Mangog casually one-shotting Thor over and over, defeating ANY version of Odin along with the statements made about previous encounters make it clear that you are wrong.PC Superboy is nowhere near as dangerous or powerful as Odin and regardless of how powerful Superboy was, to say that he dwarfed Thor's attack strength and powers, is insane. In his battle against Mangog, Thor created attacks that turned huge swaths of Asgard into a molten sea. Not Earth, Asgard. 3 times density and strength of earth.
Mangog IGNORED having a mountain range dropped on him that was the size of an empire, as per statements in the story. Again, 3 times the mass and density of earth properties. And, again, Mangog casually tossed it off of himself.
Odin, with brithes filled with poop, consitently stated that he was POWERLESS against Mangog, from previouss experience. When Mangog approached Odin in the second story, Odin gave up, knew he was going down, EXPLAINED THIS ON-PANEL and shunted Asgard to a dimension where Mangog would not be able to destroy the universe by drawing the Twilight Sword.
Odin, AMP'D more than he has ever been (again, stated on-panel) was only able to leech Mangog's power. That was all Odin was able to do. Then he died. Mangog lived.
Mangog has done all of this and more, without receiving a scratch.
And, on top of this, there is no evidence that any of these showings was ever near his peak of power. Mangog gets power from limitless sources. And, these sources, (hate, violence and adoration) are not even all on the same side of the spectrum. The possibilities are pretty much limitless.
Even if we say that Validus and Mangog start out at the same power-level, (which I do not agree with anyway), Mangog also gets power from hate, anger and violence. All evidence says that his battle with Validus would just push Mangog to the point of no return. Especially with his durability. There is no hope of any kind of quick win for Validus.
Sorry Abhi, but regardless of your respect of PC Superboy, feats against a premier skyfather, along with art, narration and storylines to back it up, will always trump Validus and Superboy, Mon-El, Suneater, etc.
And, I take no enjoyment from trouncing you in this case, because Validus is a favorite of mine. So, where you are enjoying your ongoing "Hate-Everything-Asgardian" war and disrespecting Mangog, I still think Validus is awesome. I just don't think he has the same resume. Yet.
The fact that there was nothing all of Asgard could do to Mangog, puts him in a class by himself for now.
And, to disrespect Thor to try and win this debate is not cool or smart. Regardless of your opinion of Thor and PC Superboy, to ignore Thor's Classic Attacks is not the way to go. Although you try to make Thor look like a germ next to PC Superman and PC Superboy, at the time of Mangog's appearance, this was a Thor that was using his "I can do anything that the story calls for" powers. This was the era of his time control showings, speed claims, strength statements and more exotic uses of magic. Most of the stuff Thor did during this period are usually now dismissed in these forums, because he did not do them consistently enough. But, back then, he WAS doing them. And, many of Thor's exotic attacks WERE enough to lay out PC Superman or PC Superboy. Especially if we dig into old scans and look for some of the less flattering losses of these two.
But, instead of doing that with you, I would rather steer away from the DISRESPECTING of these characters.
So, maybe we can keep away from slinging crap on each other's picks and, at the least, agree to disagree.
These are 2 of my favorite characters and it would be a fantasy of mine to see them in a book together, traveling through both comic companies, paying visits to various fan-favorite powerhouse characters along the way.
Mangog is a legitimate "Skyfather-Buster". 😄