Superhero Smackdown Week 2: Green Lantern versus Spider-Man
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Green Lantern vs. Spider-Man
Rob: Well, I’m going to weigh in here ignorant. I never read the Green Lantern, and I used to be a total Marvel guy- except that I didn’t realy “get” the X-men, so, when I say “Marvel Guy” I mean “Spider-Man”. Spidey has a lot going for him. His spider sense warns him of imminent danger, and he can stick to stuff. Lest we forget, that he can swing from webs, any size, and he catches theives, just like flies. In fact, in the chill of night, at the scene of the crime, like a streak of light, he arrives just in time. How many times have you said to yourself- “Man, that streak of light arrived just in time, fast things are very much like streaks of light, for all fast things are timely.”? Lots of times, probably.
Second of all, willpower isn’t much of a power. I mean, Hal Jordan, Susan Powter, you guys tell me the difference. One can make green hammers with his ring, and the other is a motivational fitness expert from the early nineties. Same same.
Maybe I’m being unfair on the Green Lantern because I don’t get how anyone who gets bitten by a radioactive lantern could become a superhero. I mean, that has to be the shittiest origin story ever told, and I remind you that I wrote and created the “Human Man” show, so, I know a thing or two about shitty origin stories. Nonetheless, if I had to be bitten by something radioactive, it would be a spider, or a fuckin’ shark, but not a green lantern, that’s totally retarded.
While I’m on the subject, i would love to be bitten by a radioactive shark, that would be the fucking coolest. It’s a fucking shark, people, a radioactive underwater death merchant with no fear. It’s like Daredevil, only good, and not stupid and totally hopeless in a fight against The Flash. Then, as Shark man, I would wreak havoc on the denizens of port cities, and I would eat the fuck out of Aquaman. Oh, and I don’t want Alan Moore anywhere near the writing, I want to be a purposeless killing machine, not a nuanced child abuse victim.
Anyways, Spidey takes this fight, no sweat.
Dave: Well, Rob should clearly be reading more comics, as he hasn’t discovered that Marvel has been terrible for about a decade now. But, I digress.
On the surface, this would seem to be an unfair match, with Green Lantern wielding the power of the central battery on OA. Hal Jordan was able to overcome death, as well as being the spirit of vengeance, and return to our world. He can create anything his mind can conceive, though apparently his mind only thinks of stuff that is green.
On the Con side: In All Star Batman and Robin, Hal Jordan was almost killed by a combination of a can of paint and a 12 year old. Also, Green Lantern depends on a rechargeable ring for his power, and as anyone who owns anything that needs charging will testify, they have a habit of crapping out on you when you need them both.
Spider-Man has many things going for him in this fight. He has Spidey-Sense, which warns him of impending danger, and allows him to react, and escape from danger. Add to this the whole strength and agility part, and he’s pretty freaking deadly. He tends to hold back in combat, and is capable of going toe-to-toe with the Hulk. With his quick wits and ability to adapt and outlast his opponents, he could easily keep Green Lantern occupied long enough to exhaust his power ring, while cracking wise the entire time.
So, while this fight is much closer than last weeks battle, I would give this fight to the Spectacular Spider-Man.
Tony: It comes down to the following questions:
1. Is Spidey smart enough to go get himself a yellow suit?
2.Is he capable of getting the ring off of Hal?
3. Did Spider-man 3 suck ass, or what?
The answer to all three questions is yes. But this is no walk over. The Green Lanterns most devastating attack has always been the power of green vagueness. Which, for comic book writers, means he’s capable of just about anything, up to and including hitting on Superman at the JLA Christmas party. However, whatever Hal throws at him, Spidey knows it’s coming before it happens and gets out of the way. Eventually Spidey will realize , through a series of thought balloons that go on for far too long, that he needs to separate man from ring,and after some difficulty will probably manage to do so.
SPIDEY: Got to get that ring off of him….
GL: Keep still, you little fuck!
(One complicated plan involving the color yellow, some webbing and a distraction later)
GL: Gimme my ring back!!!
