TL;DR
The One Above All
The One Above All (TOAA) is often cited as the most powerful entity in the Marvel Universe. Described as omnipotent and the creator of everything, TOAA stands above all other cosmic beings and characters [1:1]
[3:2]. This character is essentially Marvel's version of God and is beyond any measurable power scale
[4:7].
Cosmic and Multiversal Entities
Beyond TOAA, there are several cosmic entities with immense power. Characters like Regulator Thanos, Oblivion, Beyonders, Molecule Man, and Living Tribunal are considered to be at a high level of power, often described as "outerversal" [1:3]. These characters operate on a multiversal scale and have abilities that far surpass typical superheroes.
Powerful Mutants and Heroes
Franklin Richards is highlighted as one of the most powerful mutants, possessing reality-warping capabilities [1:2]. Sentry, another highly powerful character, is known for his incredible strength and has been depicted as being able to defeat both Hulk and Thor
[3:1]. However, Sentry's mental instability often limits his effectiveness
[2:6].
Hulk and Thor
Among the more traditional superheroes, Hulk and Thor are frequently mentioned. Hulk's strength is said to have no limit, as it increases with his anger [4:4]. Thor, especially when empowered by the Odinforce or as Rune King Thor, is also considered one of the strongest heroes, having defeated formidable opponents like Sentry and Hulk in various storylines
[2:3]
[2:11].
Others Mentioned
Characters like Deadpool, while popular, are not generally considered among the strongest, despite his impressive healing factor [2:2]
[5:4]. Squirrel Girl, although seemingly less serious, has canonically defeated some of Marvel's toughest villains, showcasing her unexpected power
[5:3].
In conclusion, while many characters possess significant power within the Marvel Universe, The One Above All remains the ultimate supreme being, with others like Franklin Richards, Molecule Man, and Sentry following behind in terms of raw power and capability.
Excluding Captain Marvel and Thanos (with infinity gauntlet) Who do you think is the most powerful Marvel character in the MCU?
Santa Claus. Omega level mutant. Google it
Franklin Richards is definitively the most powerful mutant.
That said, he still pales in comparison to Oblivion, LT etc and is infinitely (to the power of infinity an infinite number of times) weaker than TOAA.
It's the One Above All, that is an indisputable fact. It is always it, as he is truly omnipotent and the creator of everything.
After that you've got Regulator Thanos. Then comes Oblivon, Beyonders, Molecule Man and Living Tribunal who are pretty much the same sort of power levels, all are outerversal. Scathan and Protege are also at this level is Heart of the Universe Thanos.
You then have the multiversal abstracts, multi eternity, multi death and so on.
After that you have multiversal threats like Franklin Richards, Mad Jim Jaspers etc.
After that you then have the universal abstracts, so Galactus, Eternity, Master Order etc.
Then comes universal threats, so infinity gauntlet Thanos, cosmic cubes etc.
After that you then get the skyfather level beings, so things like Odin, Zeus, Mephisto.
Next comes herald level threats, so Silver Surfer, Nova, Thor etc.
After that I guess you have planetary beings who can destroy a country, so Carol Danvers, Thing etc.
Then I guess you have the city level threats who could destroy a city but nothing really larger, someone like Cyclops.
After that its building level and after that it's just street level I guess, so someone like Daredevil or Elektra.
Across the whole of Marvel ot just the MCU?
MCU
Franklin Richards
The one above all is the most powerful
Rather than tell you factual power, such as GOD status characters, I have two "sleeper" options.
Sue Storm (invisible woman). Can remain invisible while making tiny force-fields in someone's lungs, arteries, brain, throat, or other crucial bodily functions. This will kill basically most of the most powerful characters in the Marvel universe.
