Really? hmmmm. It was certainly a step in the right direction post-Onslaught, but it went back down after that for a bit. He wasn't especially remarkable in that story, that's why I've always wondered why people specify this version in threads.
As for the thread, I don't know anything about the other 2 to give an educated response. Those bios aren't very detailed.
Yeah, I don't even care for the most of the heroes in the story, but Juggernaut stole the show. Plus the rest of the Exemplars were pretty cool as well.
Well, I'm a bit of an expert on the theighbooted one (that's Vartox), in fact I may well be the only expert as no one else seems to be able to see past the 'tache, underpants and of course, theighboots.
Anyway, pre-crisis Vartox was so ludicrously overpowered that he could pretty much take on this whole fight himself and let Ultraa have a beer. Vartox used to regularly wipe the floor with the pre-crisis Superman (who was strong enough to push whole planets around). Thanos could still put up a good fight, but ultimately I think Vartox would own him.