SPIDEY: Not until you teach me to harness it’s power to erase Spider-Man 3 from existence
GL: Fair enough
Definitely a win in the Spidey column
The winner, once again by unanimous decision…Spider-Man!
That’s one for DC, one for Marvel for those keeping count. We are adjusting our brackets slightly, but there should be some swell visuals to follow this some tome today. In the meantime feel free to disagree, in a cordial fashion below. Or just ready your arguments for next week, as the Man of Iron faces the Man of Steel! Supes takes on Iron Man right here next week, so stay tuned.
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You are all smoking crack. If you are going to talk about comics, at least read them. The ring no longer has a problem against yellow dipshits.
KyleR(Quote) (Reply)
We are going by silver age rule. Hulk will be mindless, Superman will have no angst, and Hal Jordan is fucked by the color yellow.
Tbinns(Quote) (Reply)
…and Spidey is not yellow.
Not that he had any problem with yellow suited characters for more than a few panels.
DJ @ Fermentarium(Quote) (Reply)
Wow, KyleR got owned.
JSmith(Quote) (Reply)
If you’re going by the Silver Age rule then Spider-Man can easily be beat by a team of gangsters and stands no real chance against green lantern.
Of course that’s just my nerdy opinion.
Crash(Quote) (Reply)
Also to help my nerd cred I’ll also tell you that I have the Black Suit Spider-Man/Venom chest symbol tattooed on my arm.
Crash(Quote) (Reply)
I agree these morons are smoking crack.
Where the hell did they come up with this notion for the Green Lantern’s origin?
“Maybe I’m being unfair on the Green Lantern because I don’t get how anyone who gets bitten by a radioactive lantern could become a superhero. I mean, that has to be the shittiest origin story ever told, and I remind you that I wrote and created the “Human Man” show, so, I know a thing or two about shitty origin stories. Nonetheless, if I had to be bitten by something radioactive, it would be a spider, or a fuckin’ shark, but not a green lantern, that’s totally retarded.”
Were they high as balls when they wrote this awful article?
Ralph(Quote) (Reply)
Obvious joke wasn’t as obvious as writer intended … obviously.
LOL
Autolychus2(Quote) (Reply)
Yes it was.
Ralph rides the short bus to a special school for special children. Ralph, that means you’re stupid.
wickedragon(Quote) (Reply)
And that short bus is still Yellow, and therefore he’s impervious to that green piece o crap
MrClean417(Quote) (Reply)
Duh! When do you think these guys are NOT high as balls? Have you read any of their articles before?
Artor(Quote) (Reply)
It’s pathetically cruel that you have no life. Put down the comics and GO GET LAID, please if your under 35 there’s still hope, if not, consult a therapist.
Shaun(Quote) (Reply)
…you are here for what reason exactly? looking to get laid? …here?!
…dammit, the troll got me…
but seriously though… im outta the loop here, how exactly does one get bitten by a lantern?
thereisnospoon(Quote) (Reply)
Immaterial. If you read ‘Secret Wars’, you’d remember that Spidey made the x-men – all of them, at the same time – look bad. If he can kick the x-men around, GL won’t be a problem.
Scatterblak(Quote) (Reply)
How can you be serious about this matchup. Hal Jordan would not lose to Spiderman. I like Spiderman and his abilities, but this is like Superman fighting a 2 year old baby.
Mike(Quote) (Reply)
What kind of dumbasses got together to write this article? Green Lantern vs Spider-man is an easy win for GL. The rings power and versatility easily would overpower everyones friendly neighborhood webhead.
superhero fight FAIL
Rookie(Quote) (Reply)
I’d have to give it to Green Lantern, simply because Spidey can’t dodge a huge contracting sphere of green, to catch and surround him as he swings before he gets his yellow suit on. Then Jordan just squishes the Spidey-juice out of him, end of fight.
But if I wasn’t be a slave to physics and realism, I totally agree with you guys’ reasoning.
Marc(Quote) (Reply)
This is the best answer. Yes, if Pete knew in advance and had a chance to plan, then he’d have a chance. Other than that, Hal’s ring-power functions at the speed of thought. Spidey can dodge bullets, but he isn’t Silver Surfer fast and quick. He just couldn’t dodge one of Hal’s attacks.
