Just a thought: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is a TERRIBLE reference guide when trying to tack down a Marvel characters strength level, particularly the so-called class 100 hundred characters. For a visual: 100 tons is the same as four (4) fully loaded 45 foot tractor trailer trucks (minus the truck doing the pulling) all stacked on top of one another. Not a lot when you consider how much some of these characters have been shown lifting. I have several scans of both Thor and Hercules that are powerful indicators of their true level of strength, but suffice to say for now that both Thor and Hercules are capable of lifting planet earth. They are planet movers. This obviously would make characters like Hulk, Beta Ray Bill, Gladiator and the Silver Surfer planet movers as well, since these characters have all fought one either Thor or Hercules (or both) at one point in time or another and have been able to go toe to toe fairly successfully with them too. Character placed in the class 100 level are characters that can lift right at 100 tons OR MORE. I have noted discrepancies in two hand books: one lists Thor as able to lift 95 tons, while another puts him in the 100 ton class. Obviously, 95 tons is nowhere near being able to lift planet earth, or lifting the Midgard Serpent or ripping through adamantium cables, etc...take what the OHOTMU has to say with several grains of salt.
Here are my list of the five strongest Marvel superheroes, in no particular order:
1) Gladiator
2) The Silver Surfer
3) Thor
4) Hulk
5) Hercules
Here is my list of the five strongest Marvel villains, in no particular order:
1) Thanos
2) Surtur
3) Tyrant
4) Kurse
5) Maestro