"wizard" Ranks The 10 Toughest Superheros In Comics!

[MOIDANGEREUX]

http://www.silver-surfer.us/Top10list/Top10List.htm

1)SILVER SURFER

HIS DEAL: As the former herald of the world-devourer Galactus, Norrin Radd possesses he "power cosmic," an energy source capable of almost any feat imaginable, making him one of the most powerful beings in the cosmos.
WHY HE'S #1: The Surfer is the fringe character that seperates humanity from the omnipotence of Galactus or Eternity, making himtops on our list. His power cosmic is so powerful that it's not a matter of what the Surfer can do, it's what he can't. Matter-manipulation, the power reserves of stars, traveling at lightspeed ... he may even be able to create life. He's truely in a power class of his own.

VS. HULK: The Hulk may be physically stronger than the Surfer, but c'mon, our boy Norrin would never let the Hulk get near him. He'd zip up on the Hulk at near-lightspeed, unleash just a fraction of the power cosmic and, when the Hulk came to at the bottom of the smoking crater a couple days later, the Surfer'd be done kicking the crap out of the rest of the heros on this list.
VS. FIRESTORM: No contest. Whatever Ronnie can do, Norrin can undo. With the skill and far greater matter-manipulation power at his command, Firestorm rates a two-panel fight at best.
VS. PROF. X: Yeah, you guessed it, between the Surfer's incomprehensible speed and indomitable will, Prof. X may give the Surfer a run for his money in chess, but not in combat.
VS. SPAWN: The Surfer's faced down Mephisto, Marvel's version of Satan, so a Satan-flunkie like Spawn ain't gonna do much that the Surfer hasn't overcome before.
VS. DR. STRANGE: Dr. Strange is a human conduit of magic with human frailties, while the Surfer can stand at the center of a super-nova without breaking a sweat. It might take a couple of hours, but Strange would burn himself out trying to dent the Surfer.
VS. FLASH: Sorry, the SUrfer is faster than the Flash, with the power of the universe at his command. Once you take away his speed, Wally is just a guy. G'night, Wally.
VS. WONDER WOMAN: Diana may be a better fight, but the Surfer is faster, tougher and more powerful. Ten bucks says Wonder Woman's bracelets aren't up to deflecting the power cosmic.
VS. SUPERMAN: While Supes might land a couple of blows as the Surfer is trying to talk to him, our bald buddy Norrin could either hammer Supes into submission with the power cosmic or suck all the solar energy out of him with his energy manipulation powers. VS. THOR: Surfer's power cosmic is fairly evenly matched with Mjolnir (whose magical properies aren't affected by the universe's laws of physics), which would absorb/deflect Surfer's power for a while. While Surfer couldn't do much physical damage to Thor, Thor would hammer the Surfer unconscious ... if he could hit'em. And even though Mjolnir could block Surfer's powerful blasts, some would eventually land. As the battle progressed, more and more of the Surfer's blows would connect until one super-blast of the power cosmic would put the Odinson down for the count. And the worst part? The Surfer, one of the most noble spirits in the universe, would search the rubble after the fight, grab Mjolnir and head off to Disneyworld.

 

[Kitsune]

This is Wizard magazine, the same people who stated that Batman could one punch Spider-Man and take him out...

 

[PhotoJones]

I'm not going to argue Wizard's rationalizations, but I will say that it seems mighty coincidental that there's a list with the Surfer at the top when a certain movie hits theaters soon....

 

[November Rain]

i think this is an old list to be fair....

also this whole surfer is faster than the flash thing just makes me chuckle...

 

[Anubis]

Actually, he is. While Flash can surpass Light, The Surfer can go waaaaayyyy past Light Speed on his board. So, yeah, he is faster, but his reflexes aren't'.

 

[November Rain]

isn't light, like just one of the obstacles of a speedster in dc?

there's the

sound barrier
light barrier
time barrier
dimensional barrier
and the speed force barrier

considering some versions of the flash have escaped from the speed force barrier, merely travelling at the speed of light is like walking in the park, don't ya think?

 

[Max Shrek]

Okay list. I guess they'd have to alter it now due to a certain "headlock"...

 

[Silicon Surfer]

The Wizard article is from '95 or '96 I think. Currently the speedsters can just achieve light speed or a little better. The Surfer can go far faster and has been shown to have reflexes in proportion to his traveling speed. He weaves through asteroid belts and meteor showers just for fun.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Actually, the current Flash can break the light barrier with ease. The only thing holding the previous Flashes back--merging with the Speed Force--is impossible for Bart because he's already merged with the Speed Force.