Autolychus2(Quote) (Reply)
The obvious fanboyism got in way of your judgments, particularly Rob’s.
Soothsayer(Quote) (Reply)
Please tell me this is a joke.
‘Rob: Well, I’m going to weigh in here ignorant. I never read the Green Lantern, and I used to be a total Marvel guy- except that I didn’t realy “get” the X-men, so, when I say “Marvel Guy” I mean “Spider-Man”.’
Nice job discrediting yourself. This article made me lol and facepalm at the same time.
Darren(Quote) (Reply)
Sorry boys but GL would win hands down. Enclose in bubble suck air from bubble Dead spidy
jc(Quote) (Reply)
You Should have had Hal Remove his ring & have had Peter remove his Web Shooters.
SpiderMan For The Win!
Grym Reiper(Quote) (Reply)
Dude that’s just as bad as taking away all of spiderman’s powers..
Blimpfruit(Quote) (Reply)
They got this correct, if any of you know anything about the marvel universe you will know that spider-man is one of the highest rated fighting wise there is and yes has gone toe to toe with the hulk. He is popular so some people think that his fan boys give him more credit then he deserves, but if anything those people underrate him because of his popularity. Green lantern doesn’t have super strength or super agility, the ring definitely can fuck shit up, but it isn’t enough to best spider-man
Dmars(Quote) (Reply)
Just a minor note: Spidey has fought the Hulk, not “gone toe-to-toe with the Hulk”. As I said above, in my opinion, if Pete had a chance to plan, he’d have a chance, but otherwise he’d be dead meat.
Autolychus2(Quote) (Reply)
Wrong! Spidey went toe-to frickin-toe at one point, and laid a whooping on the greenie meanie. And since Spidey is never trying to kill Hulk, or anyone else for that matter (cept maybe the GG), he’s rarely going all out. So if he did, he’d stuff Hal into his ring and put it on his mantel. Or maybe give it to MJ as a present.
W3bCrawl3r(Quote) (Reply)
FAIL.
Thought it might actually be an interesting debate over potential tactics. Fanboy diarrhea and Spideybation.
Tune in next week where Spiderman tag teams Batman AND Superman by webbing the Kryptonite ring out of Batman’s belt to stop Supes, then slingshotting the two of them to the moon.
Ok. Whatever.
Richard(Quote) (Reply)
THIS.
Autolychus2(Quote) (Reply)
your high as a kite if you thing spider man would win, the green lantern can just trap his arachnid ass in a green bubble, fly him to outer space open the bubble and kill the tiny bug
TD(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, I would totally get owned by the Green Lantern.
SpiderMan(Quote) (Reply)
I’ve never actually rolled on the floor laughing until then, that was fucking hilarious!
And yeah, totally GL. He’d surround himself with a force field, grab spiderman and drop him off in the stratosphere. Dodge that motherfucker.
Mykul48332(Quote) (Reply)
You’ve got to catch him to grab him, dumb fuck.
SpiderSense(Quote) (Reply)
The rest of the commenters are wrong, but they are also right. While this wouldn’t be an easy fight in my humble opinion, I do agree the edge would go to Hal.
Spidey is too resourceful to go down like a drunk prom date, but The Lantern’s no slouch either. Advantage Lantern. Read up on yoru GL adventures.
Mat(Quote) (Reply)
They got this correct, if any of you know anything about the marvel universe you will know that spider-man is one of the highest rated fap fighting wise there is and yes has gone toe to toe with the hulk. He is popular so some people think that his fan boys give him more credit then he fap deserves, but if anything those people underrate him because of his popularity. Green fap lantern doesn’t have super strength or super agility, the ring definitely can fuck shit up, but it isn’t enough to best spider-man
0f0a0p0
Jan Hammered(Quote) (Reply)
I’d have to give it to Green Lantern, simply because Spidey can’t dodge a huge contracting sphere of green, to catch and surround him as he swings before he gets his yellow suit on. Then Jordan just squishes the Spidey-juice out of him, end of fight.
