Harald Jaekelsson vs (Prime)Garrokk, Mauv-Wendigo, & Dracula

Originally posted by Galan007
Again, not all MAX titles are non-canon, so that's not good enough for me.

There's also the fact that Harald was given an OHOTMU entry...

Can I see the whole bio?

Yes, because THAT'S how the burden of proof works, amiright?! 🙄

Bio from OHOTMU(2006) #5:
http://i.imgur.com/RfyLKuj.jpg

Umm, yes? Like proving World's Funnest is canon?

Thanks.

i'm with galan on this one. there is no proof to suggest the series is non-canon. any reference you find on harald references him as 616 harald. combined with the handbook entry it seems to indicate that yes, the story was intended to be canon.

which i find unfortunate, personally, because i thought it was fairly terrible. it does raise a question though regarding marvel max: which series' HAVE been definitively shown to be non-canon? which have been confirmed to BE canon?

initially i assumed that since the series was only intended for adults, that there was no way it could be canon. but that doesn't seem to be the case, which i confess to finding a little strange...

Just because he has a bio is not proof he is canon or not to 616 as other max characters have had one too.

However, I was always under the assumption it was a story set in 616 but put it as a max story due to the graphic content. Argument can be made for either side. I feel it is canon though

Originally posted by leonidas
i'm with galan on this one. there is no proof to suggest the series is non-canon. any reference you find on harald references him as 616 harald. combined with the handbook entry it seems to indicate that yes, the story was intended to be canon.

I don't need to 'prove' its canonicity when NO signs point to it being non-canon AND the lead antagonist was given a friggin' OHOTMU entry(which also doesn't mention the story being set in an alternate universe.)

Originally posted by leonidas
which have been confirmed to BE canon?

I think the first arc of Punisher was as well, but I can't remember for sure.

Originally posted by -K-M-
Just because he has a bio is not proof he is canon or not to 616 as other max characters have had one too.

However, I was always under the assumption it was a story set in 616 but put it as a max story due to the graphic content. Argument can be made for either side. I feel it is canon though

Harald seems to be 616 in MAX because of how brutal and gory it is. It's clearly 616. He still has his connections/friendship with Strange, etc...

Then you have some that are clearly not 616 like Luke Cage.

Originally posted by Galan007
Spite-stomps Thor:
http://imgur.com/aSksSXF
http://imgur.com/8Q3MkPg
http://imgur.com/VZ0jl33
http://imgur.com/qzCupyp
http://imgur.com/q7XvVPS
http://imgur.com/j3b7dcX
http://imgur.com/i5q9epz
http://imgur.com/iEtJ2RN
http://imgur.com/bfDSNfF
(Note Thor's wrists literally snapping after striking Harald once.)

Strange outright admits that not even he stood a chance against Harald:
http://imgur.com/z6GG381

Harald's OHOTMU bio confirms that he is immune to most physical and magical attacks:
http://imgur.com/NUkleuW

Now that was insane. Is his only fight with Thor or does he have others?

Thor SNAPPED his wrists hitting Harald. Just take a second and comprehend how utterly ridiculous that is.

If Thor was fighting Thanos with IG, it might be believable, but anyone else? That's some silly shit imo.

Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Thor SNAPPED his wrists hitting Harald. Just take a second and comprehend how utterly ridiculous that is.

If Thor was fighting Thanos with IG, it might be believable, but anyone else? That's some silly shit imo.

Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Thor SNAPPED his wrists hitting Harald. Just take a second and comprehend how utterly ridiculous that is.

If Thor was fighting Thanos with IG, it might be believable, but anyone else? That's some silly shit imo.

Originally posted by celeyhyga17
Plus Thor's shin snapped(bone protruding) and his face around the eyes broke after he tried kicking and head butting Harald...
jawdrop

There's no way that's canon (especially seeing the sh|t Thor has withstood). I realize he has a handbook entry but so do people that aren't part of 616 reality.

The reason he became so powerful is that the spell never stopped. It was supposed to be a quick spell, but he got killed while performing it and all of his blood seeped into the rune which was powering the curse. And blood magic is pretty damn powerful. It amped the spell a crap ton.

Besides, it was Norse based Rune magic and we already know that shit is pretty hax

is that the same viking dude that superman fought from the maximums ?