Sorry if this has been done, I couldn't find under search.
Dr. Strange has a day prep while Thanos has a few hours.
Dr. Strange Vs Thanos
Classic Strange might win, current Strange is Dr JOBBER
"@thenewfalcon said:
Even with IG did thanos dare stand against the living tribunal?
Thanos didnt stand against LT because LT refused to go up against Thanos , as in his eyes no crime has been committed.
But i dont doubt that outcome, had Thanos gone up against LT with Infinity Gauntlet he would have lost.
Strange sure did
Out of genuine curiosity have you read the issue in question or are you going by the scans you have seen floating around?
Living Tribunal was testing Dr. Strange, something Dr. Strange knew, its not like he was anywhere close to Living Tribunal in terms of power. The point was Dr.Strange had to prove to LT that he was powerful enough to solve the mystical embalance he created by unleashing Zom's hair.
Dr. Strange outright admits LT could have killed with a thought, had LT wanted to.
"in an instant's thought you may utterly destroy me -- and the Earth"
And since you went in to compare IG with Dr. Strange as Sorcerer Supreme, here is what Thanos had to say about Dr. Strange before from galaxy away helplessly banishing Dr. Strange.
"He (Dr. Strange) challanged one before whom he is but a helpless child"
And here is what Dr. Strange, who came in prepped against a Warlock having identity crisis, Dr. Srange outright admitted that with power gem was too much for Dr Strange to deal with.
I dont deny that as Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange could take on Thanos, its just i dont agree with how high you are interpreting Dr. Strange to be.
Strange sure did, strange is well above skyfarther at his best
Dr, Strange , as sorcerer supreme, disagree with you there :)
It was Neptune (not even the skyfather Zeus, but rather second in command Neptune) defeated and imprisoned the Wild One, an elder god.
And this is what Dr. Strange had to say
"It took a god (Neptune) to banish the Wild One last time, none of us possesses that kind of might"
he dealt with abstract
I dont recall Dr. Strange ever fighting an abstract, do you?
elder god types which are above Skyfarthers
Not all elder gods are above Skyfather, you saw an instance where an Elder God got banished by Neptune before. Here is another instance were a couple of Elder Gods bow before Odin.
Unless you start looking at What IFs , you wont find a single feat for, a single bio entry, that say Elder Gods are more powerful then Odin. His wife is an elder god, he has 3 elder gods who consider him their "lord and master".
This is the tricky one. How open are you into calling an instance plot driven and calling an instant a genuine win. Dr. Strange was totally and utterly hepless against InBetweener, what does he do next, he channels the power of the very abstract who created Inbetweener, a power he has never channeled again. That also begs the question, if Dr. Strange was capable of channaling the power of 2 abstract embodiment of magic themselves, why bother calling on power of guys like Dormammu, Vishanti etc? Magic user isnt going to have any more magic powers than very embodiment of magic wouldnt you think.
That pretty evidently plot , at least to me, but i dont have a lot of beef with this one. Its cool.
He has always, conviently, defeated Shuma via plot, they are not on the same level (well Thanos without prep sure as hell isnt on the same level as Shuma either, but thats ok), they have never been.
That however isnt much of a downside for Strange, but rather just how insanely powerful Shuma was "meant" to be, sadly he is featless, at least to a level he "should" have.
Again, not saying Dr. Strange as Sorcerer Supreme (or classic version, which is what he is normally referred to on comicvine) isnt powerful or isnt likely more powerful than Thanos, but rather Dr. Strange even back then was no where close to as powerful as you are making it sound.
They have never fought.
Apart from marvel casually throwing around the terms omnipotent, which is something actually said about Dr. Strange before he actually became the Sorcerer Supreme and got the mantle from the Ancient One, in all reality he isnt even close to being anywhere close to as powerful as you are estimating him to be.
Dr. Strange has never actually fought Death nor beat her. In fact, Death hasnt actually actively fought against anyone in 616 reality.
Dr. Strange vs Death , the very popular scan floating around in comicvine was never a fight, because Death never seriously fought him.
"Perhaps i could deaft even your will to live , perhaps not either way, you, Galactu, and even accursed Eternity, are not worhty the supreme effort it would take."
As per why Dr. Strange didnt die , or why Death failed to claim him when they fought, it was because it wasnt his time to die yet and while he was Death on the physical plane, being allied with Eternity allowed him to live.
Death could no longer touch Dr. Strange , at least as Sorcerer Supreme because his life was touched by Eternity.
Death was forced to unleash her power few years back in Thanos Imperative, which ended up destroying cancerverse, The Galactus Engine (which single handedly was fighting and getting better of collection of Galactus, Primodial God, and Celestials) and crippling Many Angled Ones (one of whom was Shuma Gorath).
People underestimate how scary powerful the Abstract Entities in marvel truely are, let alone the 4 prime Abstract entities in Marvel (Eternity, Infinity, Death and Oblivion)
Classic Strange would make purple paste out of Thanos.
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