List the toughest metals in comics

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celeyhyga17
List the toughest metals in order..

abhilegend
Say please.

Digi
I'm not ordering them. I'm just naming ones that come to my head:

Adamantium (primary)
Uru
Beskar (or Mandalorian Iron) - Star Wars
Inertron
Vibranium

...there may be some others. Individual plot-device weapons and items, like Majestic's swords and Wonder Woman's bracers, would likely be in the discussion.

carver9
Adamantium
Uru
Promethium
Nth metal
Vibrainium

DarkSaint85
Add:
Promethium
Adamantine (Herc's mace)

abhilegend
Uru isn't that tough.

KingD19
Carbonadium

carver9
Lol @ ABHI. And it begins.

Time Immemorial
Aegis Shield, WW bracers>all

Flyattractor
You're Mom's Big Brass Balls.

Time Immemorial
Originally posted by Flyattractor
You're Mom's Big Brass Balls.

laughing

abhilegend
SMH @ Carver.

Insane Titan
Hulk has damaged adamantium iirc, so it isn't that strong and must of been drastically downgraded.

celeyhyga17
Originally posted by abhilegend
Say please.
Please

carver9
Originally posted by abhilegend
SMH @ Carver.

Don't know what this was for.

-K-M-
Think a big low showing for uru (or high showing for thor) is when thor easily cut out a uru hammer from a uru Boulder just using one finger. Almost did it like putting your finger through sand. It was that easy

Digi
Forgot about Nth metal. Yeah, that should be on my list.

KingD19
Originally posted by -K-M-
Think a big low showing for uru (or high showing for thor) is when thoreasily cut out a uru hammer from a uru Boulder just using one finger. Almost did it like putting your finger through sand. It was that easy

I remember that. He actually just scooped it out of the rock. But isn't the difference between Raw Uru(stone) and Refined Uru(Metal) a pretty big one? Or I could be making it up. I'm not really sure how Uru works.

"Id"
Prime Adamantium
Vibrainium
Shards of the Creation Engine

Uru
Promethium
Nth metal

DarkSaint85
What are GL rings made of? Presumably metal, as Polaris was able to control it.....

-K-M-
Also inerton

Branlor Swift
Originally posted by KingD19
I remember that. He actually just scooped it out of the rock. But isn't the difference between Raw Uru(stone) and Refined Uru(Metal) a pretty big one? Or I could be making it up. I'm not really sure how Uru works. Uru iirc is enhanced by the enchantment

Sometimes it's portrayed as some good shit and said to be unbreakable but the easiest explanation is it needs magic to become shit.

Or Thor is just that strong...

"Id"
Originally posted by "Id"
Prime Adamantium
Vibrainium
Shards of the Creation Engine

Uru
Promethium
Nth metal

Prime Adamantium and the Shards of the Creation Blade being the toughest. Which you would want to make blades from.

Uru and Nth Metal have flexible properties that can grant you super human abilities.

Vibrainium and Promethium make for great shields and armor.

celeyhyga17
Originally posted by KingD19
I remember that. He actually just scooped it out of the rock. But isn't the difference between Raw Uru(stone) and Refined Uru(Metal) a pretty big one? Or I could be making it up. I'm not really sure how Uru works.
True I guess.. The rock he carved a hammer from contained uru metal. Still a crazy feat though.

Originally posted by Branlor Swift
Uru iirc is enhanced by the enchantment

Sometimes it's portrayed as some good shit and said to be unbreakable but the easiest explanation is it needs magic to become shit.

Or Thor is just that strong...
He's also crushed uru manacles.. To dust.... He's just that strong.

Digi
Originally posted by "Id"
Prime Adamantium and the Shards of the Creation Blade being the toughest. Which you would want to make blades from.

Uru and Nth Metal have flexible properties that can grant you super human abilities.

Vibrainium and Promethium make for great shields and armor.

This.

Rezactic
What metal is Diana's bracers made of? The one that deflected the omega beams?

StiltmanFTW
Metallo, omnium... weak compared to the ones already listed, but still vastly superior to the real world ones.

Existere
Originally posted by Rezactic
What metal is Diana's bracers made of? The one that deflected the omega beams? Feminism.

http://media.tumblr.com/4d161c24b38bd524ad94664c39f92a5e/tumblr_inline_n8thbchX5g1qb3bgo.jpg

StiltmanFTW
laughing

Flyattractor
What metal was the shield that DC's Guardian carried around?

https://brainstomping.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/guardian11.jpg

-K-M-
Originally posted by celeyhyga17
True I guess.. The rock he carved a hammer from contained uru metal. Still a crazy feat though..

and was magically charged too

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/109250/2247238-ThorStrength05JIM92.jpg

bluewaterrider
Originally posted by celeyhyga17
List the toughest metals in order ...


