Originally posted by zopzop
I have as much proof as you do that those cosmics he beat were anywhere near as powerful as their 616 counterparts (see on panel proof that Korvac sh|t his pants at the sight of the Armada and had to resort to using the UN despite all the cosmics he had absorbed).
We can advance in this discussion in two ways: One would be admitting that the What If versions of the characters have undefined levels and thus their appearances doesn't count as a measuring stick and hence we shouldn't be discussed about them at all. It's a legitimate claim, but it beats the propose of the thread.
Or we can assume that the characters depicted are more or less as the usual characters unless the showings don't do them justice, in which case most proof would be heavily in Korvac's favor. So if we are actually discussing this, the only reasonable way of doing it is admitting Korvac has that kind of power, or going our way and ignoring this thread altogether. Either way I don't feel my claims are off.
Originally posted by zopzop
Then there's this from Death's own mouth :
"The Eons-Old Stalemate between Eternity and ME has ENDED.
By MY MACHINATIONS, the UNIVERSE shall be MINE"
And the Narrator :
"DEATH--Korvac's Unbidden ALLY....
"DEATH--Korvac's UNWANTED MASTER"
Personally I think that Death affected Korvac by using his mental unstability, she manipulated him into destroying the universe by her "machinations" and not her by using power.
(Now I will speculate for the sake of speculation) IF, we were to delve into Korvac's personality, and we took it's combat against Captain America (Captain America v3 methinks), we would see that Korvac wanted a peaceful universe that was controlled and worked as a clock. When the entire universe went against him, his goal was entirely off limits, no subtle manipulation would achieve his perfect control over the universe. Then he simply busts the board.