Marvel's Top 50 Greatest Slugfests of All Time (1961-1999)!!!

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Marvel's Top 50 Greatest Slugfests of All Time!! (1961-1999)

This article I wrote back in the beginning of 2000. I figured the end of the world was coming so it was time to write a complete and comprehensive listing of the top 50 greatest Marvel Slugfests ever to grace a funnybook. Now it's almost been 12 years since I wrote this and new brawls have come out that could've cracked the top 50 (Thor vs Superman from the JLA/Avengers #2 in 2003 comes to mind) but I've been out of hardcore comic collecting since 2003 so it hasn't been updated and my expertise is not what it used too be. But I'm still confident to say that this list is still very accurate.

Now judging how I rank a slugfest is based on the interest/action/excitement/destruction/savagery/will/intensity/outcome of the fight alone. The stories were not taken into consideration...it's just pure battle baby!!! So give it a look and see if your greatest Marvel scrap made the cut!! And remember, we have Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to thank everyday for being the founding fathers of the comic slugfests. Without them everything would be 50's DC camp...


MARVEL'S TOP 50 GREATEST SLUGFESTS OF ALL TIME (1961-1999)


1. Journey into Mystery #112 (1965)- Hulk vs Thor
2. Fantastic Four #25,26 (1964)-Hulk vs Fantastic Four and the Avengers
3. Journey into Mystery #125/ The Mighty Thor #126 (1966)-Thor vs Hercules
4. Silver Surfer #4 (1968)-Thor vs Silver Surfer
5. Tales of Suspense #79,80/ Tales to Astonish #82 (1966)-Iron man vs Sub-Mariner
6. Fantastic Four #112 (1971)-Hulk vs Thing
7. Fantastic Four #55 (1966)-Thing vs Silver Surfer
8. The Incredible Hulk #340 (1987)-Hulk vs Wolverine
9. The Uncanny X-men #212,213 (1986)-Wolverine vs Sabertooth
10. Fantastic Four #242-244 (1982)-heroes vs Galactus
11. Fantastic Four #39,40 (1965)-Fantastic Four and Daredevil vs Dr. Doom
12. The Mighty Thor #387-389 (1987)-Thor vs Celestials
13. The Amazing Spider-man #229,230 (1982)-Spider-man vs Juggernaut
14. The Sub-Mariner #8 (1968)-Sub-Mariner vs Thing
15. The Mighty Thor #385 (1987)-Hulk vs Thor
16. Spider-man vs Wolverine-one-shot (1986)-Spider-man vs Wolverine
17. Infinity Gauntlet #1-6 (1991)-Thanos vs everybody
18. Daredevil #7 (1965)-Daredevil vs Sub-Mariner
19. The Uncanny X-men #112,113 (1978)-X-men vs Magneto
20. Wolverine #4-limited series (1982)-Wolverine vs Shingen
21. Avengers #273-277 (1986)-Avengers vs Masters of Evil
22. Marvel Feature #11 (1973)-Hulk vs Thing
23. The Uncanny X-men #172 (1983)-Wolverine vs Silver Samuri
24. Superman vs Spider-man-treasury (1976)-Superman vs Spider-man
25. The Uncanny X-men #183 (1984)-Colossus vs Juggernaut
26. Avengers #165,166 (1977)-Avengers vs Count Nefaria
27. Daredevil #181 (1982)-Daredevil vs Bullseye
28. Silver Surfer #14 (1970)-Silver Surfer vs Spider-man
29. The Uncanny X-men #137 (1980)-X-men vs Imperial Guard
30. The Incredible Hulk vs Superman-one-shot (1999)-Hulk vs Superman
31. The Incredible Hulk #321,322 (1986)-Hulk vs Avengers and West coast Avengers
32. Future Imperfect #2 (1992)-Hulk vs Maestro
33. The Invincible Iron man #149,150 (1981)-Iron man vs Dr. Doom
34. Secret Wars #1-12-limited series (1984)-heroes vs villians vs Beyonder
35. Tales to Astonish #100 (1968)-Hulk vs Sub-Mariner
36. Strange Tales #140, 141 (1966)-Dr.Strange vs Dormmamu
37. The Amazing Spider-man #122 (1973)-Spider-man vs Green Goblin
38. Daredevil #163 (1978)-Hulk vs Daredevil
39. Tales of Suspense #80,81 (1966)-Captain America vs Red skull
40. Marvel Universe: Onslaught-one-shot (1996)-heroes vs Onslaught
41. The Amazing Spider-man annual #1 (1964)-Spider-man vs Sinister Six
42. Fantastic Four #57-60 (1966-1967)-Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer vs Dr. Doom
43. Marvel Two in One annual #7 (1982)-heroes vs Champion
44. The Amazing Spider-man #269,270 (1985)-Spider-man vs Firelord
45. Tales of Suspense #85 (1966)-Captain America vs Batroc
46. The Amazing Spider-man #8 (1963)-Spider-man vs Human Torch
47. Punisher War Journal #6,7 (1989)-Punisher vs Wolverine
48. Strange Tales annual #2 (1963)-Spider-man vs Human Torch
49. Captain America annual #8 (1986)-Captain America vs Wolverine
50. Contest of the Champions II #3 (1999)-Thor vs Storm

Well, is it still accurate? Yes? No?