Kitty Pride (Shadow Cat). She can remain "phased", then proceed to leave things in peoples bodies. What can be done if she puts a wooden chopstick through someone's heart, then just releases the chopstick? Or put a piece of paper through someone's neck, then releases it. Or through an arm, or leg, which would pass through an artery. Would that area be more susceptible to being knocked off the victim, or would it just fall off as the paper dissolves? Either way, physical invulnerability would not save someone from this. And Putting something in, and through Wolverine's heart would not be fixable. The heart would need to be removed. This would also make it possible to bisect through adamantium by creating weak spots, and remove Wolverine's limbs. Then we have a bowling ball, watermelon, balled up aluminum foil the size of a basketball dropped inside someone's head.
These two girls are dangerous.
Kitty could also either phase someone into a solid object or deep in the ground, killing them instantly because they would become fused into that object on a molecular level. Or, she could phase into someone and phase their organs out of their bodies, killing them instantly. How many characters can survive having their heart, lungs, brain, other organs or even their entire skeleton suddenly removed from their bodies?
Kitty Pryde or even Vision may not be the most powerful character, but they most definitely can be the deadliest in all of Marvel.
How many characters can survive having their heart, lungs, brain, other organs or even their entire skeleton suddenly removed from their bodies?
Deadpool
Examples of Deadpool’s healing factor in action are truly jaw-dropping. He’s survived being crushed by a giant hammer, having his head removed from his body, and even being atomized and then reforming himself. It’s no wonder that he’s considered nearly invincible.
If you’re going for non-cosmic brings (and if you count Phoenix, Molecule Man, and Franklin Richards as cosmic) and we are sticking with heroes only, as the picture might suggest, then it’s the Hulk or Sentry. Characters like Doctor Strange, X-Man, Xavier, Blue Marvel, and Black Bolt would be close behind them, but Hulk and Sentry are both incredibly OP.
Altho if you include reality warpers from the X-Universe, then some of them could jump in the mix as well.
Damn how you gonna ignore Thor considering he’s beaten both Sentry and Hulk? Not to mention that in almost all future stories Thor not only outlasts basically every hero on Earth but he usually ends up super OP either by absorbing the Odinforce (which is in addition to the Thorforce) or by harnessing the Runes to become Rune King Thor.
As perhaps you can now guess, my vote for strongest marvel hero is Thor.
He hasn’t beaten the recent version of the Hulk who took down The One Below All, that iteration is in a different league. And Thor got trounced by Sentry in Siege, so his record there is not unblemished.
I agree that the Odinforce or Rune King versions would definitely be on here, but I kinda lumped those in with the cosmic beings and excluded them. Otherwise it’s not much fun.
It's Thor. I'm always surprised that people want to talk about Sentry and Hulk, when he's mashed them both. I mean, shit, The Reigning Thor with Odinforce straight up one-shot Hulk and Ben Grimm at the the same time.
Sentry really could be in convo for the strongest if he wasn't mentally messed up. He is one of my favorites if not my favorite but he's a mess. Hahaha
so basically Merged sentry? yeah he is undoubtably the strongest as the only true way for him to die is if he himself wishes it so yeah he kinda op, and that fight with knull was wrong, sentry wouldnt have died, the writer admits to just wanting a powerful character to use as fodder and he also admits to not having looked into sentry's character or the void, and he misunderstood the origin of the void which is oblivion, he did not understand that knull cannot control or take the void from sentry, over all that fight was a shit show of not knowing whom sentry/void was as a character or power level wise so we cannot use that as a reference for how weak sentry is, and that brings us back to how sentry can only die one way and that is if he himself wills it to be.
If you're saying Sentry, then wouldn't that technically make Mallory Gibbs the most powerful? Considering she claimed all of his power.
Indeed. But that is also a good point. Professor X can basically end anyone with a mind. If he can catch them off guard. Example being Magnito without his helmet.
So the same could be said about Professor X being caught off guard. So in a duel at high noon style fight, the professor wins.
Clearly this is the answer. Eats nuts and kicks butts, even Galactus and Thanos!
Debate in comments
The One Above All. The rest depends on writers and what story they want to tell, and that is it. We can provide evidence for 1000 different characters to claim they are the strongest, but this is the truth of the matter.
