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Post by Action Ace on May 23, 2016 16:20:10 GMT -5
I guess it depends on whether Grant Morrison is writing this. 'cuz Superman could just find a magic machine that bends reality to match his thoughts, and then bye bye Avengers, right? Grant will have Superman sing two notes of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" and the Avengers will be done for. |
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Post by Action Ace on May 23, 2016 16:28:18 GMT -5
I went with the Avengers in part because the Avengers function as a team, while the Satellite era JLA is more a bunch of people with powers who hang out together. Thanks to the Gardner Fox methord of splitting the team up in every story so they all have solo battles, the JLA just doesn't really work together as a team, especially compared to how the Avengers train together so they can assist each other and best synergize the use of their powers and skills. While the JLA is kind of doing their every man for themselves routine, Captain America will be leading the Avengers with a unified strategy to defeat the Justice League. This might be different if it was a later incarnation of the JLA where Martian Manhunter was coordinating everyone with his telepathy. But he didn't routinely do that until much later. It's like the 1992 American Olympic Basketball "Dream Team" against a pack of feisty Spanish underdogs that play as a team year in and year out. Naturally, my vote is for the Justice League of America. |
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Post by hondobrode on May 23, 2016 16:43:14 GMT -5
Not denying it would be a helluva fight.
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Post by The Captain on May 23, 2016 16:54:55 GMT -5
As a Marvel Zombie, my heart wants to pick the Avengers.
As a realist (or as much as a realist as one can be when discussing which team would win a fight between two squads of fictional super-heroes), the JLA curbstomps the Avengers into oblivion. On the JLA side, they pretty much only need Superman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern to make a mockery of this fight; Martian Manhunter and Flash in the mix makes it even more one-sided. The rest of their squad can stay home and drink tea while waiting for their compatriots to return with tales of roughing up the JV.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 23, 2016 20:25:56 GMT -5
I went with the Avengers in part because the Avengers function as a team, while the Satellite era JLA is more a bunch of people with powers who hang out together. Thanks to the Gardner Fox methord of splitting the team up in every story so they all have solo battles, the JLA just doesn't really work together as a team, especially compared to how the Avengers train together so they can assist each other and best synergize the use of their powers and skills. While the JLA is kind of doing their every man for themselves routine, Captain America will be leading the Avengers with a unified strategy to defeat the Justice League. This might be different if it was a later incarnation of the JLA where Martian Manhunter was coordinating everyone with his telepathy. But he didn't routinely do that until much later. It's like the 1992 American Olympic Basketball "Dream Team" against a pack of feisty Spanish underdogs that play as a team year in and year out. Naturally, my vote is for the Justice League of America. No, it's like the 2004 American Olympic Basketball team, which was supposed to stomp everyone based on raw talent alone - Iverson, Duncan, Wade, Carmelo, LeBron - but then lost to Puerto Rico. Because being the most talented doesn't mean much when everyone is just doing their own thing. |
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Post by Bronze age andy on May 23, 2016 21:28:06 GMT -5
Toe to toe battle royal that lasts about 20 minutes...
Last hero standing...Captain America...
Because...Captain America.
Avengers by a nose.
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Post by hondobrode on May 23, 2016 22:16:09 GMT -5
I'm interested in more detail of how it gets to that point.
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Post by Action Ace on May 23, 2016 23:17:49 GMT -5
It's like the 1992 American Olympic Basketball "Dream Team" against a pack of feisty Spanish underdogs that play as a team year in and year out. Naturally, my vote is for the Justice League of America. No, it's like the 2004 American Olympic Basketball team, which was supposed to stomp everyone based on raw talent alone - Iverson, Duncan, Wade, Carmelo, LeBron - but then lost to Puerto Rico. Because being the most talented doesn't mean much when everyone is just doing their own thing. The 2004 team would be more like the Titans, younger and more prone to mental errors. The JLA is the 1992 Dream Team. They even both have a trinity that stands even above the other greatness assembled. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 24, 2016 8:28:13 GMT -5
I have to go with the JLA. Let's face it, the DC heroes are just more powerful than the Marvel heroes, especially when we're talking Silver/Bronze Age. That doesn't make them better, just more powerful. The Avengers may indeed function better as a team, but that only takes you so far. I'll take a hastily thrown together "Dream Team" over a cohesive, but quite a bit less talented team any day.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 8:49:05 GMT -5
After much thinking, what hondobrode talked about the Phantom Stranger in the first page is too much for Thor to handle and that's leave Superman and Wonder Woman to tackle the Hulk with their vaulted superpowers they will render the Hulk useless and therefore with my understanding of reading comic books that Captain America is a leader among men; but that alone will not stop the Justice League of America because they got a ringer by the name of Batman and if I read my Comic Books correctly in one adventure he literally took on the entire X-Men and literally stopped them cold. Now, with that in mind - Bruce Wayne/Batman is more a calculated mind over a savvy/leadership skills of Steve Rogers/Captain America. Batman alone can defeat Captain America because Batman is the most dangerous JLA member to date - think of the HyperClan and his martial arts skills too.
It will be a battle of the century - but in my own mind - JLA should win hands down!
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Post by tingramretro on May 24, 2016 8:57:36 GMT -5
I have to go with the JLA. Let's face it, the DC heroes are just more powerful than the Marvel heroes, especially when we're talking Silver/Bronze Age. That doesn't make them better, just more powerful. The Avengers may indeed function better as a team, but that only takes you so far. I'll take a hastily thrown together "Dream Team" over a cohesive, but quite a bit less talented team any day. More powerful does not necessariy equate to less talented. Raw power is no substitute for skill and training. |
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Post by Crimebuster on May 24, 2016 9:30:10 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not buying the Phantom Stranger thing simply because it's just as likely that he will spend the entire fight watching or narrating it instead of getting involved. Heck, he might help the Avengers. His motivations and actions are impossible to predict.
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Post by Action Ace on May 24, 2016 16:30:07 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not buying the Phantom Stranger thing simply because it's just as likely that he will spend the entire fight watching or narrating it instead of getting involved. Heck, he might help the Avengers. His motivations and actions are impossible to predict. I think the only way he'd work against the JLA is if it were to prevent an even bigger catastrophe from happening. The JLA has won, now Zack Snyder gets to direct the next Avengers movie too!!! HA HA HA !!! On the other hand, Hulk and Namor are much more likely to betray their allies as these teams are constructed. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 24, 2016 20:34:22 GMT -5
Sorry, My heart will always be with the Avengers. Thor beats Superman, Cap Beats Batman etc, etc...
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