Static Shock

T'Challa

@mike_fowler:
So, producer Brad Winderbaum says that X-Men '97 is within the same continuity of all of their 90's animated shows. I think it's safe to say that they're ignoring the continuity designations from the OHOTMU.

That being said, T'Chaka being alive, when was he had been long since dead in the Fantastic Four animated series, doesn't make sense. Some fans on twitter and reddit think that Marvel is trying to erase T'Challa from their mainstream entertainment (not counting the comic books), but there's nothing to confirm that this is the case.

Doomsday's punch will do nothing to the shield

A Tale of Two Kitties w/ Babbitt and Catstello.

It's valid, in my opinion.

I think the fact that Red Skull got distracted in a real fight says more about him than T'Challa taking advantage of that. Bro was distracted twice, and the second time, he failed to recover from it before ultimately getting his jaw snapped. It's also very likely that Panther was arguably pissed off (hard to tell with the mask on) after Skull threatened to go after Wakanda, also threatened to frame him for attacking America (cuz that whole "spy on Avengers' thing he had going on was a big deal at the time) and start a war between both countries, and threw racial slurs at him. That may explain why Panther didn't exactly shine in that fight like he normally does in other fights, since he usually fights with a clear head.

Plus, almost all of these comic book battles have some context in them, and depending on the circumstances, they usually don't invalidate the outcome. I mean.. compare this fight to Panther deliberately not fighting back and letting Cap beat the crap outta him in Ridley's run.

It's a good series, and I may be responsible for some of those abstract feats. I shared them here on the Vine years ago, and they kinda got blown outta proportion.

Yeah, he has a great deal of those in his Post-Crisis ongoing lol

I think Cary Bates was focused on storytelling more, rather than showcasing how much a powerhouse Captain Atom potentially is. But, DC never cared to have him reach that potential under normal condition. It's sucks, but it is what it is.

Superman and Shazam win this.

Superman has already beaten Major Force, by melting his Dilustel skin with his heat vision. Such a tactic wouldn't work on Captain Atom due to his energy absorption ability (an ability that Major Force doesn't have), but he could still be forced to Quantum Jump, nonetheless. Atom has been staggered by Superman's heat vision before, however.

While both Atom and Force are more than strong enough to physically engage the other team (via power-scaling), the combination of their abilities may prove to be too much for them after a while. Both Shazam and Superman's superhuman physical capabilities (specifically superhuman strength, durability and speed) have more quantifiable showings to support them in combat. Atom, however, is arguably more durable than Force (the latter has failed to withstand numerous damage types that the former has shown to withstand, on-panel) and would likely last longer than Force would.

There's also the fact that Atom and Force don't exactly work well together, which is a problem that Superman and Shazam don't have. I'm just going based off of how both teams are shown to work together.

It would be a good fight, though.

I'm wondering why people are responding to that racially insensitive post, rather than flagging it...

Anyway, I'm gonna go with Luke....

@geekryan: Aight....

After what Jean did in the season finale, I concede that she is suitable for the battle forums now lol