But if I wasn’t be a slave to physics and realism, I totally agree with you guys’ fapping.
Gene Simmons(Quote) (Reply)
You lost me when you used the non-word “anyways”. Your credibility is destroyed.
Omicron(Quote) (Reply)
They had credibility to begin with?
Ultra Omega Abigail(Quote) (Reply)
Okay… The fully charged Green Lantern ring would last significantly longer than Spiderman’s stamina could hold out. The Green Lanterns use it to travel through space, as in Extremely long distances, while maintaing a thin body outline shield to protect against space, melee attacks, long ranged attacks, and or anything spiderman could actually do to him.
As for Spiderman’s speed and agility, once again, Green Lantern Ring Propels user through space from galaxy to galaxy. I’d say that is sufficient speed to catch Spiderman wether he sees it coming or not. The Yellow impurity that Spiderman would allegedly be counting on no longer exists for anyone but the newest “poozer” as Kilowog would say. Poozer being used here as another word for rookie.
If normal Hal Jordan Green Lantern was not enough to beat Spiderman (who I am a fan of despite me defending Green Lantern) Hal Jordan was for a time Host to the physical manifestation of fear, Parallax. Who was made of yellow light. So, aside from the obvious option of just picking up and using non-yellow weapons to hurl at “yellow suited-spiderman”, Hal could be possessed by Parallax in the fight and Yellow would count for nothing as Parallax ripped Spidey apart.
AND let us not forget that there is not one Green Lantern, there is a whole army of them in the universe. They are like space marines. The most highly trained peace keeping Core in existence!! They are made up of every species, race, and creed. There is even a common housefly green lantern, and let me tell you. He could beat Spiderman as well.
Apologies for length and level of geekery
Codester(Quote) (Reply)
green lantern would slaughter spider-man. C’mon, the guy can travel across galaxies. Spider-Man is just too terrabound to fuck with a Lantern.
Rob Cypher(Quote) (Reply)
So interstellar travel determines your ability to fight other super-powered folks? Who the fuck knew?
SpiderSense(Quote) (Reply)
With out willpower the rings don’t work, and the more will you have, the stronger the ring will be. Not to mention imagination play a huge role in this. Hal can just construct a giant robot to squish spidey, but that’s Kyle’s gimmick.
If your trying to be funny, it just makes you guys sound like idiots.
andy(Quote) (Reply)
Everyone is missing what the real outcome of this fight would be… During said battle, Green Lantern and Spidey would realize they are both good guys and team up to defeat the villain or villains that got them to fight each other in the first place. Duh.
Itsnick(Quote) (Reply)
Point Andy.
W3bCrawl3r(Quote) (Reply)
Doh! I meant Point, Itsnick. LOL!
W3bCrawl3r(Quote) (Reply)
GL would win, no doubt.
And Next Time, Supes would absolutely kill Iron Man.
Law Dog(Quote) (Reply)
Hal’s ring works by thought alone. Hal’s an air force test pilot, wanna talk reflexes? Anything Spidey can do, Hal’s ring can duplicate. At the speed of thought.
Let’s say Spidey gets first shot – Bam, Hal’s bound in webbing, which he then burns off with green flames instantaneously. Second shot’s Hal’s – Bam Spidey is in an impenetrable green force bubble. He can fill it with webbing if he wants, and suffocate. Hal then takes him airborne and turns off the field, Spidey plummets to death. Or Hal Shoves him underwater and turns off the field. Spidey drowns. Or Hal takes him into space where Spidey asphyxiates. Or Hal simply waits, cause the oxygen in there ain’t being replenished anytime soon.
Hal wins. ‘Nuff said.
neurochrome(Quote) (Reply)
First of all, I am not familiar with this site, and was linked here by Fark. Came for serious, geeked-out contest, and was extremely disappointed by the idiocy of the writers.
That said, knowing what I do about Spidey and Hal Jordan, I have to agree with most of the comments in saying that Spidey would be dead meat.
