Why? I mean, that's probably not the exact amount of joules of energy that the hammer had but he knew that this was Surtur that he was facing after all and I'd wager it would have been very dangerous even for him.
Thor survived the attack but he was taken out. And this arc was the definition of a high end herald level being in terms of Thor (And Loki). Not to mention that Thor has a very powerful connection with Mjolnir.
Surtur was easily a Galactic level being and this was a high end stakes game (If Surtur lit the flame, he'd burn creation) with Thor really kicking it up a notch. Not sure what fluctuation you're talking about. Although I'd like to see an example of this grossly fluctuating Surtur.
Fun fact: Although in the scans I posted, that was supposedly Thor's most powerful blow, he goes on to charge up his hammer even FURTHER: (please log in to view the image)
Thor doesn't just hold back massively. He has like layers.
In this story, Surtur destroyed a Galaxy while forging the Twilight Sword. With it, his power increased greatly, and it became even greater the closer he drew to the eternal flame.
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Last edited by Rage.Of.Olympus on Nov 25th, 2013 at 10:46 AM
That's the thing. Superman only has "difficulty" doing it because Superman isn't some neanderthal. He doesn't go all out against someone that's his friend/teammate. We saw what would happen if an unleashed Superman fought an unleashed CM (by proxy through UM and BA and Geoff even admitted this).
Superman>>>>Wonder Woman>=CM/BA.
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