distinctions in actual levels of power.
Lord Mar-Vell >>> Surfer
Thanos >>> Lord Mar-Vell
Surfer = Top level high herald
You might not like it, but the logic is sound.
Originally posted by Stoic
The Surfer used the Power Cosmic to achieve these feats, he did not do so through brute strength.
What does that have to do with anything? The fact is, the Surfer achieved these feats thru sheer power. The fact that it was the Power Cosmic and not thru Gamma irradiated strength is completely irrelevant to this debate.
Originally posted by Stoic
TWhen did the Surfer ever take a step and shake a continent under his own strength? Has Thor ever stopped the Juggernaut when he charged him? Didn't the Hulk threaten to destroy an abstracts dimension in the past? Nightmare? What about Pre Retcon Beyonder stating that the Hulk was an infinite power? Will you downplay that as well? The Beyonder tested the Hulks power. He was analyzed by an Abstract being.
Sigh. Taking a step to shake a continent is pointless as the Surfer has wrecked planets. Thor not stopping the Juggernaut's charge is irrelevant as his powers go beyond just strength and that is why he is high herald (Hulk is physically stronger, yes, there is no doubt). Threatening is not doing and dimensions don't fight back (given time any high herald can destroy a dimension if they're not stopped). Someone stating it =/= to it being demonstrated on panel, otherwise Thor has lifted infinite weight before (also Beyonder's been retconned so what he said has been retconned as well). What Surfer did versus TWO high abstracts trumps everything Hulkie has done vs the now-retconned Beyonder.
Originally posted by Stoic
What about the time that Thanos was momentarily KO'd by Masterson Thor? To blindly state that Thanos is one shotting the Hulk is clearly low balling the character, when we have seen him tank some pretty impressive hits.
He wasn't temporarily KOd, he got hit in the face by the hammer when he got caught by surprise and he turned him to glass before he was able to follow up the attack. :-/
Geez, and YOU'RE accusing ppl of LOWBALLING....!
TI Thanos is NOT old Thanos. If what has been shown on-panel is true, he's well above old Thanos (due to the fact that the Surfer is now being portrayed as extremely well below him. Unlike before when the Surfer was actually just a level below Thanos).