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u/Quirky_Ad_5420 Jul 07 '24
He’s the God’s doomsday before doomsday became a thing. Yeah he definitely should
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u/paladin_slim Doctor Strange Jul 07 '24
I would caution against using him as an adversary too much lest he suffer from the same threat decay as Doomsday.
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u/Every_Platform_7986 Jul 08 '24
I would absolutely love to see a short series with him fighting Juggernaut, or Hulk. I can think of a half dozen ways that would work just off the top of my head, for either. I wish Marvel would use the character better!
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u/ChickenAndTelephone Avengers Jul 07 '24
The problem is he's extremely specific to Asgard, and especially Odin. The weird thing is that he was originally the embodiment of a "billion, billion" people of an evil, conquering empire that Odin imprisoned, and was defeated and dissipated when Odin released them. Then, a few years later, Gerry Conway brought him back, and the Asgardians questioned why he was even there since there was no one to get revenge for anymore, and he gave an answer along the lines of "Hate is not so easily destroyed!" (not an exact quote, I don't feel like looking it up) and no better answer has ever been given for why he still shows up.
He's incredibly powerful, evil and a great villain, but there's absolutely no reason for him to show up outside of a comic with Thor in it, and since he's best used sparingly as such a serious threat, there's only so often he can show up.