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[sirmethos]

Not counting the ones like TOAA, The Man of Miracles, The Presence, etc. who is the most powerful character in comics?

And please give examples of why you think that the character(s) you name are contenders for the title.



For my own contenders:

Genis-Vell. He destroyed the Multiverse with no real effort(I believe he re-created it as well, but I might be remembering that wrong).

Jenny Quantum: Capable of ripping the multiverse apart with next to no effort.

[sirmethos]

Yes, I know, I made a typo in the title -.- I just spotted it.

[Pseudonym]

Bec Noir, Homestuck, Murdered two and a half multiverses thus far.

[silversurfer092]

Superboy Prime punched a hole in reality and took on two Supermen and killed one of them.

[MarvelFan15]

Living Tribunal should be on here, but I'm not sure if he violates the rules...

Mad Jim Jaspers would have overwhelmed the Multiverse and, shortly after, other multiverses had he time to complete his ascension to power.

One of the characters from Planetary (Elijah Snow I think) has access to technology allowing him to casually delete universes from existence.

Sise-Neg also deserves to be on here, having once absorbed all magic in the Marvel universe, and then recreated it.

[El Wookiee]

I will probably be shouted down for suggesting this, but what about Franklin Richards? A) as a child he CREATED a universe (to make something is harder than to destroy something). B ) as an adult the Celestials fell that he is on their level, and destroyed 2 of them in combat. C) he has used Galactus as his own herald. Not too shabby.

[Dr. Pymp(mex)]

Would The essence of the previous universe and Galan be up there? I mean they survived the entire everything being sucked into the big crunch and made out!! That would include reality, time, space, etc.

[sirmethos]

Both Galactus and Franklin Richards have only shown Universe level powers, while some of the other contenders(Genis-Vell and Jenny Quantum, as well as Bec Noir) have shown Multiverse level power.

[Delta Force]

I'm thinking Franklin Richards. Mostly because the Celestials named him a universal constant and his adult form controls Galactus.

[sirmethos]

I'm thinking Franklin Richards. Mostly because the Celestials named him a universal constant and his adult form controls Galactus.

Both Galactus and Franklin Richards have only shown Universe level powers, while some of the other contenders(Genis-Vell and Jenny Quantum, as well as Bec Noir) have shown Multiverse level power.

[Hayesmeister5651]

Hal Jordan as Parallax. Capable of creating and destroying universes.

Emperor Joker. The Spectre said he had enough power to destroy all that is and ever will be.

[Delta Force]

Thanks for the update.

I'll chose some one else. But my most powerful list is limited.

[sirmethos]

Emperor Joker. The Spectre said he had enough power to destroy all that is and ever will be.

Hearsay.

please give examples

Using the same kind of source, Spider-Man said that Sentry has stalemated Galactus.

[Hayesmeister5651]

Hearsay.

I'm pretty sure The Spectre would know what he is talking about. Not only that Darkseid even mentioned what he could do with that power. Especially when he got his hands on the Anti Life Equation.

[sirmethos]

A lot of people know what they're talking about, but until the person in question actually proves that level of power, anyone claiming that he has that level of power, is still hearsay. I.e. useless.

Nick Fury, for example, is pretty knowledgeable, and he has said about at least... 11 people that I can think of, that each of them is "one of the finest hand to hand fighters I've ever seen". Gambit being one of the 11 -.-

[Djgambrell]

Captain Atom or Monarch could be up there.

[Hayesmeister5651]

A lot of people know what they're talking about, but until the person in question actually proves that level of power, anyone claiming that he has that level of power, is still hearsay. I.e. useless.

Nick Fury, for example, is pretty knowledgeable, and he has said about at least... 11 people that I can think of, that each of them is "one of the finest hand to hand fighters I've ever seen". Gambit being one of the 11 -.-

Well when it comes to hand to hand fighters, that can be pretty disputed. When someone is tearing the very fabric of time and space, there is not much of a debate.

Oh and "-.-" that is Jaegar's schtick get a new emoticon!

[sirmethos]

Well when it comes to hand to hand fighters, that can be pretty disputed. When someone is tearing the very fabric of time and space, there is not much of a debate.

Oh and "-.-" that is Jaegar's schtick get a new emoticon!

Tearing the fabric of time and space can be done on several levels, so yes, there is still plenty of room for debate.

The Annihilation Wave for example, resulted in a tear in the fabric of time/space, causing an opening to the Cancer-verse. That's not even a Universe level event.

Genis-Vell, to give an example in the other end of the spectrum, completely destroyed the entire Marvel Multi-verse.


And I've been using that emoticon since before I joined EF.

[Hayesmeister5651]

Tearing the fabric of time and space can be done on several levels, so yes, there is still plenty of room for debate.

The Annihilation Wave for example, resulted in a tear in the fabric of time/space, causing an opening to the Cancer-verse. That's not even a Universe level event.

Genis-Vell, to give an example in the other end of the spectrum, completely destroyed the entire Marvel Multi-verse.

I'm pretty sure when a writer has a character say something, it should be taken as fact. Unless the person who says it is later corrected in the comic. Really, the writer of the comic is who is decided how powerful people are.

[sirmethos]

I'll, again, refer you to Spider-Man saying that Sentry stalemated Galactus.