Who is the Strongest Avenger?It’s a tough question to tackle, and could have MANY an
answer.
THE CONTENDERSLet’s take a look at the characters who are contenders for this title.In the comics,
the current team of Avengers from the most recent Avengers series, vol 8, that started
up in 2018 as part of the Fresh Start story event, consists of Thor, Captain America,
Iron Man, She Hulk, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange and Ghost Rider.
Blade was also added to the roster in the series as it progressed.
The big three, Cap, Thor and Iron Man were set to be the main stays of the team with
the other members rotating as time went on.
This is an incredibly diverse team, to say the least.
Captain Marvel, Thor and Doctor Strange really stand out in terms of the diversity of their
abilities, but that doesn’t mean that the rest of them can’t hold their own, either.
While the line up we have for the newest iteration of the team is pretty intense, it wouldn’t
be fair to exclude past members, since there’s a whole lot of powerful ones that we’d be
forgetting.When Earth’s mightiest heroes first hit the scene in The Avengers issue
1 vol 1 back in 1963, the team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, consisted of Iron
Man, The Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp, with Cap joining in at issue number 4.
As time went on, prior to 1970s, the team switched up again, with Cap staying put and
three former villains joining the team as heroes; Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
Out of all these characters, arguably of course, The Hulk and Scarlet Witch really stand out
as contenders for the strongest.
The Hulk in the comics is literally almost unbeatable.
The angrier he gets, the stronger he gets, his invulnerability grows stronger and stronger,
as does his stamina, durability and his regenerative healing factor, to the point where he’s
been capable of resisting nuclear warfare and can survive in space.
It varies, but the Hulk has very few weaknesses, and if you’ve ever watched any of our versus
videos featuring the character, you’ll know that he’s very, very difficult to kill.
Scarlet Witch on the other hand may not be as invulnerable as the Hulk, but the girl’s
got some serious powers, that’s for damn sure.
Wanda Maximoff is capable of reality warping, matter manipulation, time manipulation, energy
projection, teleportation, magic, and probability manipulation.
Whole story events have been written around her ability to mess with time and matter,
and she’s proven to be downright deadly.So where does that leave us?
While one could argue that in the comics, The Hulk or Scarlet Witch could take the cake,
particularly the Hulk if we’re looking at sheer strength and power, the comics and specific
cases on alternate earths really make it difficult to have an objective opinion, especially if
we’re approaching this as ‘this avenger could
defeat this avenger’.
So, let’s try to simplify things a bit here, and take a look outside of the comics.Specifically,
let’s look at the wildly popular Earth 199999, aka, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And, for the sake of clarity, we’re looking at characters who were official Avengers prior
to Civil War, although, if we’re being honest, the only character who stands a chance at
really taking on and defeating the original team is Doctor Strange.
Subjective opinion there, but Stephen Strange in the MCU is hella strong, but not technically
an Avenger.
Sorry Peter Parker, you’re just not there yet.
One day, buddy.
Anywho, in the MCU, the team’s line up is Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America,Thor,
Black Widow, Hawkeye, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver (briefly), Vision, and
Falcon, with the team being founded by Nick Fury.
Spider-Man in Infinity War was technically made into an Avenger by Tony Stark, but for
the purposes of this video,we’re excluding him from the roster, for reasons we mentioned
above.
So, with that in mind, what can we sum up?
Well, for starters, Black Widow and Hawkeye, regardless of how they manage to hold their
own on the team, don’t quite make the cut for strongest avenger.
War Machine, while an extremely valuable asset to the team, just ain’t as strong or powerful
as Tony Stark.
Rhodey might have his pas experience in the military to help him out on the field, but
he’s all suit, whereas Stark just has that upper hand thanks to his genius level intellect
and his ability and sheer luck with improvising in battle.
Same goes for Falcon; Sam has the experience and skill, but he just doesn’t compare to
some of the other members on the team.
That leaves us with the big four.
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk, and the twins, Wandas and Pietro.
And Vision.
Can’t forget Vision.
Pietro’s dead, so I feel like that immediately disqualifies him from this race.