Yes but he is to strong so if we think off every other character besides him it’s probably Molecule Man. Well i just remembered that Living Tribunal exit
According to Thor, Thor.
Who? Point Break?
Sentry. Can beat Hulk and Thor like he was their drunken abusive dads. Ripped Carnage and Ares to shreds like they were tissue paper.
Lost to knull the symbiote god
I don't know who Knoll is or what his powers are and I doubt anyone else knows either
Cosmo the Space Dog :)
I mean he can use telekinesis and telepathy
The goodest boy
The correct answer
Sentry?
Who would be the strongest character and how would they fair against the strongest DC character btw keep this friendly
Hulk is the strongest one there is
So how strong is he if you had to scale him
Hulks strength has no limit, really. He gets stronger the angrier he gets, so he'll continue to get stronger if you continue to piss him off.
Except Black Bolt and Sentry
The one above all. Literally God.
So how would it match up against dcs version of god the presence just think it be kind of interesting to see the match ups
The usual interpretation is that "One-Above-All" and "The Presence" are just the different multiverse's ways of calling one same entity. As in, Marvel calls them OAA and DC calls them Presence, but they are one and the same, so it's really hard to really gauge how they'd match up
Strongest Marvel character is Big Wheel.
And he will roll over anything from DC.
Superman prime
Like I said, Big Wheel rolls over ANYTHING from DC. No contest.
Stan Lee
Stiltman
Hulk is the strongest there is.
It seems like there are a bunch of kids here who do not differentiate between “strong” and “powerful”
I love Deadpool, but Squirrel Girl has canonically vanquished foes that would annihilate Wade.
Definitely not Deadpool
I think when people ask this question they are saying who is more consistently the strongest in canon universes
I feel like someone might have said it after the "Deadpool kills the marvel universe" came out
All the "___ kills the Marvel Universe," comics rely heavily on plot induced stupidity
No… just no… it’s The One Above All
I wouldn't call him a character. As far as characters are concerned its probably the beyonder or awakened molecule man.
Then what do you consider a character? The Beyonders are practically also multiversal Gods. Just cause he appears human doesn’t make him a character.
Squirrel Girl would never harm Jeffrey!
16 year olds that just watched deadpool say that
That would be my three. There was a sentry v. blue marvel fight that maybe would lend me to include him too, but unsure. I’d say merged sentry (red outfit) is probably the strongest as his reality manipulation should be under his control and therefor he can increase his strength to any level needed. Plus void broke ALL the Hulks bones, his plus sentry should destroy even hulk completely.
I think when it comes to overall power Blue Marvel is in the contention and (to me) above Sentry, but when it comes to raw strength I think Sentry, Hyperion, and Herc have him beat.
I think Thor honestly. He is kind of a jobber so loses a lot of fights (he is the designated "gets beat up by new character to show their strength" guy), but there is actually an in-universe reason for that. Thor, in a normal fight, always holds back even when it might mean he'll lose, to the point that even his closest allies don't know his true strength. Hell, to that point that even he doesn't know his true strength.
While characters like Hercules, Sentry, etc. are still on his level while not holding back (Thor has no reason to hold back against Hercules since he is immortal too, and his fight with Sentry was stated to be both of them going all out), he has also shown some truly absurd feats where he taps into deeper powers than he was capable of even in the aforementioned fights where he wasn't consciously holding back.
Thor would definitely be in the conversation, especially in the last 10 years when he's often had the Odinforce and even briefly had the Power Cosmic.
I'd probably still put Sentry and Blue Marvel above Thor in terms of pure physical strength, but it's splitting hairs. They're clearly all written as the top tier, "Class 100" characters in the Marvel universe. I'd have Hercules, She Hulk, Red Hulk, etc. just under them.
I'd have Hercules a notch below Thor, Sentry, and Blue Marvel.
Back in the Heroes Reborn / Heroes Return era (post-Onslaught), when savage Hulk was wandering the earth, he and Hercules had an extended fight in a one-shot issue. Hercules got WORKED. Beaten within an inch of his life.