Zanhoshi(Quote) (Reply)
Don’t know why you think Hal would win. Sure his ring has massive cosmic level power but lets be frank, Hal is a moron. His power works at the speed of thought. By the time Hal rubs two brain cells together the fight is over and Spidey is wearing Hal’s ring in a special place for a hot date with Mary Jane. Sure Spiderman can screw up. I mean if he’s stuck in a mental monologue he’ll end up trapped in a green snowglobe model of NYC provided Hal can think of something more clever than a pair of giant tweezers. Inifinite cosmic resources and he’s working on Rock Paper Scissors. Moron. If you need more proof that the lanterns are all morons just read up on all the carebear flavors they come in now.
city(Quote) (Reply)
GL begins creating bubble, spidey senses go nuts sm gets the eff out of the bubble before it forms. Rinse and repeat (GL creats something, sm dodges it)at stand off range until the battery dies. GL doesn’t stand a chance in the long run
Akov(Quote) (Reply)
Spiderman wins easy. Super strength, speed, and maneuverabilty.
Omicron(Quote) (Reply)
Spider-Man would lose. One, DC characters are way overpowered compared to Spidey. Two, GL’s are beloved by the people of earth. They’re like cops. Cops in space. Spidey vs Cops? Cops win. Spidey has poor PR already. He can’t win even if he wanted to.
Now even if Spidey dressed in Daredevils most shockingly yellow costume he could find, the GL ring once being weak against the yellow light spectrum does not make the character weak, simply resourceful. He can change the air around yellow spider-man to any deadly chemical he could imagine, and knock him out in a second, or he could pick something up and hit Spider-Man with it.
GL could launch spidey into space and let him explode.
Look, GL’s have fought many characters with Spider-like powers, including the Spider Guild and in the Sinestro Corps itself. Spidey is obviously more skilled as he’s also a Scientist, like Batman, but he only has two hands in the end, and Green Lanterns have as many hands as their willpower can create. All of Spidey’s skillsets can be mimicked by the GL ring. And even the Spidey Sense can be tricked by the ring.
Hello(Quote) (Reply)
Well, lets go at it like this:
Green Lantern: Can destroy a planet, ring enables space travel
Spider-man: Needs oxygen
Green Lantern wins
Dork(Quote) (Reply)
This is my favourite observation. I have to admit I had completely failed to consider the whole “needs oxygen” side of things.
RobbieRobTown(Quote) (Reply)
I think you’re ALL smoking crack.. now where the fuck is mine?
Jeebus Cripes(Quote) (Reply)
GL would beat spidey easily. the people saying hal was a moron think again he was the best of the best. Still is in my opinion.
that guy(Quote) (Reply)
Green Lantern wins by being incredibly poorly written.
GL: “OOH I’ve got magic powers that let me do anything I want!”
DC Universe: “Can you destroy all the badguys and bring peace to the world?”
GL: “Huh what? I have to punch villains for another 50 years. Derp!”
Can the Green Lantern imagine a premise for a stroy so bad even he can’t read it?
Keith(Quote) (Reply)
GL tries to catch Spidey in a bubble, spidey dodges. Deploying the same critical thinking skills that came up with giant boxing gloves GL surrounds the entire earth in bubble. He shrinks the bubble flattening spidey and everyone else! Ops more grief!
Gobaka(Quote) (Reply)
Green Lantern’s Power Ring has been called one of the greatest weapons in the DC universe. This is almost comparable to pitting Robin up against Galactus or even the Silver Surfer.
While Green Lanterns can certainly be punked (as seen in All Star Batman and when Batman knocked out Guy Gardner in one punch in Justice League International), in a face-to-face match-up of powers Spider-man falls short. Although Green Lanterns can’t normally kill (unless the laws that govern the Corps are re-written), he can easily subdue Spidey by making a giant cage in Spider-man’s general vicinity and then just shrinking it until Spidey is trapped. A quick trip up to Oa and Spidey’s in a cell watching Superboy Prime cut himself.
Will(Quote) (Reply)
Spidey makes Marvel 5 billion dollars a year to GL’s 75 bucks. Wonder who the Marvel writers would have prevail?
