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Physically strongest female character?
I'd go with She-Ra, a mid-1980's character/show, as her feats of strength are singular, or so I guess (pulling the Earth together with her legs etc.).
But I'm open for any further suggestions.
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I should also say Wonder Woman, but it's the same thing, as if writers and drawers was afraid to show a woman as strong as Superman.
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Literally her power is that whatever you can do she can do to when you were at 100% of your potential.
So say if she was fighting Superman. She would gain all of Supermans powers (permanently) and she would use them at the level of a super charged Superman at his prime.
So basically she is op as all hell.
But if we don't count copying then Silver Age Supergirl probably?
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Artnico wrote: On the paper, Power Girl should be the strongest, but as usual, her feats of strength are very disappointing in the comics.
I should also say Wonder Woman, but it's the same thing, as if writers and drawers was afraid to show a woman as strong as Superman.
Unlikely. Why should she be any stronger than Supergirl, Superman etc?
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ChaozCloud wrote: Medaka from Medaka Box.
Literally her power is that whatever you can do she can do to when you were at 100% of your potential.
So say if she was fighting Superman. She would gain all of Supermans powers (permanently) and she would use them at the level of a super charged Superman at his prime.
So basically she is op as all hell.
But if we don't count copying then Silver Age Supergirl probably?
Good point. I don't know the character not the setting, so are, in her universe, any super-strength beings? Otherwise, meh.
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rebel4life wrote:
ChaozCloud wrote: Medaka from Medaka Box.
Literally her power is that whatever you can do she can do to when you were at 100% of your potential.
So say if she was fighting Superman. She would gain all of Supermans powers (permanently) and she would use them at the level of a super charged Superman at his prime.
So basically she is op as all hell.
But if we don't count copying then Silver Age Supergirl probably?
Good point. I don't know the character not the setting, so are, in her universe, any super-strength beings? Otherwise, meh.
Plenty. There is for example basically a god that can destroy stars light years away with finger beams. Only problem with Madokas power is that she has to either see the thing she wants to copy in action or she must hear about it (yes that works too for some reason).
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ChaozCloud wrote:
rebel4life wrote:
ChaozCloud wrote: Medaka from Medaka Box.
Literally her power is that whatever you can do she can do to when you were at 100% of your potential.
So say if she was fighting Superman. She would gain all of Supermans powers (permanently) and she would use them at the level of a super charged Superman at his prime.
So basically she is op as all hell.
But if we don't count copying then Silver Age Supergirl probably?
Good point. I don't know the character not the setting, so are, in her universe, any super-strength beings? Otherwise, meh.
Plenty. There is for example basically a god that can destroy stars light years away with finger beams. Only problem with Madokas power is that she has to either see the thing she wants to copy in action or she must hear about it (yes that works too for some reason).
Oookay [head spinning], so let's forget about all these power-assuming issues.
On an original basis, who'd be the strongest (physically) female character? Why Silver Age Supergirl? I'd still go with She-Ra ... .
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My intro to superheroes was the Filmation Superman cartoon.
Even as a kid to me the idea of Superman moving the Earth was ridiculous.
In the opening credits he had trouble stopping a train.
These over the top/ cosmic feats of strength lose me.
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Most of his stories are about his search for 'his identity'. Mainly because he has none.
I don't know. powers in comics should be trait of the character. Superman 'powers' are jack of all trades and master of all. Writing for this character must be such a nightmare. That's why he had so many bizarre powers in the old comics to fill his lack of personality.
Even Power Girl breasts have more personality than him.
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rebel4life wrote: I agree with you on Superman, but are we any closer to an answer (op) right now?
Nah, it is quite impossible. It is all too inconsistent. Especially overpowered characters.
The most powerful would be the Phoenix Force (Jean Grey)
> The Phoenix Force has the ability to manipulate cosmic energies and to tap into the life-force reserved for future generations, thus denying them existence. It can wield this energy to project beams of immense destructive force. It can transmigrate throughout time and space by folding its energy back into itself, causing it to collapse akin to a black hole and then reform itself upon reaching its destination.
Really, what Superman can do against this?
Physically, it is impossible to say. The limit is the writer imagination. A wild guess would be She-Hulk
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As far as I am aware (that is to say, not a lot), the feats of strength shown by Superman and other Kryptonians are related to their ability of tactile telekinesis, so one could argue that their physical strength on its own is actually completely immesurable, as it is never truly shown.
Also, I believe there is the problem that "physical" does not necessarily relate to musclular strength. Using the example above or that of Jean Grey, is a power such as telekinesis physical because the character is genetically able to do it and does it with physical motions of their body? I'd say no, but whatever floats one's boat.
Sorry for being this sort-of technical, I just think there may be no good answer to this question. Up to a certain power level, sure, but anything that far above earth-like strength will prove difficult to classify, I fear.
(Though if it's a popularity contest, Power Girl gets my vote

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lowerbase wrote: I've always found Superman poorly developed. If it wasn't for Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve sweetheart in the 80s, it wouldn't be any different than Shazam, or any other generic hero nowadays.
Most of his stories are about his search for 'his identity'. Mainly because he has none.
I don't know. powers in comics should be trait of the character. Superman 'powers' are jack of all trades and master of all. Writing for this character must be such a nightmare. That's why he had so many bizarre powers in the old comics to fill his lack of personality.
Even Power Girl breasts have more personality than him.
Precisely why I find Supergirl a much more appealing character than Superman. She has the generic do-goody personality, but also traces of conflict due to the fact that she left Krypton when she was 16 instead of 1, making her effectively the last Kryptonian alive in a cultural sense. Superman is just an Earthling with Kryptonian powers
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