So, we've discussed Hulk vs. Superman ad infinitum, and we're pretty sure that if Superman chose to, he could win the fight from outer space with heat vision.
However, what about Doomsday? Would this be anywhere close to an even fight? The monster created to defeat Superman vs. the monster that gets stronger the angrier he gets? I want to know...because...well, because.
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Did you happen to read Conan vs. Groo #1 which shipped yesterday? I can't quote it verbatim from memory, but it happened to discuss this very topic. (Well, close enough, anyway.) Beyond that...
HULK SMASH!
I think Hulk wins because the original is always stronger than the photocopy.
Here’s that quotation I mentioned yesterday:
“That is a foolish question! Being as how they are fictional characters, their actions are governed not by any actual rules of strength or science but by the whims of the person authoring their adventures! That person could construct a narrative that yielded any particular outcome, depending on how he chose to develop the narrative! It is inane to speak of these speculative adventures in the same context as a battle in which there is no predetermined result and the winner is governed by actualbrute strength and skills! How can you possibly ask who would win in a theoretical battle in the same sense?”
Sure, but where's the fun in that?
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Doomsday is probably stronger, although he did fight the 90s Superman, not the Silver Age one. The Hulk's strength need not be theoretically infinite, because (1) it may not be the case that his strength increases in a linear relationship with his anger and (2) there may be limits on how angry he can get. ("Hulk has reached some kind of limit! But Hulk thought - Hulk's anger HAD no limit! Hulk - mellowing out! Wants call Abomination - dude!") However, the reverse could also be the case. Perhaps Doomsday wins the first run, leaving the Hulk humiliated, like the Thing at the end of Fantastic Four #25, but the Hulk comes back next issue and wins after supercharging his anger by filling in application forms.
The angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger the Hulk gets, true -- but my question is, what about his stamina? Something tells me the Hulk might tire out before he got a clean win over Doomsday.
The Hulk was pushed just about to his limit by the Leader's illusions in Hulk#139. By the time he'd finished fighting Namor, Iron Man, Rhino, Missing Link, Night-Crawler (not the X-Man who didn't exist yet), the Space Parasite, Mandarin, Sandman, Absorbing Man, and the Glob, he almost had a heart attack. Jim Wilson (I think) managed to destroy the machine just as the Abomination appeared, and the Hulk, exhausted, threw a punch at him only to see him disappear, and decided to leave because something crazy was going on. While he didn't know what was wrong, he realized his chest hurt after all that fighting and getting so angry for such a long time, so he definitely has a limit and just about reached it there. And wasn't it the Beyonder that said Hulk's strength was limitless? Do we really want to go by what that guy said? As I remember he never was able to beat Thor, but we assume Thor's strength has limits.
You'd think at some point, Hulk have stroke.