Anyway, if we're gonna go with obscure references, Thor's as fast as lightning, so that stuff about not being able to land blows on the Surfer doesn't make much sense. It depends on what you take as canon and not canon from the comics, which differs from person to person and makes all vs. threads utterly useless.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Personally I think Strange could take anyone on that list.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think Strange could take anyone but Thor. Mjolnir absorbs magic energy, after all.

 

[Silicon Surfer]

The Surfer can manipulate magical energy. He learned how a while back in Cosmic Powers I think. He analyzed the Odinpower using his cosmic awareness.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I think Strange could take anyone but Thor. Mjolnir absorbs magic energy, after all.

You're probably right there, though he could always shunt reality to a place where Asgardian magic doesn't exist then beat down on him.

 

[moraldeficiency]

The Surfer can manipulate magical energy. He learned how a while back in Cosmic Powers I think. He analyzed the Odinpower using his cosmic awareness.

Yes he did but Strange has a lot more going for him than simply asgardian magics, he has access to magics from all across the universe and possesses the most powerful mystical artifacts in existence.

I agree surfer has more than a fair shot here but at the same time I've seen Galactus come to the doc for help. I've also seen Strange fight eternity to a standstill and hold adam warlock off for quite a while when he had a working infinity guantlet. Just saying he's the sorcerer supreme for the whole freaking universe.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The Surfer can manipulate magical energy. He learned how a while back in Cosmic Powers I think. He analyzed the Odinpower using his cosmic awareness.

And yet another reason why I think the Surfer is utterly ******ed. At least with Quasar they had the decency to limit his energy manipulation to non-magical forms.

 

[Silicon Surfer]

And yet another reason why I think the Surfer is utterly ******ed. At least with Quasar they had the decency to limit his energy manipulation to non-magical forms.

Yet with Quasar they pushed his power levels far beyond what had been originally established for the bands. Marvel Boy was killed when he pushed the bands beyond their limit but Quasar has used the bands to manipulate far more power than Marvel Boy ever tried to. They pushed Quasar's power to pretty much whatever it took to win.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Unless what it took to win was magic. Basically, magic is beyond science in my comic book heirarchy. Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Thor, Odin, et al. are fine to manipulate both magic and mundane energies, but I don't think sci fi characters should be able to tap into magic. It lends credence to that whole "magic is just a more advanced science" idea, which I agree with Clarke about in reality; I just prefer not to see them as one and the same in fiction. I like the idea of consummately unexplainable phenomena in comics.

 

[Mara Jane]

he may even be able to create life.

I have a power Silver Surfer has.

 

[Not Jake]

Yeah but he can create stuff that isn't ugly, and fat, with a predisposition to become diabetic.

 

[fifthfiend]

isn't light, like just one of the obstacles of a speedster in dc?

there's the

sound barrier
light barrier
time barrier
dimensional barrier
and the speed force barrier

considering some versions of the flash have escaped from the speed force barrier, merely travelling at the speed of light is like walking in the park, don't ya think?

There was that one time he ran across the universe faster than instantaneously, that was pretty cool.

 

[lowly marvelite]

Actually, he is. While Flash can surpass Light, The Surfer can go waaaaayyyy past Light Speed on his board. So, yeah, he is faster, but his reflexes aren't'.

True statement. As a matter of fact, multiple speeds of light...

 

[lowly marvelite]

I'm not going to argue Wizard's rationalizations, but I will say that it seems mighty coincidental that there's a list with the Surfer at the top when a certain movie hits theaters soon....

Actually, this is Wizard magazine article from at least last year. Does anyone have the year this Wizard article was published. Somebody out there does...

 

[lowly marvelite]

Personally I think Strange could take anyone on that list.

He could. But he'd better know the Surfer's coming.

 

[Silicon Surfer]

Actually, this is Wizard magazine article from at least last year. Does anyone have the year this Wizard article was published. Somebody out there does...

I already posted it above.

 

[lowly marvelite]

And yet another reason why I think the Surfer is utterly ******ed. At least with Quasar they had the decency to limit his energy manipulation to non-magical forms.

Such negativity. In my opinion, this was Stan Lee's answer to Superman. Its like he said, "OK. DC has Superman. I'm going to create ultraman. Surfer is way cool. Not only is he way more powerful than Kal-El he's a character with some depth.