While Hulk has beaten Thor and Sentry, it is always a close affair. I admit it's tricky because Thor and Sentry have other powers beyond physical strength, unlike Hercules, but I still put them just slightly above Herc. Particularly in Thor's Odinforce era.
Kinda wild to me no one is putting favored(as in Cyttorak isn’t being pissy and actively nerfing him) Juggernaut in this lineup.
He legitimately has(had) limitless strength undefined strength, especially if he was performing an action while in motion.
Old Drax, due to the Power Gem, was probably the strongest non-cosmic entity.
Besides him, the strongest might be Thanos. I remember him fighting Thor, Hulk, The Thing, and Hercules at the same time, and he seemed like he was winning easily
Powerhouse Drax! I'm probably in the minority, but I preferred that version of the character, Power Gem included.
And I agree, he was INCREDIBLY strong. Far above base Hulk, but not above World War Hulk.
No way to know for certain, as he could only access the infinite abilities of the Power Gem at the most basic level, and the Green Scar is an absolute powerhouse, but it would have been a great match for sure.
Adam said that he would always get as strong as needed as long as he had the Gem, but his storage method was less than safe (albeit incredibly funny for child me) and could quite possibly be lost in a fight.
I think OP means physical strength, so not Wanda
I should probably mention Galactus as well.
Wolverine was always the first to get his butt kicked on T.V.
the one above all
I've heard of this kne before, my father mentioned it to me once but I belive this character haven't made much appearance in marvel comics.
The one above all is all is supposed to be Jack Kirby iirc so since he's the writer he's always more powerful
Doesn’t mean they aren’t the strongest, gives it MORE credence actually
He seems to mainly like communicating with the Fantastic Four 4 every rare once in a while.
Who is also canonically the writer.
No, he's regularly depicted as an actual character. He is not canonically the writer, that's just fan-canon / based off DC's The Writer.
Him being God and appearing as Jack Kirby etc doesn't make him anymore of an author avatar than any other character.
Franklin Richards
depends on the writer
I would say Franklin Richards, Molecue Man, Beyonder, One above all.
Title, but they have their maximum potential, so like doctor strange with the time stone, tony with all the stones, thor with both the hammers and he is physically fit, etc
Strongest hero? I think captain marvel. Not counting who has infinity stones or what weapons, seems a little unfair since it's not actually them. Strongest? Wanda.
Scarlet witch although her status as a hero is questionable right now
Hi... the question ask "the strongest". Not the "most powerful".
As of right now, it's not even remotely questionable.
>!She's a villain. Straight up murders people in this movie. Lots of them!<
Wanda as the scarlet witch or Thor in infinity war when he got storm breaker
Wanda could turn stormbreaker into goop
True, but when thanos had 5 infinity stones thor easily deflected his beam, while Wanda had a struggle stopping thanos from getting to vision.
Scarlet witch has the ability to completely rip the fabric of Reality apart. Not even Doctor Strange can hold his own against her. She is the strongest out of any character at this moment in the MCU.
Supreme Strange from what if went toe toe with Infinity Ultron
This 👆👆
Ant-Man when he finally works up the courage to do the butt thing.
Awwww. You’re favorite male superhero isn’t in the spotlight huh
So after Thor and Thanos with the gauntlet we got Scarlet Witch confirmed as the CURRENT strongest mcu character. Who do you guys think will be the next most powerful character?
Imo if Adam Warlock isn’t I’ll be surprised but also if Kang is the next big bad I think he’ll have some pretty huge feats to put him at #1.
Without question it will eventually be Doom. He’s arguably the greatest villain in American fiction history. So I trust that Kevin Feige will see to it that he’s FINALLY portrayed correctly in live action.
He’s definitely one of my personal favorite villains but I don’t think he’ll be powerful in a reality warping, cosmic energy sense. I think his intellect makes him a strong villain and the mcu will show his brain is the most dangerous thing about him.
