THE MOST POWERFUL IN OCEANS! TROLOLO! |
Ugh.
Irrational wishful thinking based on a few panels of some comic book saga where the writer looked down and smiled fondly at Batman and decided to throw good writing out the window and give the Batster the ability to pummel Superman or The Hulk aside, I thought that I would take an objective look at the actual most powerful beings in the Marvel and DC universes and do a Who's Who and settle all questions about it once and for all [but not really]. Yes, my dear editor, I know that sentence was too long for your tastes. No, I don't intend on changing it. Trololo ^___^
Now then, without further ado, a top.... (let me ask the editor how many I can put)...
[30 minutes after] (no answer).... TOP
He steals powers... |
Protege is described as having near infinite potential, as he can copy any powers he sees. Although he was captured and bound by Beyonder (who is down the list) because Beyonder wanted some amusement, during a battle with Beyonder and Living Tribunal (also down the list), Protege manages to copy many of their powers. At one point his powers become so great that he claims that he has become the new supreme being, the new One Above All (also down the list). The only reason that Protege doesn't rank higher is because his nigh omnipotence is not of his own, but borrowed.
7. Franklyn Richards
OMG DAT FACE |
Phoenix Force? No match for Living Tribunal |
The Living Tribunal is an omnipotent being from the Marvel multiverse. He has been described as the most powerful being in the Marvel multiverse and the guardian of the omniverse. His power is so absolute that he can prevent the infinity gems from being used. He is the entity outside of the multiverse who is tasked with keeping balance in all of the multiverse's universes. He has even stated that he is the supreme being of the multiverse subordinate only to one entity: The One Above All.
TOAA>HOTU>LT |
When Thanos, one of the most powerful Titanian Eternals, manages to bond with The Heart of the Universe, he transcends the Marvel murtiverse, thus earning omnipotence beyond that of the Living Tribunal. The reason for this is that The Heart of the Universe gives its owner the powers of The One Above All (at least it has been implied that it does). With the power of The Heart, Thanos sits at the end of all things and undoes and recreates all of creation. The reason that he does not stand above The Presence is because despite having the powers of The One Above All, Thanos with The Heart of the Universe (1) was still dancing to the tune of a plan originally created by The One Above All in order to create some sort of fundamental flaw in reality, and (2) despite all that power, he is still Thanos. Whatever glorious things he might do with The Heart, and despite his omniscience, his thoughts are still dictated by himself. He does not think as a supreme being would, as much as an overpowered being who discovered supremeness would. Also, he still seems to work from inside Creation.
What should the old British guy do with his ball? |
Some old guy. Created by "the author" at the same time as creation itself, The Presence is the supreme being of the DC multiverse. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. However, although his powers are boundless, he cannot take away free will (or at least hasn't been shown to do so). That being said, having the ability to step outside of creation and holding it in his hand as if it were a ball? That's all kinds of power right there.On the flip side, The Great Evil Beast (GEB) is considered as "the other side of the coin". Just as powerful and omni-everything as The Presence, GEB represents the Darkness aspect of omnipotence.
3. Pre-Retcon Beyonder
I hate this image almost as much as the Richards one |
2. The Primal Monitor
Often confused with Monitor and Anti-Monitor (both of whom will be explained here), The Primal Monitor is actually neither. It is a being of untold and unimaginable creative and destructive powers. Because of its boundless infinity, it is represented as white space. This boundless entity too incomprehensible to draw, one day notices a microscopic smudge on it. When The Prime Monitor looks closer, it notices that the smudge is The Bleed. Those of you who are not familiar with the DC Multiverse, "The Bleed" is the red stuff between each of the DC universes. The Prime Monitor thought of erasing the smudge, but it got curious and sent in a microscopic probe to explore it. This probe then becomes the characters Monitor and Anti-Monitor, ridiculously powerful characters that are consistently on top 20 strongest lists. Now put all that into perspective. Select your favorite comic book character. That character lives in a planet in a galaxy in one of the many universes of that comic book company. All of those universes are nothing more than a nearly insignificant smudge on the surface of an entity so boundless that it must be represented as white space. Because of this, The Primal Monitor has been described as the paper in which comics are drawn. The only reason that this is not the most powerful entity is because (theoretically) it needs someone to create things on it.
1. The One Above All
Without question, the most powerful entity in any comic book universe is The One Above All. Now, this comes with a caveat. There are two "Ones Above All". One of them is the celestial leader whose name is One Above All (that is the one depicted in the list linked at the beginning of this post), and then there is The One Above All, the Creator of the Marvel multiverses and everything in them. The One Above All can do anything he wishes and knows everything that ever was, everything that is, and everything that will be. The reason is that he is basically the avatar for the comic book creators (most often he is referred to as Stan Lee himself). However, even if we take away the whole "Avatar of the Author" thing, TOAA is still the entity that created everything that has ever existed and will exist and who controls everything that has ever happened and will happen. The Marvel Multiverse, which he created on his own Prime Monitor, is to him as the contents I have written in this post are to me.
Some Apologetics
This dude looks too cool |
Yep, he made it himself. |
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