To be fair, he did sacrifice himself to save Hawkeye and we’ll never really get to see
Quicksilver’s full capabilities on the big screen –maybe, cause you know, comic book
characters returning from the dead and all –but needless to say, he just doesn’t
have the chops compared to the others.
Vision and Scarlet Witch also prove to be really interesting.
Vision officially took out Ultron; something that the other Avengers, with perhaps the
exception of Wanda, had a really tough time trying to do.
Ultron did have a very specific advantage over the others on the teamthough.
As proven in Infinity War, Vision, at the time, was reliant on the Mind Stone, and once
removed, died.
Considering that vision is arguably more powerful than out buddy Steve Rogers, we’re going
to remove Cap out of the running because of it.
Then,there’s Scarlet witch, who has proven to be wickedly powerful, except, Wanda has
had a whole lot of trouble controlling her powers.
So who are we left with?
Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk.
Last time we saw them, Bruce Banner was having a real tough time in Infinity War bringing
the Hulk out, which resulted in him having to don the Hulk Buster suit in order to participate
in the final showdown of the film.
Tony Stark, while having ultimately been beaten by Thanos, concocted a plan that could’ve
defeated the Mad titan if it weren’t for Peter quill’s emotions getting involved.
And Thor?
He almost killed thanos, but because he didn’t aim for the mad titan’s head, the villain
lived to see another day.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Earth-199999THE VERDICTIf we’re going off of the comics,
the Hulk seems to be the clear winner.
In a literal sense, he IS the strongest avenger, with his base strength already surmounting
many other heroes, and the increase of that strength going off the charts the angrier
he gets.
Scarlet witch makes for one hell of a runner up, considering the range of abilities she
has, and the fact that she can warp and manipulate matter and
reality; something that’s proven to have made a major impact on the Marvel universe
on several occasions.
But, if we’re looking at the MCU, it’s a whole other ball game.
Really, it comes down to Thor, Iron Man and the Hulk.
Tony Stark in the MCU has what Batman in the DC universe has in the comics; good ol plot
armour.
What’s that?
It means that the character is often written to be invincible because of his genius level
intellect and other abilities despite not being as strong as other characters in that
world.
For example, the fact that Batman has beaten Superman so many times in the comics is an
example of that.
If dude has preparation time, he can defeat ANYONE.
While Tony’s character hasn’t been written to that extent in the MCU, there’s been
hints of that over the years, and many believe that he’ll be the character who puts an
end to Thanos once and for all.
Then we have the Hulk; a character who has yet proven to have the kinds of strength and
invincibility that he has in the comics, and can’t be controlled.
And Thor?
Well, like we said earlier, he almost killed thanos.
Now -Arguably, Wanda could very well be a contender later on down the line once she
has better control over her abilities; something that could really prove to be interesting
depending on the direction the character is taken in by Marvel Studios.
Some speculation suggests that Scarlet witch might even get her own television series on
Disney’s new streaming service, which has led to the popular fan theory that her own
show will set the stage for the introduction of mutants, and potentially the X-Men, with
Wanda taking the position of Magneto and his ideology since she has a history of the public
openly fearing her.
And, while we’re talking exceptions, it’s only fair that we briefly touch on another
character who would’ve won the titlewho hasn’t even officially debuted in the MCU;
we’re talking Carol Danvers’ Captain Marvel, who is said by Marvel Studios to be the strongest
hero ever to be brought into the universe.
Thing is, she ain’t an Avenger yet, although the popular theory is that she’ll end up
taking over for Cap in phase 4 of the MCU.
That being said, really, at the end of the day, in the current state of the MCUand the
current Avengers team, Thor is the top contender for strongest Avenger.
He’s reliably strong, which eliminates Bruce Banner’s Hulk.
And he doesn’t rely on a suit, although he does have Stormbreaker at his disposal
to aid him in a big way.
In Thor Ragnarok, we saw the character really come into his own, attaining a whole new level
of power that hasn’t been seen in the MCU before.
And when he arrived on Earth during the final showdown in Infinity War, he was a game changer.
Had he just aimed for Thanos’ head, the damage done after Infinity War could have
MAYBE be resolved.
So there we have it friends!
The Strongest Avenger is Thor.
In the MCU.
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In both the marvel cinematic universe and the comics?
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