Posted by Noname on 12/13/2004, 6:43 pm, in reply to "Pt. 2" -Gladiator would actually be honestly pre-Crisis in power, meaning he could casually move solar systems, run, move and fly at warp speed (not just 100 times light velocity), and could take a supernova, Thor's hammer or punches from the Hulk like nothing as well as extinguish a star in the puff of his breath and then relight it in a blink of his eye-beams, as well as destroy a solar system by sneezing on it. Now THAT's pre-Crisis. Even when at his weakest, he could still battle Thor to a standstill. -Galactus would himself be physically able to casually grab a speeding Gladiator (who would be able to move at millions of times light speed) out of the air and crush him like an insect, as well as take Gladiator's best shots like nothing. In other words, Galactus would wind up being proven to be WAY above pre-Crisis physically. -Captain Britain would be renamed "King Britain", because it sounds more fitting and like less of a Captain America-ripoff. He would also have a cool beard, wear a crown (the same one worn by Arthur), and would have a leopard-hide cape (which would be as durable as the rest of his costume, for magical reasons). -The Spear of Destiny would actually be indestructible, and would actually give its wielder the ability to control the fate of the universe. -The Holy Grail would allow its wielder incalculable power (Eternity-level) and would be able to heal people, remove poison and disease, etc. -There actually would be a definitive Heaven (with a capital "H") which would be shown from time to time, and would have super-powered angels and stuff in it (EG, there would be Saint Michael, who would have Silver Surfer-level holy power, could physically duke it out with the Hulk, etc.). -There would be no bad/innacurate showings; Galactus would never have been beaten by the Fantastic Four (and couldn't be beaten by them + all of Earth's other heroes put together even while hungry, they can only kill or even harm him with the Ultimate Nullifier), neither the Silver Surfer nor Firelord would ever have been beaten by Spider-Man, SS wouldn't have been beaten by a brick or yetis, the Hulk wouldn't have been KO'd by Batman's gas, a snake, lack of air, etc. and Thor wouldn't have been beaten by a rock, welted by bullets or driven away by plain iron spears. Apocalypse would never have been beaten by Cable, although it can be accepted true that he is not a villain in the same calibre as Thanos. -Apocalypse would once again actually be a threat and competent. He would be a genius criminal mastermind (second only to Doctor Doom, Thanos, and a few others), and would be strong enough to easily beat the Hulk to death, easily grab a speeding Quicksilver (who would be above light speed), could take a shot from all the X-Men at once like it was nothing, etc. In other words, he wouldn't be a jobbing, slobberknocking bunghole (although he wouldn't be a villain on the same level as Thanos). -Thanos wouldn't turn goodie-two-shoes and would remain an unspeakably, satanically evil villain. -Some utterly ridiculous, pathetic characters would have simply been done away with due to their sheer stupidity. These would include the likes of Man-Slayer, Triathalon, Mr. Fish and the Power Pack. -Thanos would be definitively peak skyfather-class instead of above herald-level but below Odin. -There would be no more gays. Characters that were gay would be straight, including the Beast and Northstar. -Characters who are invulnerable on a level with Thor or the Hulk would actually be invulnerable inside and out, through and through including all their organs such as inner ear parts and eyes. In other words, it would no longer be possible to kill the Hulk by shooting him in the eye with a high-tech super-powered gun, nor could Thor (it was Red Norvell in that case) be killed by being shot in the ear with a mere uzi. Both the Hulk and Thor would be able to swallow a nuke, have it explode inside their stomach and not even get the slightest indigestion, let alone any actual injury. -The MU would no longer be politically correct at all ("humanity" would be referred to as "Man"). -Iron Man would definitely be easily equal if not better to Mister Fantastic in intelligence (this is questionable in the current MU because in some cases, it says he's as smart or smarter, in some others, dumber). -People aren't afraid of Thor or Iron Man, so they shouldn't be afraid of mutants. Not like the average guy on the street has the knowledge to understand that mutants would eventually replace mankind, or like he can understand genetics. To them, mutants should just be more superhumans, especially since when the mutant hysteria thing in comics was invented, it was the 1960's and it was done to explain the problems of racism, which is no longer necessary because these days, racism is much, much thinner than it used to be (except in the south of the States, that is), so in other words, anti-mutant hysteria has lost much of its former value. As well, the average guy in the MU doesn't know mutants exist, and wouldn't care if he did. The battle between the X-Men and the likes of Magneto, Apocalypse, etc. would be a secret war (no, not that Secret War) over whether Mankind lives or dies. -None of the characters would have anything in common with the ones in Marvel's "Ultimates" lineup (Ultimate Cyclops looks like a huge dork, and Ultimate Beast looks like a Muppets reject), and the X-Men wouldn't be like the ones in "Extreme X-Men", which is among the worst names for a comic book I've ever heard of. The Beast would look like his original hairy blue self, not a Muppets reject. -Magneto would definitely, factually be Jewish. -Marvel would take back a number of characters it lost, such as Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse's current run is horrible), Godzilla, various monsters (Dracula, the Werewolf, the Frankenstein Monster, etc.), and the Transformers. However, Godzilla would not be like the one Marvel used to have in the 70's because that one sucked, and the Transformers would have to be done over again completely different from the beginning, and would have absolutely nothing to do or in common with that godawful Bob Budansky's original 1980's run (I have no idea why Marvel allowed him to continue writing that book...I mean, all of Optimus Prime's brain being saved to a 4 megabyte floppy disk? That's got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of in comics).
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-The Champion would be done better, meaning that instead of a raging butthead, he'd have a very strong sense of honour and would once again be among the very strongest beings in the universe (much stronger and faster than Gladiator, with honestly above human fighting skills).
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