The strongest being is ned. This is not even debateable
You’re right how could I have forgotten about Ned Supreme
Nepreme
MoM showed >!the Living Tribunal while America and Strange were universal hopping. In the comics the only individuals above him in the cosmic hierarchy are the One Above All and the One Below All!<
That was one of the coolest ways to confirm a character imo. Yes he is by far one of the most powerful entities in all of marvel but I doubt he comes into play in the mcu until something like secret wars happens.
Though they did state Wanda was capable of destroying or ruling the multiverse so why he didn’t intervene then is questionable to me. None the less I cannot wait to see him and hear his voice on the big screen!
Same reason why he didn't interfere to Infinity Ultron. LT is omniscent and he knows what will happen in all timelines, not in one universe timeline like TVA
He knew Uatu will stop the Ultron, and he knew Wanda wasn't going to destroy the multiverse. If there is something no one can stop except him, then he will interfere
Could be Thor if they finally make him RK Thor in Love and Thunder
Knowing the mcu though. they’ll find a way to nerf him beyond recognition even if he does achieve that form in L&T.
Should be Silver Surfer if they do him right.
Cannot wait to see everyone struggle against SS only to reveal he has an even more powerful and deadlier master.
This character which will be called "Marvel man" have the following stats
-Strength of Venom, Durability of Luke Cage, Speed (Travel, Reaction and Combat) of Spiderman
-Agility of Daredevil, endurance of Deadpool and stamina of Wolverine.
-IQ of Black Panther, Experience of Captain America, Battle IQ of Bucky Barnes, and Combat of Iron Fist
-Abilities and Weapons (His cards and Staff) of Gambit.
(616 Version of these Street levelers)
"Marvel Man" will be blood lusted when spawned in the Invincible verse
Who's the strongest character "Marvel Man" can beat.
Venom strengthen with Iron combat be might solo
He could kill Thragg with a Final Explosion.
In what universe are Deadpool black panther and cap street level
Venom* Spiderman*
They’re street level under either definition. Most of their conflicts aren’t large in scope and scale and they’re peak human/mildly superhuman.
I feel like none of these guys are street level? Spider man and venom certainly aren't. And the rest are maybe street-ish level in terms of feats but in reality are famous enough that they kinda just aren't.
Black Panther (616)
Captain America (616)
Daredevil (616)
Deadpool (616)
Gambit (616)
Iron Fist (616)
Luke Cage (616)
Spiderman (616)
Venom (616)
Bucky Barnes (616)
Wolverine (616)
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Who is the strongest Marvel character
Key Considerations for Determining the Strongest Marvel Character:
Power Levels: Strength can be measured in various ways, including physical strength, cosmic abilities, and magical powers. Different characters excel in different areas.
Context of Strength: Some characters may be stronger in specific situations or environments (e.g., Hulk gets stronger the angrier he becomes).
Multiverse Variations: Marvel has multiple universes, and characters can have different power levels across these realities.
Character Development: Strength can evolve over time due to story arcs, character growth, or new abilities being introduced.
Top Contenders for the Title of Strongest Marvel Character:
The One Above All: Often considered the most powerful being in the Marvel Universe, representing the creator of all existence.
The Living Tribunal: A cosmic entity that maintains balance in the multiverse, possessing immense power.
Hulk: Known for his incredible physical strength, which increases with his rage. He has been depicted as one of the strongest beings in various storylines.
Thor: As a god and wielder of Mjolnir, Thor possesses immense strength and magical abilities.
Sentry: With powers comparable to Superman, Sentry has superhuman strength, speed, and the ability to manipulate light and dark.
Franklin Richards: A mutant with reality-warping abilities, he can create universes and is considered one of the most powerful beings.
Recommendation: If you're looking for a character that embodies raw strength, the Hulk is a classic choice. However, for cosmic-level power, The One Above All is the ultimate answer, as it represents the pinnacle of strength and existence in the Marvel Universe.
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