Hoo'd Win: Big blue and rocky, vs same

[thebitterguy]

Oh My God, ladies and gentlemen! This is it! The thrillia from Manilla! The rumble in the jungle! The Brawl on the Beach! Operation Overlord! That Thing Where Dubya Flew Onto an Aircract Carrier and Declared Mission Accomplished! None of them have ANYTHING on this matchup!

In the wide collared, bell bottomed days of the '70s, two iconic comic book villains came to the fore. They will be the four coloured champions of this mayhepic confrontaion:

From DC, Battlin' Jack Kirby created as the Beelzebub of his Fourth World setting. Darkseid is the ruler of Apokolips, and is the DC definition of Badazz Mofo.

Meanwhile, in the Marvel universe, Jim Starlin introduced us to Thanos, the Mad Titan from Titan.

Either of these cosmic powerhouses is a threat to the universes they inhabit. Darkseid, when he isn't warring on the edenic New Genesis is forever seeking the Anti-Life equation, which will allow him to control the will of everyone in the universe. Thanos is constantly seeking to please his one true love Death, usually by killing significant populations. Once, powered by the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos killed half the inhabitants of the universe; don't worry, they got better. Even without the assistance of super-powered deus ex machinae, either of them is a physical threat that can only be resisted by the mightiest of heroes.

Now, you must pick who will be superior in this showdown: The Master of Apokolips, or the Mad Titan? Which cosmic nightmare will reign supreme?

YOU! Make! The Call![Poll #887605]

p.s. This will be the final Hoo'd Win of '06. Coming in '07: A request (once again via viktor_haag), and a stolen one. Happy holidays!

p.p.s. Apokolips is a very tricky word.

Comments

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Like there was any doubt how I'd vote....

But I do love me some Thanos.

[thebitterguy]

Hey, I agree with you on that. He's quite cool. It looks to be a rout so far.

Of course, with the Infinity Gauntlet, it would be Thanos in a walk, but that's like asking "who'd win, God or Mike Tyson?"

Trades came in, btw! Thanks a ton!

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Glad you got 'em! :) Enjoy!

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Two words: Omega Beams. With the Infinity Gauntlet, it's mutually assured destruction, at best.

[thebitterguy]

I must, respectfully, disagree.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

You can't disagree with me without showing disrespect. Just so we're clear on that. :-)

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

The Inbetweener would make a Marvel/DC crossover just to kick both of their butts.

D:

[thebitterguy]

Oh, man. I totally want to wear an In Betweener costume at a con sometime.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

With your big ass skull, that'd be a lot of face/body paint.

[thebitterguy]

It would be a metric fuckton.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Verily!

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Obviously this LJ is mostly read by people who are DCs bitches.

[thebitterguy]

It appears so. Although the votes are getting closer.

[mightygodking.livejournal.com]

Given that Thanos is, by Jim Starlin's own admission, a ripoff of Darkseid so he could write Darkseid stories at Marvel, I think the conclusion is obvious.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

If Starlin admitted it upfront, then why argue. *evil grin*

[thebitterguy]

Eh. I do not assume any foregone conclusions. The beauty of Hoo'd Win.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

You see, this one all comes down to temperment.

Thanos is, underneath his weightlifter's body and vicious cunning, a whiny goth. He's in love with DEATH, for God's sake. He probably writes poetry about her, he's that much of an assclown. Plus, look at his outfit; purple to match his skin and gold. He looks like what happens on "Pimp my Skrull."


Darkseid is far more practical and a lot more dangerous. He doesn't want to end the universe, he wants to put it under his boot with the Anti-Life Equation. It's not enough to be made of solid, unshatterable rock; the dude wears ARMOR. Yeah, it makes him look unhip, but he doesn't give a shit. He's too busy planning to rule the universe to be hip.

Thanos wants to die, Darkseid doesn't. Darkseid takes this one, and it's just a question of his being clean and quick (Omega Beams) or being nasty and ugly (beating Thanos to death with his bare hands.)

[thebitterguy]

All I want to say is that "Pimp my Skrull" is the neatest show ever.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

And a badly needed public service, in light of the fact that they're shapeshifters who consciously choose to have chins like crullers and to wear black-and-purple unitards.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Hey, black and purple is the old yellow and black.

(No, I have no idea what I mean by that, either.)

[pope-j-rod.livejournal.com]

I Aknowledge the power of Darkseid and do him homage so as to avoid utter annihilation at his whim, but the Mad Tiatan frightens me far more. He absorb a cosmic cube for christ sake, and asembled the infinity gauntlet. Even without the gauntlets power his a crazy bitch, and Death won't take him back inot her realm, so it is going to be ridiculously difficult to kill him. Darkseid will give him the fight of his exisitence, but I thing the ref will be holding up the golden gauntlet of Thanos as the victor.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

If you were asking me who I'd ask to plan my takeover of Earth, I'd go with Thanos; he seems more cunning than D-Seid. But in an out-and-out slugfest, I'll take DC's 'Seid. (Sorry, couldn't resist the bad punnery.)