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Doug Centers
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Back in my early teens a favorite topic amongst my circle of comic book readers was to rank the strongest Marvel heroes .My top five would look like this : 1. Hulk 2. Thor 3. Wonder Man 4. Thing 5. Sub-Mariner (we almost never called him Namor back then) Now this was pre 1980, and for some reason we all came to the consensus to leave Hercules off the list . Not sure why to this day. Now I know there was some kind of character profile and stat series that Marvel put out sometime in the eighties that could rank them but then where's the fun in that. Anyway just wondering if any characters have been introduced since 1979 that would crack this list and how you would rank yours ? Heroes only.
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Eric Jansen
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Hmm...that does make me wonder--have Hercules and the Hulk ever gone head to head?
My list would be--
1. Hercules 2. Thor 3. Wonder Man 4. Sub-Mariner 5. The Hulk 6. The Thing
--until the Hulk gets angry! Then, he slowly climbs the ladder up! Though I wonder if he could ever get mad enough to out-muscle Hercules.
Hyperion goes on the list somewhere, but I'm not sure which version is running around these days and we've got one Superman stand-in on the list already!
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Wallace Sellars
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As a kid, I ranked Marvel's top five strongest heroes this way...
1) Hulk
2) Hercules
3) Thor
4) Sub-Mariner
5) Ben Grimm
I know that Wonder Man is supposed to be just shy of Thor when it
comes to pure strength, but that always felt a bit forced every time I
read it, so I didn't include him. Colossus, Doc Samson, Sasquatch and
Wonder Man followed In no particular order.
Of them all, I consider Ben the toughest.
*If we were supposed to limit our musings to 5 characters, please let
me know so that I can modify my post.
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Brian Hague
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The Sentry, a Miracleman analog, introduced in 2000, has the "power of one million exploding suns" and is said to have physically fought Galactus to a standstill. He's pretty much near the top of Marvel's current strength index, at least as far as six-to-seven foot high humanoid types go, I would think.
Thor, of course, is up there. Gladiator and Hyperion, both Superman analogs, have considerable strength. The Hulk, "the strongest one who lives" ultimately will top all of them, theoretically, given enough time and rage... Letting him get to the point where he would become more powerful than one million exploding suns would be tactically unwise. Of course, getting into a fight with the Hulk isn't the brightest move under any circumstances...
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Kip Lewis
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Brian, regarding Sentry--
INVISO TEXT (Click or highlight to reveal):
Sentry is dead, and
now a villain when he comes back so we don't have to
worry about him messing up the heroes list. (And I am
so glad--hated that character being shoehorned into
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Kip Lewis
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Character's who are now in that range, who have been
added since 79?
First one that comes to mind is Blue Marvel. He is a
superman-level hero.
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Roy Johnson
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Blue Marvel (in his newest costume) looks awesome.
He also vaguely resembles an indie comic character, Mythic at least with the "M" and concept. A stretch, I guess.
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John Young
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1) Hulk
2) Hercules
3) Thor
4) Sub-Mariner
5) Ben Grimm
I am in agreement with Wallace
Hercules over Thor because strength is Hercules claim to fame, while Thor is the Thunder god, and like Superman, Flash is the fastest.
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Gundars Berzins
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To me this list will very upon conditions the characters are in.1) Gladiator 1) Hulk
2) Hercules
3) Sub-Mariner (fresh out of the water) 4) Thor
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I'd have to exclude cosmic characters like Silver Surfer, who probably really have literally unlimited strength if they want to access that much Power Cosmic. Granted, I really only know these characters from the 80s, so please add some salt.
- Hulk at his maddest, although his strength varies a lot. At his calmest before reverting to Banner, he's at #4 on this list.
- Thor, but only because he has that belt that boosts his strength. Does he still have that?
- A lot of guys at this tier. Wonder Man, Iron Man, Hercules, Juggernaut. It's a large tier but it's basically the strongest group of heroes aside from the outliers.
- Colossus, Sasquatch, The Thing, Titania, Rhino, She-Hulk, Sub-Mariner.
- Doc Samson, Power Man, Sunspot, Rogue. Maybe Scorpion.
Guys like Spider-Man would be at #6 on this scale, and Captain America is at #7. |
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Through the late 70's -
--> angry Hulk Guardian HerculesThor Wonder Man Hyperion Hulk -->Sub-Mariner in water Thing Doc Samson Colossus Thundra Vision Sub-Mariner out of water, but not dehydrated Valkyrie Iron Man Spider-Man Adam Warlock Giant-Man/Goliath Luke Cage
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Kip Lewis
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Thor, but only because he has that belt that boosts his
strength. Does he still have that?
Without the belt, Thor is in Hulk's upper range. The belt
I believe doubles that strength.
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