I don't understand this. You're always saying that Thanos doesn't want a fight with the hulk when he has all of his powers and tech available. Here he has none of his magical, shields or energy powers and you are giving him a stomp in a slugfest over someone who is arguably stronger than the hulk and can hit faster and harder?
Last edited by Diesldude on Jun 14th, 2014 at 09:33 PM
When putting Thanos in this type of fight you have to be specific because he has been show with two types of temperments 1.Looking to prove himself in battle, like when fightin Odin, Tyrant , & the Ovin Mercs and 2.Not wanting to be bothered. Thanos has physcial strength, durability, & stamina to atleast hang with most any mainstream character and maybe more based on on the damage he has taken and by the level of people he fights.
In scenario A Superman stomps everytime. He would hit Thanos far more times than the other way around. Plus his defenses would be greater due to speed (blocking and dodging).
Scenario B is interesting. This is Superman's bread in butter. He went toe to toe with DOS DD and has the sufficient strength feats. Superman is stronger than Thanos, when he isn't holding back, and a little weaker when he is holding back. Superman is close to durable (or about equal) as Thanos when it comes to blunt force attacks.
Superman wins scenario B more times than not, he would just stop holding back more then moment he feels Thanos power.
Zeus vs hulk and the stipulations are
zeus has no magical abilities he just gets to use his physical strength. And just to be fair we will throw in a added bonus for zeus and add spidermans strength to his own =)
Only it does. Since otherwise it would make him start weaker than normal as soon as the fight starts even if he uses just his flight and that's against rules.
If that's the reasoning characters like Silver Surfer would get depowered as soon as they enter the fight since they constantly need to remain in the touch with their power sources like starlight.
Superman's strength feats (when he isn't holding back) are clearly greater than Thanos strength feats (who almost never holds back).
Superman went from not being able to hurt DD to killing him in a few panels. This is more than a 5x strength difference. DD was wrecking heralds (MM and Guy) with ease.
Superman went from using all his might and all of his powers and not doing much to a probe to one shotting them like tissue paper. This is more than a 5x strength difference.
So Superman at normal holding back levels is one of the strongest heralds in D.C. but when he lets loose then he is on a whole other level.
Thanos greatest strength feats are
7 hitting Surfer with amped power fists
Wrestling with Drax to cause a planet to destroy itself
Any other feats are significantly less.
With that said, there are plenty of feats by Superman that surpass those by a lot.