Whoever Wins...The Fans Lose
This morning, Goblin threw down an interesting article on my e-desk. Apparently, back in November, Unreality Magazine finally answered that 3 season-year old question: Who would win in a fight between the cast of Heroes and the X-Men? It's a very good read (even if a little outdated now that volume four of Heroes is running), and I suggest you check it out. There are a few minor gripes though:
One being Arthur vs. Rogue:
Both have the power to zap the ability (and life) out of another mutant, but Arthur's power seems much more advanced and dangerous. Rogue only keeps the power for a short period of time, but there doesn't seem to be a limit on how long Arthur can keep his stolen goods. He also can absorb so much of a person that they literally turn into dust on the spot, even if they've been rumored to be immortal. I've never seen Rogue pull that off.
Yeah, Rogue can easily kill people with her touch. She put the first guy she ever kissed into a coma, remember? They don't even have to be immortal for her to suck the life out of them.
The other one is for the Sylar and Magneto fight. Mags could win in under five seconds. "Oh? Is that some scrap metal lying around? Let me just levitate that into the back of your skull while I float up several yards away. There we go."
I would like to see Heroes Vs. Watchmen next. Just throwing that out there.
Il Palazzo
Posted to Comics, Television on 5 March 2009
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Actually, Rogue had held Ms. Marvels powers for a looong time. But her powers are far more unstable also dealing with mind leaching.
Arthur might seem more deadly, but most of his deadlyness comes from the powers he has stolen. The fact that he seemingly retains all the powers he steals permanently at the same time does make him more dangerous though.
Also, I think the reason Adam was reduced to dust was because his power was immortality. The old time catching up with you thing and thus your bones turning to dust.
*le sigh* I love Heroes to death, but the characters are no match for most comic book characters, simply because the Heroes characters have more realistically scaled abilities, whereas the characters in comics are like unto gods.
Also, this debate wouldn't have happened in the 90's. Magneto would have fried Sylar with the electromagnetic abilities they seem to have taken away from him, and Rogue would have punched a hole in Arthur.
If Rogue and Arthur touched each other I think there would a wicked feed back loop as each tries to suck the powers from the other. Or Rogue would win because her powers are involuntary while Arthur has to consciously turn his on, so Rogue would suck faster.
Scyler would kick Magnetos ass, telekinesis beats magnetism any day. But from what I hear Sir Ian McKellen is impressively hung, so I will give magneto the win solely on principle.