Wonder Woman, vs, Ms Marvel!
Who will win?
Stay tuned to find out.
Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Nerd, I'm Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
I'm here with a new entry to our Versus series, where we pit heroes and villains against each
other and decide who we think would win.
This week's battle is between Wonder Woman and Ms Marvel.
Make sure to make YOUR choice of winner known by using #WonderWoman or #MsMarvel, all one
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And after this, check out our Joker vs Green Goblin video!
Turns out my Joker voice sounds awfully similar to my Green Goblin one.
But for now, buckle up, it's time for Wonder Woman vs Ms Marvel!
Just some quick ground rules to get out of the way.
This will be a random meeting, with the two seeing each other and fighting for whatever
reason, and morals are off.
Killing is oooookay.
Also, we’ll be using New 52 Wonder Woman, because she’s fun, and we’ll use Carol
Danvers rather than Kamela Khan, because Kamela would get deeeestroyed.
Wonder Woman has her bracers on, and she has her magical sword and lasso of truth.
Let’s do this.
As always, let’s start with a brief overview of the origins of these two combatants.
Wonder Woman’s history is pretty confusing what with Rebirth turning things on their
head.
However, some things have stayed pretty consistent over the years.
She was a princess of the Amazons on the island of Themyscira.
She was a great warrior, and later went off to man’s world, aka, the world outside of
Paradise Island.
For years, Diana Prince had been made of clay and brought to life as the daughter of the
queen of the Amazons.
When an American soldier, Steve Trevor, crashes on her island, she enters a tournament to
win the right to go to “Man’s World”.
She wins, she leaves, she becomes Wonder Woman.
Easy peasy.
But then in the New 52, it was changed so that she was a demigod, the daughter of Gods
Hippolyta and Zeus.
This gave her a somewhat different power set, and some new equipment.
But then in Rebirth, it was revealed that she didn’t actually have powers until she
was sent to jail in the Man’s World, and visited by the Gods, who gave her her powers.
It’s all a bit of wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff that hasn’t been concluded as
of now, so let’s not stress out about it too much.
And now, Carol Danvers, who thankfully has a much more straightforward origin story.
Carol was born in Boston, and spent much of her young life trying to prove that she was
just as capable as her two brothers.
Dreaming of becoming an astronaut, she went on to join the Air Force, and later NASA after
surviving a harrowing experience where she was tortured for several days.
As NASA security captain, she became highly involved in the dealings with the Kree, where
she met the Kree soldier Mar-Vell, otherwise known as Captian Marvel.
After being knocked into a Kree Psyche-Magnitron, her genetic structure was changed to the point
where she was essentially half-Kree, with special abilities.
For a while, she would change into her super persona and black out, forgetting what happened,
but she eventually was aided in bringing her personas together.
She took the name Ms. Marvel, after her friend Mar-Vell, and became a superhero.
As many of you know, she now goes by the name Captain Marvel, but that’s a story for another
time.
Cool, now we know how they started, so let’s talk about what they can do!
These are two dangerous ladies.
Starting with Wonder Woman, while she might not be quite as ridiculously strong as she
was in the Golden Age, she’s still on par with many of the best heroes out there.
She has super strength from Demeter, intelligence from Athena, enhanced senses from Artemis,
the fires of truth from Hestia, superspeed and flight from Hermes, and beauty from Aphrodite.
Yeah, that last one won’t be super relevant to this fight.
Her speed is will be though; she can keep up with the flash at cruising speed, something
that very, VERY few people can do.
And if you’ve seen our video on Wonder Woman vs Thor, you’ll know that speed can be a
pretty significant factor.
She’s also showed different degrees of mind control in recent years, although that likely
wouldn’t come into play in this fight.
But aside from her godly gifts, she also has some useful weapons.
She has her magic sword, which is so sharp it can slice at a molecular level, and of
course, the lasso of truth, which can compel others to tell the truth.
Finally, her indestructible bracers are useful when deflecting projectiles, but if she removes
them, she goes berserk and becomes 10 times more powerful.
However, as I said, in this fight she’ll be keeping them on, just to make it a bit
more even.
But let’s not sell Ms Marvel too short!
She has the usuals, like Super strength, speed, stamina, flight, durability, and agility,
although these seem to be slightly less powerful than Wonder Woman’s abilities.
Her Kree physiology makes her immune to some toxins and poisons, and she can fire powerful
photonic blasts from her hands.
What’s more, she can further empower these abilities by absorbing energy.
So if there’s a source of a lot of energy nearby, she’s damn near impossible to stop.
She also has a sort of hyper-awareness that allows her to predict her opponent’s moves
before they make them.
This will be particularly useful against Wonder Woman, whose speed would otherwise be an enormous
advantage.
Unfortunately, Wonder Woman is rather resilient when it comes to concussive blasts, so it
could be that Carol’s photonic abilities won’t be as effective as she’d hope.
Alright, now we know our competitors, so I think it’s time for the battle.
Don’t worry, I won’t do voices, that would sound super creepy.
The two meet eyes in a field.
Not sure why they were in a field, in the same universe, but they were.
Deal with it.
The moment they see each other, Wonder Woman takes out her sword, ready to make quick work
of her adversary.
But before she attacks, Ms Marvel fires a Photon blast at her.
Taken offguard, Wonder Woman is hit with the attack, but manages to shake it off and avoid
the following blast.
Seeing the strength of her adversary, Carol takes to the skies.
Wonder Woman flies after her, surprising her opponent with her speed.
Carol turns to fight Diana one on one, when she realizes she can’t find any large energy
sources to use.
They spar for a short time, with Ms Marvel deftly avoiding the razor sharp edge of the
magical sword, thanks to her precognition.
But soon Wonder Woman’s superior Amazonian training and super speed take over the fight,
allowing her to slip the sword past Ms Marvel’s defenses.
Off comes her head.
And so, this week’s winner is…
Wonder Woman.
This one wasn’t too hard, while it’s tough to compare heroes from two different franchises,
it seems that Wonder Woman is just plain better at most things.
It’s hard to say exactly how Ms Marvel’s precognition would fare against Wonder Woman’s
reflexes, but I think they would more or less work out in the wash.
What really decided this fight for me was how well each fighter could withstand the
other’s attacks.
Wonder Woman has survived blasts like the ones Ms Marvel would throw at her before,
while Ms Marvel would be hard pressed to deal with a sword so sharp it could break through
Captain Atom’s armour.
And it’s hard to keep Wonder Woman at bay when she can move as quickly as the Flash.
Obviously, if this fight took place inside a nuclear reactor, we might see a different
outcome, with Carol absorbing all the energy and whooping Diana’s butt.
But I think it’s fairly safe to say that in most settings, Diana would have this one.
What do you guys think?
Am I right in giving Wonder Woman the W, or am I underestimating Ms Marvel’s power?
Let me know your thoughts in the comment section, and cheer for your choice using #WonderWoman
or #MsMarvel.
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