Delta1938
True King of House of El
Originally posted by leonidas
you can post the reed scan from his first appearance if you'd like but powers change dramatically overtime and i said 'now-a-days' it is a myth as it is nearly 100% unsupportable. in the wake of guys like sentry, bm, hyperion, that whole 'confidence' thing is no longer taken into account as relates to glads, so, yeah, now-a-days, pretty much a myth. not to say next month some writer may focus on it again--but in the last bunch of years it may have been alluded to once. that makes it a myth imo. you have a different opinion, cool beans. 👆and i'm not denying anything just because of carver--to his credit he actually SHOWED the scan he thinks supported the idea--though i doubt even he took it seriously. it was laughable and a hilarious stretch that i find it hard to believe anyone would subscribe to.
You do realize I pointed-out that the confidence issue is misinterpreted and blown out of proportion, right? Never did I say it works the way many people argue. Someone previously pointed it out, his powers simply drop when he does poorly against someone he KNOWS he should beat. That's why he was weakened in that FF issue. He owned Reed, literally left him all over town, then later is beating on Captain America's shield, but a hologram makes him think his powers are failing against Reed.
But you're arguing against it, saying it's "full-on Internet bullshit," simply because Kitty-Cat is championing it. We know he has piss-poor interpretation skills of the comics. Perhaps, he heard it from someone else and is trying to prove it but can't find where it happened? Although I admit I'd need to see it again. Maybe kitty-cat can tell me the issue references for the time period.
Also, I should note that carter actually has more reason to argue Hulk wasn't amped against Gladiator than you do. 'Cuz, ya know, he's championing Gladiator elsewhere so it'd be hard for him to argue Hulk over whoever he argues loses to Gladiator unless he argues that Hulk specifically. Which, you know he won't since he didn't start reading comics until WORLD WAR HULK, so that's the Hulk he holds torch for. And is premature for.