WOOT WOOT !!
I’m the winner , I’m the winner ,
churn the butter , churn the butter
WOOT WOOT
Trevor(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, except with Barry back, like heck Hal’s taking Spidey on alone. That kid is WILEY.
Hal and Barry would be like the cranky old men waggin shotguns on the porch.
Except they can AIM.
Margaret(Quote) (Reply)
Yeah, Spidey would win. Color coded superheroes are lame.
PinkLantern(Quote) (Reply)
wait a minute. I think it’s very important to know exactly WHERE these battles are taking place. How big are the arenas? Are there places to hide? Are they even on earth? Are they in the Marvel universe, the DC universe or some other dimension? How are the matches organized? Did the super heroes sign up for them, in which case would they know who they are going to fight and be able to train/plan accordingly? Is this like a “The 10th Man” (great 60′s Italian film) game show thing where one gets the name of who they are to hunt and the other has to figure it out before they get iced? Location and the context of their encounter is essential to knowing who would prevail. Set the scene!
Dusty Vinegar(Quote) (Reply)
GL blows up wherever they are as soon as the fight begins and uses that green outline to protect him… he has blown up cities before. 2 second fight. NERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDSSSS!
gordon bombay(Quote) (Reply)
I am and have been both a Green Lantern and Spiderman fan for nearly 20 years. With that being said, the only chance that Spiderman would be able to defeat a Green Lantern is if he:
1.) (Re)Possessed the power Cosmic
or
2.) (Re)Possessed the symbiont alien Black Suit (Venom).
Period.
Must I also remind readers that The Green Lantern was matched up against The Silver Surfer in the Marvel Vs. D.C. crossover? There is no doubt that The Surfer would beat the ever-loving-christ out of Spiderman (And any Green Lantern too!). There is a reason why this awesome story-line had Spiderman fighting Elektra; Spiderman fought Elektra because the Spiderman character was predestined to win. That is to say; Spiderman was pre-destined to win his fight and therefore had to fight an enemy that he could actually beat (the publishers admitted that victories in this cross-over were associated with book sales). It speaks volumes that the writers at both Marvel and D.C. didn’t have enough faith in Spiderman to give him a real fight, instead giving him the middleweight (at best) contest of having to fight Elektra.
It doesn’t sound like you have any REAL knowledge of the characters at all.
Unprofessional.
I had such high hopes for this blog. Such high hopes.
Dan(Quote) (Reply)
I agree with your point except for one tiny fact.
Spiderman beat Superboy in the Marvel Versus D.C. Crossover.
This does not change the fact that The Green Lantern was matched up against the Silver Surfer (rated the Universe’s Strongest Super-Hero in Wizard Magazine), which lends credence to your idea that the “powers that be” felt that The Green Lantern could hold his own against a being of “pure power cosmic” (Silver Surfer) must mean that he (GL) is a “bad motherfucker”.
General Zod(Quote) (Reply)
THat particular battle was flawed as it sat because Conner Kent wasn’t exactly at his fully realized abilities. He was still really confused by a lot of things. Not to mention that Conner’s taken a LOT worse since then and been just fine. THat entire series is pretty suspect on a lot of levels.
Ill Nino(Quote) (Reply)
Green Lantern losing to Spiderman?
There have been battles before that Spiderman has sat out because he was way overmatched. In my opinion Green Lantern is a tank. Spiderman is tough but not a heavyweight. Even if he wears a yellow suit (which he doesn’t have) Green Lantern can still bring down the building that he is clinging to. Or hit him with a tree or a car or even fly away.
No contest. Green Lantern wins this easily.
Anonymous(Quote) (Reply)
WOW! There are ALOT more GL fans then there are Spidey fans (at least on here). To think, Green Lantern doesn’t even have his own live-action movie yet.
General Zod(Quote) (Reply)
More people identify with the nerd turned super hero, than hero jet pilot turned even more super. GL movie would be almost entirely CGI. Apparently no one gets tired of hearing how uncle Ben died over and over and over and over again. I have avoided Spiderman for years because you can’t pick one up without him crying about uncle Ben or some girl he can’t lay.