Tell me what fights you loved and that I missed!! It can be Marvel, DC, or any company. List your top fights of today!!!!

[Riffster]

It was short but what about Batman vs Hulk?

[david_b]

22. Marvel Feature #11 (1973)-Hulk vs Thing

One of my first.. (GREAT STARLIN ART..!!).. and one of the BEST comics ever..!!

david_b

[Mego Superboy Prime]

22. Marvel Feature #11 (1973)-Hulk vs Thing

One of my first.. (GREAT STARLIN ART..!!).. and one of the BEST comics ever..!!

david_b

Amen...

[VintageMike]

22. Marvel Feature #11 (1973)-Hulk vs Thing

One of my first.. (GREAT STARLIN ART..!!).. and one of the BEST comics ever..!!

david_b

That & #11 were the lead in for one my favorite titles of all time: Marvel Two In One.

[MIB41]

I think the Hulk vs the Thing will always be my personal favorite. Lord knows I played more than a few rounds of that with my Mego-versions back in the day!

[Hector]

Hulk vs the Thing is my all time favorite rivalry.

It's like two super heavyweight boxers going at it toe-to-toe...only...the Hulk is a world class fighter like Mike Tyson...and the Thing is like a very brave journeyman who can take a helluva beating...yet keeps on fighting with nothing but heart...I love good 'ol jolly Ben Grimm...

[The Toyroom]

If you're opening it up to non-Marvel slugfests....

Superman vs. Doomsday (Superman Vol.2 #75)
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (All-New Collectors' Edition C-56)
Batman vs. Bane (Batman #497)

[Bruce Banner]

The Hulk vs Thing match ups remain my favourite Marvel battles, too.
The best ones were such genuinely iconic fights. Classic stuff.

[david_b]

Hulk vs the Thing is my all time favorite rivalry.

It's like two super heavyweight boxers going at it toe-to-toe...only...the Hulk is a world class fighter like Mike Tyson...and the Thing is like a very brave journeyman who can take a helluva beating...yet keeps on fighting with nothing but heart...I love good 'ol jolly Ben Grimm...

Hector, excellent points! Here's a fun write-up of their team-ups, comparing them to 'Martin and Lewis'..

Giant Size Marvel Comics: The Thing: June 2008 Archives - A Blog For True Believers

I picked up that Marvel Graphic Novel done by Starlin thanks to this article, and it ROCKS.. Very Funny Stuff..!



david_b

[david_b]

Here's another favorite..: Fantastic Four #63.

While it's not on the top of anyone's list, it's still ol' Ben Grimm at his best ("Awww... SHADDUP!")..:



david_b

[bizzaro megomauler]

Hulk vs Thor from one of the later issues, the# escapes me it was an "untold tale" the entire book one huge fight, hulk gets bored and leaves at the end. this will forever be my favorite slugfest. outside the realm Dragonball Z has fights that last 3-4 episodes! thats a long fight!

[huedell]

Hulk vs the Thing is my all time favorite rivalry.

It's like two super heavyweight boxers going at it toe-to-toe...only...the Hulk is a world class fighter like Mike Tyson...and the Thing is like a very brave journeyman who can take a helluva beating...yet keeps on fighting with nothing but heart...I love good 'ol jolly Ben Grimm...

Sounds kinda like ROCKY vs. APOLLO to me.

BTW...not that I'm Mr. Comicbook, but that^^^ "Marvel Vs." was the first
I thought of when I saw the title....of course if it was DC it'd be
"SUPES/CAP MARVEL".

Now THAT's a cool tag team idea, eh?

HULK/THING vs. SUPES/CAP. MARVEL

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Hulk vs Thor from one of the later issues, the# escapes me it was an "untold tale" the entire book one huge fight, hulk gets bored and leaves at the end. this will forever be my favorite slugfest. outside the realm Dragonball Z has fights that last 3-4 episodes! thats a long fight!

That would be Hulk vs Thor from Thor #385 which is ranked #15 on this list. The Hulk proved he didn't need to have a hammer to pound on Thor. It was awesome because Thor was a bloody mess but still wanted to fight. The Hulk got tired of beating on him and leaped away. Stan Lee wrote the script while Jim Shooter wrote the plot.

Great stuff!!

[Hector]

Hector, excellent points! Here's a fun write-up of their team-ups, comparing them to 'Martin and Lewis'..

Giant Size Marvel Comics: The Thing: June 2008 Archives - A Blog For True Believers

I picked up that Marvel Graphic Novel done by Starlin thanks to this article, and it ROCKS.. Very Funny Stuff..!

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/1/7/9/7/hulk.bmp

david_b

You should see the pro-built Horizon models of Hulk and the Thing I have...they are awesome together.

I might be selling them soon as a set...stay tuned...