Hoo'd Win: Thor Vs Spawn?

[thebitterguy]

As we've seen, the subject of this week's Hoo'd Win* can be quite a contentious issue.

The combatants are as such: Al Simmons, aka Spawn and Thor, Odinson, aka The Mighty Thor.

Now, Spawn has sold his soul to the devil in order to wreak vengeance on his enemies and betrayers. At least, I think he did. Really, I only read the "Four Good Writers" books and saw the movie, so for all I know he lost his soul in a poker game and is now dedicated to hunting down jaywalkers. Which would make a good sitcom, when you think about it. Anyway, he's also got a big cape that takes orders.

Thor, on the other hand, is a god. He's got a hammer, can command the weather, and one time Thor hit Thanos so hard, Thanos went all the way around ugly and became pretty.

So! Make your choice! Who will be the winner? King of all Media, 1992 edition, or Thor, the guy who pillages the cosmos? Wooo!

[Poll #1038516]

*The use of 'this week's' does not indicate any promise of weekly delivery of a Hoo'd Win

edit: As of 2:30 PM, not even a sympathy vote. We may be headed to a shutout.

Edit2: And, as of 5:30, Thor is leading 33-0. Man. Is no one here just shy of 30?

edit3: Thanks are given to lab_brat for her compassion.

Comments

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

From reading the comic, I kind of get the impression that this question is really a straw man. I mean, come on, Spawn versus Thor? I mean, Batman versus Thor, OK, but Spawn?

[thebitterguy]

Oh, man. Tell me you didn't just say Batman would be able to take Thor.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Why not? He's demonstrated an ability to take others of similar power levels. The question really comes down to, "Does he have a file on Thor" as the deciding factor... 8)

[neosis.livejournal.com]

Ok course he could, he'd just have to pay Thor $100 million to take a dive and then Thor would use the money to pimp out his place in Valhalla.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I cannot remember Bats/Wayne ever buying his way out of a problem, but I'm not a devoted reader. Plus, it's a finish that doesn't come with a "cripple" option..

Only in the DCH rpg.

[thebitterguy]

That option would cripple him EMOTIONALLY.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

*The use of 'this week's' does not indicate any promise of weekly delivery of a Hoo'd Win

I need to have this disclaimer permanently on my blog for my Weekly Science Post, which I've done about a dozen or so times in the last two years. Not quite weely, really. I've been wanting to drop the "Weekly" part from it, but "Weekly Science Post" rolls better than "The Science Post".

"Semi-Annual Science Post" is more fitting.

[thebitterguy]

You at least had a reason for the Weekly Science Post being slightly irregular.

Me? I'm just lazy.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Spawn?

He did okay versus demons, and a bunch of "amped normals," but he never showed the kind of chops needed to tangle with a real big league heavy-hitter.

...and at least for the first twenty or so issues I followed, Spawn was a "limited resource" hero. Fighting a guy like Thor ... that magic green ticker is going to be flying down the scale.

[thebitterguy]

But didn't he turn into Satan's General at some point?

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

"edit: As of 2:30 PM, not even a sympathy vote. We may be headed to a shutout."

There's still a lot of Todd-hate out there in the world.

[lab-brat.livejournal.com]

I votes spawn. but it was purely a sympathy vote. *pets him*

[thebitterguy]

Your compassion will be remembered.

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

I'm just shy of 30, and Thor wins. Big-time.

[srhall79.livejournal.com]

Is no one here just shy of 30?

I'm 28, and collected Spawn up until issue 40 or so. It had some good moments, was my first introduction to Neil Gaiman, and I really liked when Houdini was featured. But come on. Thor is going to splatter the angsty man in cape and chains.

[kinra.livejournal.com]

I believe that everything you wrote is what I was going to write only moments ago, so you win, and are correct. Spawn isn't about winning, he is about suffering. Thor is more of a "I HIT YOU DEAD" type, and rules.

[thebitterguy]

I thought Spawn was about owning a Grim n' Gritty IP that could be leveraged for action figures and multimedia exposure.

Did they ever manage to produce a good Spawn videogame?

[thebitterguy]

I just figured if there was someone who was 12 or so when Spawn came out might have a stronger attachment.

I'm wronger and wronger with every vote.

[srhall79.livejournal.com]

I was an Avengers fan long before there was Image. I watched as the Masters of Evil took over the mansion and pounded Hercules into a coma. Captain America and the Black Knight were tied up, forced to watch helplessly as Mr. Hyde battered Jarvis. Then Thor shows up. He didn't have to lay a finger on Hyde, he just let the brute run into him and that knocked him out. He followed that up by going a few rounds with Goliath.

Not too long after, Herc gets godnapped by his dad. A crippled Thor accompanies the Avengers to Olympus to take on Zeus and co. Around the same time, the Avengers all die in their annual softball game, and Thor goes head to head with Wonderman and wins.

Spawn was very cool and 90s; my first issue was 6 or 7, which opened with a building being demolished by a cyborg. But, in my mind there's just no way he'd win agains the Thunder God.

[thebitterguy]

That was a pretty awesome Masters of Evil storyline.