Originally posted by Batman-PrimeThey seemed anything but equals. As soon as Thor caught Hulk's forearm/wrist, he followed it almost immediately with the other arm, because he was losing the struggle. That's not even going into how force distribution, and how Thor catching Hulk's forearm/wrist (which Surfer recently did to Thor in their fight) isn't the same as straight up blocking the point of his strike.
👆 Thor and Hulk seemed to be equals. Thor blocked Hulks punch and Hulk couldn't push him down.
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Thor was more affected by Hulk's punches than otherwise. Even his best shot in the entire fight, the Mjolnir to the face, did nothing more than get Hulk even angrier. By the end of their fight, before the interruption kicked it, Hulk was ragdolling Thor around, and it seemed to be heading towards a Loki situation.
Speaking of which, not that it was needed, but Hulk treating Loki as I would a toddler, and leaving him on the floor "aaaaa"ing incontrollably in a few slams, again, makes it obvious that Hulk is significantly more formidable. I got a chuckle out of Jake saying that this was a "sucker attack", as if Loki wasn't standing right in front of him, after Hulk had just punched hm across the room. I also love the implications of "brotherly love" somehow stopping Thor from replicating that performance. I know you like Thor a lot, but get a grip on reality.
We can go on about how Thor would have died from falling basically the same height Hulk had. How Hulk was blatantly treated as the most powerful one. How Thor vs Iron Man was competitive before and after Iron Man was amped, and I don't think there's anybody here who thinks that if Hulk had been in Thor's stead, Iron Man wouldn't have been a pinata.
Hulk is not a building-sized, slow moving obvious target, against which Thor has time to climb up on a strategic place and summon his lightning attack. That's if Thor would even be able to have his hold on the hammer long enough for him to complete the process, as he seemed to lose it against both Hulk (twice) and Iron Man, once it got physical.
I know frustration is at an all-time high, with Hulk outshining Thor in virtually every medium but it is what it is. Hulk wins.