Instead of Galactus, the Celestials, heralds, T & A, the galactic fleets etc showing up to defend the universe, this time the forces of evil and the supernatural are the ones who form an alliance to fight the forces of the Cancerverse at the Fault:
Round 1:
Mephisto
Satannish
Chthon
Zom
Set
Demogorge
All Earth pantheon Skyfathers and Hell Lords (Pluto, Hela etc)
Dormammu
Cyttorak and the rest of the Octessence (Balthakk, Farallah, Ikonn, Krakkan, Raggadorr, Valtorr, Watoomb)
Gaea
The Dweller in Darkness
The Vishanti - Agamotto, Hoggoth, Oshtur
Surtur with Twilight Sword
DarkChylde Magik
Archenemy
Nightmare
Zarathos
Blackheart
Asteroth
Round 2 - if the supernatural team doesn't cut it they can also bring all their demon/warrior armies (if they have any) to the battle.
Round 3 - if that still isn't enough add in all the forces seen fighting against the Archenemy in the Magik series.
I did, and aside from Dormammu, Archenemy only slaughtered cannon fodder beings - Surtur, Mephisto, Nightmare, and thousands of unnamed lesser demons. Basically, it kicked the ass of those who would also get annihilated by the MAOs of the Cancerverse.
Mephisto stalemated Galactus in his realm, till Galactus broke off the assault and attempted to devour Mephisto's hell. Mephisto didn't know how to respond to that attack, so he let Galactus and his heralds go.
Mephisto and crew RAN from Archenemy. Even in his own hell, Mephisto didn't dare mount an assault. He ran for his life as Archenemy devoured his Hell. Archenemy destroyed Surtur, Muspel, and extinguished the Eternal Flame. Archenemy destroyed/wrecked the Dark Dimension and Dormammu ran for his life.
Archenemy was wrecking Hell Lords in their own realms AND destroying said realms. Toward the end, EVERY HELL LORD IN THE UNIVERSE was gathered against him. If they didn't find and destroy his source of power, they would have been annihilated.
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..even the outer hells are indifferent matters for they bow only to potent and archaic Nodens.
Mephisto actually attacked Archenemy before being forced to run away. In any case, he's been stomped by a standard Galactus and Archenemy.
Don't see how that makes Archenemy > Cancerverse. Galactus couldn't even do anything to the Galactus Engine and various Celestials and Abstracts had to be involved in the conflict. Archenemy was beating Hell Lords and other gods who are inferior to the Galactus Engine's power. Simply put, the MAO's got the attention of bigger dogs than Archenemy did. Far bigger threat.
He fired off an initial attack then realized he was going to get nowhere and ran with his tail between his legs. Compare this to how his showdown with Galactus went down.
Also, when did Galactus "stomp" Mephisto?
Vs a common foe in the same environment, Archenemy did better than Galactus. Archenemy didn't need to feed on Hell in order to break a stalemate with Mephisto like Galactus did. In fact, Mephisto abandoned his own realm and fled.
Archenemy was stomping Hell Lords in their realms where their power is near absolute.
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..even the outer hells are indifferent matters for they bow only to potent and archaic Nodens.
I like how Mephisto is judged only off of his best feat by far.
Instead of when he had trouble with Thor, got soundly beaten by Adam Warlock, had problems with Surfer. Etc.
And it wasn't just stalemating Galactus either, he also decimated Surfer as well, something that just doesn't jive with his history against Surfer. That was Mephisto at his absolute best, not an average.
The Elder Gods and the Octessence could give a good account of themselves to the the MAO's .
Don't know how Archenemy will fare against the GE though .
The rest of the team are mostly cannon fodder in this thread .
I think it's humorous when a member thinks that Galactus Engine can solo. But, also, it makes me feel sad for them, because the flaw in thinking might actually be due to an infestation of fecal parasites nesting in their "nether regions".