I think I'd go with Jane, which is pretty insane. It's hard to separate her from Mother Storm, to be frank. But, hm, how should I say it -- I wouldn't be surprised to see Jane do better against Thanos than Thor has ever done, for example [not that it's hard to do that, but you know what I mean]. I think she was [for the good or bad reasons] purposely written to be flat-out superior to him.
....[SPOILER - highlight to read]: which makes her fight against Apocalypse even sweeter
One of the few things that keeps me in doubt is her arm-wrestle with Hercules where she, well, blatantly cheated:
..but then again, Hercules is boss. But not 'bend adamantium' level, I'd say.
I think the writers were struggling between "she's the best thing since slice bread and she is above the entire Asgard and can beat Odin and Mangog" and "we still have to write Thor, so here she is stalemating Annihilus and having problems with Gladiator".
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Last edited by Philosophía on May 11th, 2021 at 09:28 PM
Even then her getting matched by Unworthy Thor in their original meeting.
Her showing against Vision, her struggling with Titania before Titania getting amped and then doing better than Jane, having to cheat in order to beat Hercules in arm wrestling, I’m pretty sure she also struggled against War Thor. She also struggled against Angela. Off High Ends if we only look at those yeah she’s clearly above Thor, but on consistent portrayal there’s enough to suggest she’s at the same level of Thor with a few more added percs like speed and her versatility with Mljonir.
I wouldn’t put her physically above Thor or Hercules in regards to strength though or durability. I feel like intent she’s there with them