Patmyass(Quote) (Reply)
GL no problem.
Spidey might have a sense for danger, that doesn’t mean he can always get out of the way, or that getting out of the way is even possible. GL has far more power and protection than Spiderman does.
All of this depends on the actual arena, but Spiderman wouldn’t last more than an instant in this fight. GL puts a shield around himself and is now impervious, grabs Spidey after a couple of tries, danger sense and all, and ejects his ass toward the sun. Fight over.
Also, what crack head tard actually believes Spidey can go toe-to-toe against the Hulk? Maybe put up a fight for a little while, but he has no chance against someone who could tear the planet apart with their bare hands if they get mad enough.
Patmyass(Quote) (Reply)
I believe spidey did in fact go toe to toe against the Hulk in one issue. If I remember right, he eventually used his webbing to blind Hulk long enough to trick him into walking into a huge pit of concrete or something similar.
Then the Avengers showed up and put and end to it.
Could be remembering wrong.
Mikhail(Quote) (Reply)
Firstly, before I get to my actual disagreement, I will say that if you’re going to do a superhero battle? Please at least be educated in the characters you’re debating. Not having read GL really makes you look bad, Rob. Granted, I’m a new guy here…but still. Now onto my disagreement.
Claiming that Spidey could beat Hal Jordan….wtf. No matter how you look at it, it’s wrong. Doesn’t matter who’s packing the ring. Hal, Kyle, Guy, Arisia, Kilowog. They all know what they’re doing, and before one is even inducted as a true GL, they go through extensive training at Oa. For one, the yellow impurity’s gone off the ring. Which means whatever yellow shit Spidey tosses at him? Out the window, ESPECIALLY if Hal’s packing the ring. As for the whole thing about “only green constructs”…uh, who gives a shit? Color of construct has little to do with its ability to function. That’s an aesthetic.
Secondly, Sure, Spidey’d get a few smacks in here and there, but that’d be about the time when Hal just concentrated enough and created a ring WALL that Spidey runs right into. What’s that? Spidey can cling to walls? Not when Hal already knows and has adjusted the construct wall to have a teflon like structure. oh hey look…Spidey’s sliding down the wall like a superhero. SOMEONE TAKE THAT PIC! WE CAN USE THAT POSE FOR A BOX OF CEREAL! We can market it as FAIL-O’S. So as Spidey’s sliding down that wall and trying to figure out why even as he’s spouting some smartassed stupidity, Hal simply closes the wall down into a giant bubble. And uh…have you ever seen what happens to a spider when you put them in a glass jar and then shake it all up? Yeah….they kinda get hurt.
Don’t get me wrong here…I like Spidey a lot. But when you’re putting him up against what DC has openly said is the most powerful weapon in the DCU? Yeah, Spidey is SCREWED.
Ill Nino(Quote) (Reply)
Win to GL, but it wouldn’t be easy.
In any flying vs. non-flying fight, it comes down to range weapons. If I can fly out of your range, but you’re in mine, I’m gonna eventually win.
The trouble GL would have is in capturing him. The spidey sense would cause him grief until he finally got annoyed enough to just grab a couple square miles of stuff, including spidey. Toss it into space, and we’re done.
Sorry Spidey. I love ya, but you’re not beating the guy with the most powerful weapon in the DC Universe.
Mikhail(Quote) (Reply)
The yellow thing hasn’t been applicable for about 15 years.
You guys really dropped the ball on this one.
Tae(Quote) (Reply)
What frickin’ alternate universe are you guys from? Have you even read the stories about me?
Don’t you guys know that I knocked out Supes with one punch? I take on the most powerful, nastiest hombres the universe has to offer and you think that I’m worried about an over-sized bug? Please!
Oh btw, WickedDragon and MrClean, you almost made be spit my “green” Mountain Dew all over my monitor. Funny stuff!
Green Lantern(Quote) (Reply)
you guys are fucking idiots. INFINTE COSMIC POWER versus some dickhead teenager with homemade webshooters?
read a god damn comic book jesus.
Dirk(Quote) (Reply)