The Hulk vs. A Neutron Star

[The Arbiter]

A real life Neutron Star.

He gets dropped onto the surface of one and has to be alive after 10 minutes of exposure to the thing.

Quick facts about Neutron Stars:

Him getting dropped onto one would result in an explosion more powerful then every nuke ever detonated added together. By a lot. I dont have exact numbers here, but let's say 10x stronger then every nuke added together.

The "atmosphere" of a Neutron Star is only a few centimeters of carbon gas. This gas is approximately 1 million degrees in temperature and moving at 34% the speed of light.

Other harmful factors would be the continuing crushing tidal forces of gravity (typically between 1.4 - 2.4 solar masses) and the various radioactive emissions associated with Neutron Stars.

Can Hulk last 10 minutes?

[Cronus]

I cant think of any feats that suggest any version of Hulk has that kind of durability.

[The Arbiter]

Ack! My bad on one of the facts. Surface temps are closer to 1 /million/ degrees. Not 1 billion. Sorry!

Also, feel free to discuss other Class 100's. Thor? Superman?

[Shai-Hulud]

When I read the OP title before clicking, my first thought was that this was an arena match between Hulk and a humanoid being whose body was a neutron star. Sort of like how we do the math for Jupiter Gorilla, what would the math be for this character, Neutron Star Man?

Too lazy myself to even try, but if anyone works it out, it would be interesting to see what kind of power levels are there. Whichever characters can beat NSM become part of a very exclusive club.

The difference being that NSM doesn't just have to be endured, he's actually hitting his opponent, etc, whatever else he might be expected to do.

[The Arbiter]

When I read the OP title before clicking, my first thought was that this was an arena match between Hulk and a humanoid being whose body was a neutron star. Sort of like how we do the math for Jupiter Gorilla, what would the math be for this character, Neutron Star Man?

Too lazy myself to even try, but if anyone works it out, it would be interesting to see what kind of power levels are there. Whichever characters can beat NSM become part of a very exclusive club.

The difference being that NSM doesn't just have to be endured, he's actually hitting his opponent, etc, whatever else he might be expected to do.

NSM would be vastly more powerful then JG.

[Cronus]

Still dont see Hulk surviving. As far as Thor I believe he fought Atum on the surface of a star with no problems. As far as Clark, a yellow star will power him up. A red one...not sure? He's flown through one and not died, yet been hit with far less and been dropped to his knees.

[Shellhead]

He dies a Marvel Death (tm), and comes back a couple of months later, twice as big and sparkly white like the Silver Surfer.

[Slade1]

Still dont see Hulk surviving. As far as Thor I believe he fought Atum on the surface of a star with no problems. As far as Clark, a yellow star will power him up. A red one...not sure? He's flown through one and not died, yet been hit with far less and been dropped to his knees.

Superman has flown through red stars (the same ones that depower him) and been ok.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Superman has flown through red stars (the same ones that depower him) and been ok.

From what I recall he certainly wasn't "okay", but it didn't kill him yea.

[Cronus]

Superman has flown through red stars (the same ones that depower him) and been ok.

But he's also been dropped by a quick burst of red solar radiation from Amazo. I suppose trying to determine Clark's durability in terms of how he holds up under those circumstances is...hard to nail down?

He was also knocked out by a yellow star going nova during the Brainiac arc in Action Comics. Maybe that's a hard sell too though because that's the stuff that powers the guy up. Conversely, maybe the sudden concussive force of the nova is the real factor to look at since sun dipping takes a bit to energize Clark.

[The Drunkard Kid]

I thought that Clark's current canon is that red stars don't actually drain him, but that absorbs red sunlight much slower than he uses up his solar reserves, so he will eventually drain himself dry.

[The Arbiter]

I thought that Clark's current canon is that red stars don't actually drain him, but that absorbs red sunlight much slower than he uses up his solar reserves, so he will eventually drain himself dry.

It's been kinda inconsistent across multiple iterations of the guy tbh.

Sometimes it actively drains him. Sometimes he just cant metabolize it and therefore will slowly drain for being deprived of a viable energy source.

I figure its somewhere inbetween.

[Beadle]

It's been kinda inconsistent across multiple iterations of the guy tbh.

Sometimes it actively drains him. Sometimes he just cant metabolize it and therefore will slowly drain for being deprived of a viable energy source.

I figure its somewhere inbetween.

Hmmm... somewhere in-between drains and doesn’t drain...

Does it drain him but only during working hours?

[Shai-Hulud]

So more recent iterations of Superman are actually less vulnerable to red sun radiation than Pre-Crisis Superman? Because I seem to remember that guy having a big glass jaw to the stuff. Weird....

[The Arbiter]

Hmmm... somewhere in-between drains and doesn’t drain...

Does it drain him but only during working hours?

Now I'm just imagining the sun clocking out, driving home and putting his feet up. :P

What I meant was it probably drains but not super quickly.