Champions Battle Poll (Week 6: Round 3)

Scarlet Spider vs Dragon -- man, this would be an AMAZING fight. SS has all of Spider-Man's powers, but Dragon is Spider-Man level in terms of agility, plus he has a healing factor that would make Wolverine jealous, plus he's 3-4 times stronger than SS. I think SS would land more blows, but with Dragon's durability (he's bullet proof as well as having incredible regenerative abilities) I don't think those blows would have much effect. And while Dragon isn't as fast, he does have superior endurance and stamina so he can take shots from SS all day long. I gotta call tie on this one.

Galactus vs Dr. Manhattan -- now this would be interesting. Manhattan exists on a quantum level, but Galactus is almost God-like in his abilities and while occupies a single physical dimension, he can easily access others. Both can manipulate matter and energy, both can create or destroy life, but the Power Cosmic is a type of energy Manhattan has no experience with. Both have been defeated in the past -- Galactus by superhumans, and Doc (if not defeated, then at least tricked) by a regular human. One could say Manhattan has the edge in that he doesn't need to replenish his power source like Galactus, but Galactus can go for centuries without having to replenish (as he did during the creation of the new universe) so that rules out that advantage.

I'm going to give my vote to Galactus, if for no other reason than we've seen him achieve things Manhattan could possibly achieve but was never shown to, and because I think the Power Cosmic would be a new and mysterious energy to Manhattan, and one that he would have to first experience in order to understand how to manipulate it. But if he experiences it, it would probably be the last thing he ever experienced, period.

I agree with you two

I think Manhattan is over-rated because though he has all this knowledge, view, power, he lacks the will or desire to do anything about it. That way a human, albeit one of if not the smartest and most skilled humans tricks him. In the book it is once again the story of the quintessential ubermensch versus a "superman". So I think Galactus with a singular focused mind would defeat Dr. Manhattan.

Surfer should have beat Dr. Manhattan, but Galactus would own him quickly.

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@lestat104

You know it. As far s universe shattering characters go, Manhattan is a noob, and at best the new kid on the block. He might have an unknown trick or two up his sleeve but his experience with other similarily powered beings would be his undoing. His 'vision' seemed to be focused on tinkering with nuclear devices on earth only to be replaced by his galactic journey which focused on... Mars. Wow.

Have a look at the more informed Surfer vs Manhattan debate which went on over at Comic Vine.

@ Fenix -- they've done the same thing with Juggernaut. There was a time when Juggs was one of THE heaviest hitters in the MU, truly a force to be feared and reckoned with. Now he's just a jobber for any hero they want to make look tough.

And yeah, as much as I love Cap (he's my absolute favorite comic book character) no way could he one-shot Rhino.

@LoudLon
For some reason, they moved it to Fan Fic. Idk why they did, the next poll will come tomorrow seeing as I'm busy today (Easter) and can't get to a computer to post the article.

Yeah, I agree about Juggernaut though. He's just one of those guys they use to make their new character seem tough. I guess it's just because Juggs and Rhino aren't as popular as all of the other characters and therefore they must job to them.

Like I said I try to be a Rhino fan like I always have. But it's tough when one of your favorites literally can never win a fight nowadays, and it makes you wonder why you liked them in the first place.