Originally posted by zopzopBecause Grandmaster's whole character is wagering. Which isn't in Eresh's character. And all she accomplished was "killing" herself while still giving up the powers. Hell, the fact that she tried to get rid of the power by killing herself proves she doesn't abide by her wagers. Which makes the example faulty.Why did Grandmaster surrender Death's power back to her after he lost the bet with Hawkeye when he didn't have to seeing as how he had her powerless and had already beaten all the other Avengers and Hawkeye was in no position to do anything to him?
A) But Kayla did use it!
B) Kayla didn't have the Starbrand when the LT sealed up that world, just the fraction of it all former users have! The Starbrand was back in the New Universe multiverse with Skeletron!
Gruenwald wrote the Starbrand in almost as many issues as the original Starbrand series! Also even in the original Starbrand series it was the most powerful object in the entire New Universe.
Uhm he could go faster than light. Just like Makkari could :
My point was he did nothing of consequence after the Thanos Quest series. He actually had his chance to shine when the A-wave was about to overrun that world yet he did nothing and was just a spectator.
The original Starbrand was the most powerful object/thing in the entire New Universe and it was responsible for the White Event that gave that universes superhumans their powers.
Hickmans' Starbrand is nothing more than a creation of the Builders (these guys can't even handle their own space ships) and just one of the many things they made and is not responsible for the White Event.
Again, Gruenwald never said Runner was limited to light speed, just that the fastest you can go in the physical universe is limited by the speed of light. Last time I checked this was a fact. [/B]
If you honestly think the Starbrand could beat LT then you must have lost your mind. Quasar used all its power up to breach into 616, and it had to regenerate back even in the same series.
Yeah, to accidentally defend herself, fly, and grow her hair out.
So the Starbrand was sealed away from 616.
The only explanation for LT giving it to Kayla was he thought she wouldn't use it. Though it still makes no sense. All he had to do was seal it in a shield.
Hack writing though.
And the Hickman/Ellis Starbrand has appeared in almost as many issues as well. Though the Ellis/Hickman Starbrand is more grounded like the original
Iron Man would have been the most powerful being in that universe had the Starbrand not existed. How impressive.
Nope, he was only approaching light speed in your scan, but here is Mak becoming light:
http://i43.tinypic.com/110ly5x.jpg
According to Gruenwald light was the absolute speed. Which we know is absolutely false in Marvel. More examples of hack writing, right?
Because he only appeared in 3 comics since then. Him not doing anything isn't evidence of him going downhill. That's too stupid to even think can be true.
The White Event was the Starbrand blowing up in a ball of energy giving a bunch of people minor powers. That doesn't prove it's even close to abstract level. Especially the whole blowing up part.
Even when Gruenwald was allowed to tag along like a sidekick with John Bryne, the Starbrand blowing up destructively only caused a 50 mile diameter sphere of destruction.
It was only when Gruenwald got a hold of Starbrand exclusively, that its previous grounded-ness got shit on with a massive amount of hyperbole. But sure, let's take Gruenwald's take exclusively because it was obviously the most true take... even over Shooter's. More power = more true.
Nope. It only said that in that higher dimension that mass doesn't come with approaching light speed.
And Gladiator was traveling 100 times the speed of light on Reed's instruments. Among other examples.