Originally posted by wxyz
I would say all of them minus Wonder Woman and Thor (no Mjolnir).
This.
Without outside amps I think what you said is accurate. Also, by ‘one shot’ my belief is that it ranges from ‘absolutely atomizing a planet’ to ‘breaking the planet into large chunks.’
All but WW and Thor (no amps) should be able to do that.
Re: Which of these characters can one shot a planet with pure physical force
Originally posted by AlbertoJohnAvil
Sentry
Superman
Thor (no Mjolnir)
Thanos
Wonder Woman
Hulk
Shazam
Gladiator-can't be assisted
-no amps
Only Superman and WBH can going by feats and not what we want to be true.
Originally posted by carver9
None of them tbh.
Sentry, Thanos and Metafictional Joke Character Superman can. The others can't.
I'm going by how it took Gladiator a couple of punches to destroy a massive and sturdy planet. Maybe a regular planet would have been a goner after just one punch, but let's just say it wouldn't have. Thor (with Mjolnir) also shattered a planet in his fight against Gorr, but it didn't happen after his very first attack IIRC.
So if high heralds can destroy a planet with physical force alone, but it takes them a while... you could use scaling to make the argument, that characters transcending the high herald level should be able to one shot planets, if they went all out.
Superman is a special example, since ... besides the fact that it took him 90 years to destroy a planet... he didn't one-shot a planet. He was jumping and jumping and jumping and pretty much doing what the Bride was doing to her coffin in Kill Bill. What speaks for Superman is that he was weakened. So a well rested and nourished Metafictional Joke Character Superman should be able to one-shot a planet, when he has to do it and save the day. On average I'd argue against Superman having such power, even if it's just due to mental restraints.