1. whatever makes up Captain America's shield
2. inertron
3. primary adamantium
4. amazonium
5. supermanium
6. carbonadium
7. uru
8. vibranium

celeyhyga17
Originally posted by bluewaterrider
1. whatever makes up Captain America's shield
2. inertron
3. primary adamantium
4. amazonium
5. supermanium
6. carbonadium
7. uru
8. vibranium
Cap's shield is made of Adamantium, Vibranium, and Uru. That doesn't count.

Existere
Wasn't Cap's shield originally a vibranium/steel alloy? I thought adamantium was discovered when scientists tried to reverse-engineer Cap's shield.

carver9
Uru? When did they add that to Cap shield?

celeyhyga17
Originally posted by carver9
Uru? When did they add that to Cap shield?
After Fear Itself. Odin had it reforged since Cul broke it. It's supposedly even stronger than ever before.

Astner
Adamantine: Hercules' mace.
Proto-Adamantium: A component of the alloy that made up Captain America's shield.
True Adamantium: Wolverine's claws.

bluewaterrider
Originally posted by Astner
Adamantine: Hercules' mace.
Proto-Adamantium: A component of the alloy that made up Captain America's shield.
True Adamantium: Wolverine's claws.


Indeed, the material making up Cap's shield is validly in a class by itself ...

From Wikipedia:


During one of his experiments to fuse vibranium with an experimental iron alloy, MacLain falls asleep and awakens to find the experiment a success. This is due to an unknown catalyst entering the process during his slumber, and he is unable to duplicate the result. The vibranium-iron alloy mix is then poured into a mold for a tank's upper hatch to create the disc shape and painted to become Captain America's symbol. MacLain would later attempt to recreate the shield's metal to no avail, his experiments instead eventually yielding the super-metal adamantium.

Rogers' indestructible shield was long referred to, even in continuity, as being composed of an adamantium, vibranium, and uranium alloy. In actuality, the experimental iron alloy is now referred to as "proto-adamantium", which is slightly stronger than true adamantium. Dr. MacLain's experiments with proto-adamantium lead to the creation of true adamantium. This proto-adamantium (the only known source) was incorporated with the vibranium in the shield. The vibranium in the shield grants it unusual properties, allowing it to absorb virtually all of the kinetic impact from any blows that the shield receives without injuring Rogers in the process ...

8swords
nth metal, adamantium. vibranium..... and whatever makes up hulks purple pants :loL:

Rage.Of.Olympus
Originally posted by Branlor Swift
Uru iirc is enhanced by the enchantment

Sometimes it's portrayed as some good shit and said to be unbreakable but the easiest explanation is it needs magic to become shit.

Or Thor is just that strong...

Yup. A more recent version:
http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429773_Thor_2014-_003-016.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429774_Thor_2014-_003-017.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429775_Thor_2014-_003-018.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429776_Thor_2014-_003-019.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429779_Thor_2014-_003-020.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429780_Thor_2014-_003-021.jpg

Jason Aaron did say he read Stan Lee's run which helped set the scale for his Thor.

StiltmanFTW
Originally posted by carver9
Uru? When did they add that to Cap shield?
Fear Itself.

Walker's shield got upgraded, too (not in the same event, I'm just mentioning it). By Pym. Details are unknown.

basilisk
I thought somewhere way back (maybe even mentioned in one of the handbooks) that uru was said to be strong but not indestructible, but it was extremely good material for holding enchantments.

leonidas
the more enchantments the stronger it is. uru has been shattered by hitting it with nitrogen. on its own uru isn't that great.

ODG
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Yup. A more recent version:
http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429773_Thor_2014-_003-016.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429774_Thor_2014-_003-017.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429775_Thor_2014-_003-018.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429776_Thor_2014-_003-019.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429779_Thor_2014-_003-020.jpg http://s5d2.turboimagehost.com/t1/21429780_Thor_2014-_003-021.jpg

Jason Aaron did say he read Stan Lee's run which helped set the scale for his Thor. I'm still stunned by that display of strength.

Branlor Swift
So basically Thor is strong enough to rip through Cap's shield?

ares834
Originally posted by Rage.Of.Olympus
Yup. A more recent version:

Jason Aaron did say he read Stan Lee's run which helped set the scale for his Thor.

Did he really? That is very interesting. Curious do you know where he said this?

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