It has been claimed that his strength has no limits through the Power Cosmic, yet due to his power set, the Surfer has rarely had to use pure strength to achieve his goals. An example that comes to mind is when he and some others were trapped inside of a mountain by tons upon tons of rocks. Instead of using strength to live the boulders out of the way, he simply turned them into vapor. 

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                    It has been claimed that his strength has no limits through the Power Cosmic, yet due to his power set, the Surfer has rarely had to use pure strength to achieve his goals. An example that comes to mind is when he and some others were trapped inside of a mountain by tons upon tons of rocks. Instead of using strength to live the boulders out of the way, he simply turned them into vapor. 

He has fought the Hulk a few times, stopping him once and giving him a pimp slap (old comics) and fought him supposedly without the PC in Planet Hulk, giving Hulk a run for his money. But really, these aren't feats of strength, it's just fighting someone strong. He has faced many powerhouses over the years, but whether he was the victor or defeated, it was shown that it was not due to his strength but his other abilities. In fact, writers usually like to show off his opponents strength instead, seeing as how that is usually all they have on the Surfer and no one likes a one sided fight. 

Examples that come to mind include when he was in Dynamo City. He had no Power Cosmic and was shown helping lift giant construction beams. Now, it's hard to say what the weight of these beams were and of course they could be made of ultra light/strong alien material, but they were I-Beams about 20 ft long and steel weighs 490 lbs per cubic foot. Another time without the PC, he punched through a Doombot and destroyed it's face. That has to take some strength. Without the PC, I might put him at top Spider-Man level strength or a bit higher, but of course this varies depending on the writer. 

So, the Silver Surfer is fairly strong without the Power Cosmic and if the claims in the comics are correct, he is infinitely strong, although we will probably never see that happen. It's like when people ask how strong is Galactus. Who knows? He doesn't need to lift anything. 

As a Surfer fan, I'd rather see him win battles in other ways. There are enough bricks out there. 

   

                   

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It's been stated over and over again that the Silver Surfer is the most powerful and favored of the heralds of Galactus. Unlike other heralds, the Surfer is made of the Power Cosmic. Now, I'm speculating a bit, but the only thing that stops him from being more powerful than Galactus is the blocks set on him by Galactus himself and the amount of Power Cosmic that he has. That was basically what happened in Annihilation, Galactus removed some of the blocks he had placed on him. Galactus did say he could 'restore' him, so it is uncertain if there are anymore blocks within him. It has also been stated that the Surfer will surpass Galactus some day and Eternity has said that the Surfer is important to the universe. 

This is indeed a tough call. If it were a question of raw destructive power output between SS, Supes and the Hulk, I'd give it to the SS hands down. Forgive the videogame terms, I tend to feel that the surfer is more of a "speed, ranged, utility" character than the more straight forward "tanks" that Supes and the Hulk are. That thought process makes me want to believe that SS shouldn't be as strong as the Supes and the Hulk. But as this is comics not videogames, this is probably not true at all. One could argue that SS's ability to go blow for blow with the Hulk may be attributed more to his invulnerability than his strength. I say this because SS has consistently show more feats of invulnerability than he has of raw strength. I doubt that many would argue against SS being one of the hardiest beings in all Marveldom. 

With his cosmic amp he can move planets with ease, even without them he's 100+ easily.

Superman is, and always will ve, physically stronger than the Silver Surfer. You can take that to the bank.

hes strong to beat superman mixed with captain marvel

Old topic I kno but I saw once he was beating the shit out of Hulk when he was like the silver savage or sth. I think he was disconnected from Galactus or PC. I don't know. But all I know is that he was beating the shit out of Hulk and that puts him up at Supes level strength. He is on par with Thor, Gladiator, Hyperion, and Hercules in terms of strength.

Ever since he was powered up he is meant to have a power level that when he goes all out with Thor it's not clear who is stronger, so just think of him as Thor strong.

We'll we know his strength isn't infinite because he got his a$$ handed to him by Drax who had the power gem, even though SS had amped his strength

Thor & Hulk level.

Physically: I would say Hulk level. However, His amped strength is about as good Superman and Thor.

The reason why Surfer wins alot of fights is because he isn't a tank. His body is nearly invulnerable.

He doesn't often use physical strength. Energy strikes, speed and other esoteric abilities are his preferred method for dealing with opponents.

However, it's impressive to note in Incredible Hulk 95, he was able to go toe to toe with Hulk while the power cosmic was dampened:

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Not a stretch from a prior showing in Incredible Hulk 250, volume 1:

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In Fraction's Defenders, Surfer hurls a ship into deep space just outside earth's orbit:

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Also, post Annihilation Silver Surfer crushed Beta Ray Bill in a physical altercation:

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Around Thor and Superman's level.

@jloneblackheart: Silver surfer surpass Galactus what comic ?

@jigen879: He recently recreated him and destroyed him with power from the Shaper of Worlds.

In 691 reality he defeated Galactus with the quantum bands.

In Heroes Reborn he defeated Galactus with some amps at the cost of his own life.

In the Rise of the Silver Surfer he seemingly killed Galactus under his own power, again at the cost of his own life if I recall correctly.

In canon under his own power, none that I recall.

@jloneblackheart: Thanks please waht comic pf what you Said ? The rise of silver surfer is the movie?

@jloneblackheart: wow you are great, but the title rise of Silver Surfer isn't also a comic?

Strong enough to tango with Hulk and Sentry and amp himself up a bit more.

@jigen879: No comic by that title I know of unless there's an adaptation

surfer can probably destroy all life on our universe no marvel universe but our universe

STRENGTH wise.... he is 100+ tons rated, so around Gladiator, Thor, Hercules, Hulk (average)

But there's an asterix, because he can AMP it to incalculable levels...

Probably around Low Planetary levels at base, and even higher with Amp