Originally posted by leonidas
i agree and disagree which is why i think the comparison itself is faulty. organics have mitigating circumstances usually--like a healing factor, control of their atomic structure, sheer willpower that allows them to go on even if their bodies are being basically destroyed. juggs went on as a skeleton. that doesn't mean juggs is more durable than adamantium, rather he has abilities to call upon that simple metal doesn't.i also don't think it's necessarily true that thanos would tank damage better than adamantium. any blast capable of damaging adamantium would be capable of harming thanos as well imo, but thanos might be able to keep going where the metal might have been pierced. thanos was still damaged, he could just will himself through it, or heal it or use his molecular control. that makes it an uneven playing field. then there is the simple issue of the thickness of the metal to add in. cap's shield has taken blasts from galactus, but we've seen what one good blast from g did to thanos. the comparison just doesn't work in my eyes for all kinds of reasons, but i'd certainly say damaging adamantium is much more difficult than damaging thanos. putting thanos down could be more difficult than piercing a certain amount of adamantium though.
But what about when organics don't get "damaged"? The Juggs comparison is when he got pretty much destroyed by an attack that wouldn't tickle adamantium. That's not fair to compare them.
Well, he has... he's taken attacks above what the Shield can take (which is greater than adamantium). Can you name me what's the most powerful attack that adamantium has taken?
See, are you talking about damage as in destroyed skin, blood, holes, etc, or just getting hurt?
And we've only seen Thanos' healing factor at work a couple times. Do we assume he gets shredded through every attack that would damage adamantium and heals instantly, or do we assume he doesn't get damage like what's been shown?
Cap's shield took energy leaking out of a weakened Galactus that was thrown as an energy wave. And a small portion of it.
Thanos took an attack from a not weakened Galactus. Thanos' dead body took the Galactus attack that destroyed the galaxy, so there's that too.
On the other hand... Pussy King Thor damaged the shield, Full King Thor destroyed it (though I predict the alternate excuse will be used), Serpent almost effortlessly tore the thing in pieces. Downgraded Thanos with the IG shattered it with punches. Then Morlun, Hulk, and Zeus' bird have destroyed adamantium.
Thanos took attacks from actual Odin without too much damage being caused to his body. The Cosmic Cube blast didn't do any noticeable damage to his body. He walked away from multiple attacks from the Magus when he had the IG and then a blast from Adam/Magus while only being rocked.
The body is malleable. But that doesn't mean every being can take attacks that could destroy adamantium. Thickness is a good point, but it's not like Ultron is thick. A solid brick the size of Thanos would be more interesting though.
