Is Carol Really Earth's Mightiest Hero?

[Ultimate Rogue]

pfft ........I can't even look at you right now

How very dare you!







take this in jest, yeah, it sounded douchey on re-read
*puff*

[butterflykyss]

And, of course, "Is Fantastic Four really the world's greatest comics magazine?"

Define Mighty. Seriously what does that mean in this context?

Is Spider-Man really Spectacular/ Amazing?

Are the X-Mn really Uncanny?

Is Ironman really Invincible?

Is Captain really America?

Why are we having this conversation it's obviously hyperbole. No need to examine this.

here's the thing if people actually thought this was simply hyperbole all responses to the poll would have been "no." There is clearly some who do not see this as you do and take it literally.

[gurkle]

There are lots of people who think Fantastic Four was the world's greatest comics magazine; that doesn't make the tagline any less tongue-in-cheek.

[capandkirby]

They're trying to promote a movie. And frankly, after Perlmutter's Age of Ultron mishap of not allowing Black Widow toys and the fact that it took 'The Committee' disbanding to even get a female led film, they are probably overcompensating a bit (because they feel they need to).

And honestly, what does it matter? The MCU is an alternative universe from the comics (Earth-199999 vs. Earth-616). It's like trying to compare Pine's Kirk to Shatner's.

[WebLurker]

Please don't do this. No good can come of a thread like this.

Agreed. This's just going to get the wrong people worked up. Captain Marvel is a top-tier superhero and it doesn't really matter if she's literally the most powerful or not.

Is Spider-Man really Spectacular/ Amazing?

Uh, yeah.

[Steroid]

Carol is a great character but no she is not the mightiest. It's simply a tagline that started during House of M that the MCU is clutching on to.

[MajorHoy]

I think she was given the tagline because of Shazam, who is called Earth's Mightiest Mortal.

Bingo!

Wasn't that the tagline for the original Captain Marvel?
Think it was 'Earth's Mightiest Mortal', though.

This is most likely Marvel's nod to the original name-sake, without using the exact words (which is probably trademarked by DC).

I think referring to it as a "nod" to the original Fawcett/DC version may be a bit too charitable, considering how much legal grief Marvel has given DC for even trying to refer to the Big Red Cheese by his ORIGINAL name in stories.

why is this shit always brought up with carol when so many others have weird titles

Hulk is not literally the strongest there is.
iron man is not invincible
sentry has never shown the power of even a single exploding sun, let alone a million.

Because it's not just mindless hyperbole. It can easily appear to be a direct dig at the ORIGINAL, non-Marvel version, a character who pre-dated "Marvel Comics" (though not Timely Comics) and Mar-Vell by about a couple of decades.

[Cville]

Please don't do this. No good can come of a thread like this.

My thoughts exactly. lol

[Ichijinijisanji]

because it's not just mindless hyperbole. It can easily appear to be a direct dig at the ORIGINAL, non-Marvel version, a character who pre-dated "Marvel Comics" (though not Timely Comics) and Mar-Vell by about a couple of decades.

Maybe to people who are into trivia
The question, as many people perceive it, is to do with whether or not she really is earth's mightiest hero as taken at face value
or atleast that's how the OP framed it

[Nomads1]

Please don't do this. No good can come of a thread like this.

LOL. So true!

Peace

[Captain Nash]

She's not even close. She's not even the best Captain Marvel - Monica wore it better.

[dreyga2000]

Sigh... I can feel the flames starting to ignite.

Well before the this read goes belly up I think it's pretty clever. It's both a nod to Shazam Earth's mightiest mortal and the Avengers, Earth's mightiest heroes at the same time. Kudos to however came up with it.

Also, still haven't gotten the definition for mighty. Kinda of a broad term could literally mean anything.

[pageturner]

as others have noted it is just a tagline but she is a powerhouse.

I mean spider man is amazing spectacular and a friendly neighborhood hero every month.

[Dreaded Porcupine]

The Hulk would squash her like a bug! He just beat her whole Avengers team up.

[Alpha to Omega]

She's not even close. She's not even the best Captain Marvel - Monica wore it better.

And Genis was better than both of them. And had the best costume.