@Lvenger said:
@Floopay: BRB is impressive but Thor's one feat there does not cancel out all his other poor combat speed showings. Without the hammer Spider-Man, Mongoose and Amadeus Cho have been shown to blitz him. Even with the hammer Thor's done nothing special. In those fights you talk about none of the characters, Surfer, Sentry or Glad used their superior speed advantage to beat Thor. That's the deal clincher for plot convenience.
Furthermore that feat is hyperbole. Deathstroke has been said to 'move like lightning' yet that's clearly not the case. Sentry doesn't have the feats both travel and combat speed wise to compare to Superman and Silver Surfer only has better travel speed, not combat speed. Ask Killemall or CitizenBane and they'll tell you that Surfer's combat speed feats are nothing that special, not enough to combat with Superman anyway. Finally I gave a 5.9 billion mph speed showing for Superman. How does Gladiator beat that? He's the closest thing Marvel has to beating Superman I grant you but I haven't seen him beat that feat yet.
All in all Thor will still get blitzed and as good as BRB is he can't handle Superman and Bizarro.
I think Thor's speed is drastically underrated. Thor has to hold back against guys like Mongoose, Captain America, Spider Man, and Amadeus Cho. If Thor were to use so much as 0.01% of his maximum striking power, they would explode like Rorschach confronting Doctor Manhattan. And yes, I can prove that. So it's not unreasonable to assume that if he can't strike them with anywhere near his full striking power without blowing them to pieces that he'd hold back in speed (which is a huge part of striking power) and strength alike.
However, when he goes up against real powerhouses.
Thor vs. Heimdall
Thor vs. Hermes, the God of Speed
Catches Mjonlir after it was thrown at him, and only a few microseconds from hitting his face, he even has time to throw a punch at Magnir before he turns around and catches it.
So which instance is more likely an indicator of Thor's combat speed? Him fighting street levelers who would explode if he used a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of his might against, or him fighting people on his level who keep commenting how fast he is?
Also, are we really to believe that every cosmic being Thor faces feels sorry for him, and decides to not use their speed against him? I find that idea completely ridiculous, if someone regularly fights with nanosecond+ reaction speed, why would they decide to slow down below that fighting speed to fight someone like Thor, who pretty easily keeps up with and overpowers people with proven nanosecond+ reaction times.
Thanks for reading,
Floopay
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