@underdogsupporter:
The Gladiator incident was more to do with Hulk emitting Gladiator's weakness, which would've lowered Kallark's confidence, such that his heat vision wasn't as strong.
True to an extent but the context behind Hulk's weakened state means that he had no business fighting against someone of Gladiator's power levels. Even at full power Hulk would have trouble fighting Gladiator, that much is all too clear.
Hulk didn't actually fight back against Zeus, your scan shows Thanos has incredible durability but not the power to beat Odin.
Did I say Thanos could beat Odin? No I did not, even Thanos has little chance against Odin. My point was to show how that evidence demonstrates Thanos' evident superioirty in power and might over the Hulk. Even if the Hulk had fought back against Zeus, I sincerely doubt he would have done that much better, considering that Zeus could just zap him into oblivion. Moreover, Odin has better feats than Zeus does in battle against much more powerful foes like the abstract Eternity, the demon Surtur or Galactus. Standing up to Odin, even whilst getting owned, is a superior feat than Hulk puking up his own guts after Zeus just used magical fists on Hulk.
You can't just blame Hulk for PIS and simply let other characters get away with it, Hulk didn't get to where he is by losing. If Juggernaut, Doomsday, Solomon Grundy, General Eiling, Kurse are allowed to get away with such then why not Hulk?
When the feats involve Hulk beating characters he shouldn't be able to compete with, I'm afraid I can very much criticise Hulk for being able to get away with nonsensical PIS feats which aren't consistent with what he usually does. To tackle your other examples:
- Juggernaut's power comes from the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and can fluctuate based on how much power Cyttorak decides to grant him. He's gone from being a runt in the powerhouse litter when Cain started to go good to being Trion Juggernaut where Cain could punch holes in frigging reality itself. Plus his immovable momentum makes a much more hax ability than Hulk's potential for infinite strength I'm afraid.
- Doomsday is literally the definition of PIS hax and his feats are proof of that. He's rarely been beaten by pure brute force and Doomsday has defeated most of the Justice League on his own. Not only does the Justice League tend to be more powerful overall than the Avengers but he defeated it during the Morrison tenure, when the roster included Martian Manhunter, Kyle Rayner, Wally West, Wonder Woman and Orion. Considering that all of these powerhouses listed alongside Superman could solo Hulk on their own, Doomsday's defeat of them is just too much to ignore. He's created to be a hax unstoppable monster that only a plot device can stop, what do you expect?
- Kinda the same with Eiling and the Shaggy Man, though to a lesser degree.
- Don't know much about Kurse so can't comment there.
Thanos is one prime example who gets away with pretty much everything and by now any Marvel inhabitant whether its a hero or an abstract should've learnt from their previous mistakes by keeping an eye on him instead of letting Thanos slide pass, get the Cosmic Cube, Infinity Gems, Infinity Gauntlet etc.
If your problem with Thanos is that he can beat anyone on the battle forums, it's that for the most part, Thanos has the feats to do so. Both with prep and without prep. There's little chance Hulk would have of realistically beating Thanos on his own, hence why I'm not a big fan of this mini series in the first place. If Hulk does actually end up fighting Thanos and getting an upper hand, I'll have more to say on the matter then.
But if your criticism with Thanos is that he can keep threatening the Marvel Universe again and again, for one Thanos is a genius with vast resources and technological prowess. He could conceivably hide from the Elders and Celestials to mask his own activities. Not to mention that the MU is a big place with all the characters doing different things all the time. Secondly, Thanos is a memorable, popular and legitimately dangerous foe, warranting a global or even universal threat whenever he shows up.. Marvel bring him back because he works well as a cosmically threatening story.
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