Mavel vs DC Tug of War

[Slade1]

Just a basic tug of war with an unbreakable rope. No other powers are allowed. Which team comes out on top?

616 and Post Crisis for all characters.

Marvel:
Thor
Hulk
Wonderman

vs

DC:
Superman
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter

[Beadle]

DC for the win.

Firstly, they’d react quicker at the bell and be pulling before the Marvel guys. Secondly, Wonder Man is very much the weak link here - he’s Class 100, but he’s very much the threshold guy for ‘You must be this high to ride the Class 100 roller coaster’, whereas the others are all comfortably in that class.

[Slade1]

DC for the win.

Firstly, they’d react quicker at the bell and be pulling before the Marvel guys. Secondly, Wonder Man is very much the weak link here - he’s Class 100, but he’s very much the threshold guy for ‘You must be this high to ride the Class 100 roller coaster’, whereas the others are all comfortably in that class.

I said no other powers, which would include speed. I though Wonder Woman and Wonder Man were in the same ballpark in terms of strength?

[The Arbiter]

Hmmm... Simon can/has lifted small landmasses before (think islands) unless I am conflating his feats with someone else.

Diana, post crisis, is pulling around 1/3 of the moon.

[Beadle]

Hmmm... Simon can/has lifted small landmasses before (think islands) unless I am conflating his feats with someone else.

Diana, post crisis, is pulling around 1/3 of the moon.

Yup. Simon lifted the island on which Hydrobase was located when that was Avengers HQ.

That’s impressive.

Diana is waaaaaaay above that.

She’s going to be 5th strongest, but there’s a big gap to 6th.

[Captain Morgan]

These 3 pulled the earth working as a team. That's...a bit beyond team marvel.

[Beadle]

PS. Whenever I think of Simon’s strength feats, I always picture the image from West Coast Avenger Annual #1 where he was juggling elephants.

I mean it’s not that impressive a feat for a certified Class 100 guy, and PETA would absolutely hate it, but it’s just so... so... WTF?!

[Slade1]

What if we replaced Simon with Hercules?

[Captain Morgan]

What if we replaced Simon with Hercules?

I'd still be inclined to go with the team with the proven track record of tugging celestial bodies around.

[Ptrvc]

I'd still be inclined to go with the team with the proven track record of tugging celestial bodies around.

That limits out characters that can't fly though.

[The Arbiter]

That limits out characters that can't fly though.

True. I would imagine Thor, Hulk and Hercules could pull the moon if it were just a dense small object on flat land.

[Desmark]

Does the manhunters strength vary according to the shape he shifts into or does it remain constant regardless? There is a no powers stipulation so I am asking out of curiosity mostly as I don't seem to recall it having ever been stated definitively.

[The Arbiter]

Does the manhunters strength vary according to the shape he shifts into or does it remain constant regardless? There is a no powers stipulation so I am asking out of curiosity mostly as I don't seem to recall it having ever been stated definitively.

Doesn't affect much.

[Ptrvc]

In the No Surrender storyline, Hercules, Jane Thor, and Sunspot had to hold a machine spinning with the force and mass of the globe in place, which they managed. In that same story Hulk was shown overpowering Hercules, JaneThor, and Rogue at the same time, in raw strength.

I'm not sure how trying to move a planet through space compares to holding it's rotation steady, but trying to hold something that's rotating still is a hell of a lot harder than pulling it pushing a weight.

Edit: Jane Thor wasn't helping hold it. She was helping Lightning recharge it.

Hulk's held Sakaar together, Thor's lifted Jorgumandr, Hercules is generally shown as at least as strong as Thor. Tugging 1/3 of a planet should be relatively simple for them, if they could fly with power equivalent to their strength.