who was the toughest marvel hero of the silver/bronze age

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

Off my basic knowledge of fights from those eras that I read, I never saw the Hulk beat Thor. He had a go at the Surfer and he changed him back to Banner.

[Hector]

Now, who I think is the most powerful of those listed?

Hands down the Silver Surfer.

[Hector]

But that's not exactly a tough trait, that's being more noble and heroic...like I previously mentioned.

Being plain tough is not necessarily being heroic. Hercules is someone who loves to fight for the heck of it...whether he wins or gets his arse handed to him...he just keeps on coming...drinks a gallon of wine afterwards...then beds some wench...that's a tough hombre, my humble opinion of course, lol.

The Thing comes to mind as well...

[Mr.Marion]

reading some old issues there doesn't seem to be much between the following
silver surfer
thor
the hulk
wonder man
hercules

Silver Surfer and Thor from that list.
Both were targeted by Mephisto. Perhaps because they are best examples of hope for what heroes of Earth could be.

[Hector]

Toughest? You might wanna be a bit more specific. Some are stronger, some overall more powerful etc.

To me, the one who loves to fight, he lives for it, can both dish it and take it...is Hercules. Hulk fights because he's mad, Thor is more similar to Hercules, but seems more refined to me. Didnt follow Wonder Man that much...and Silver Surfer is too noble.

I'd pick Hercules for sheer toughness.

BTW, the DC version of Hercules sucks...Wonder Woman can kick his butt, lol.

[daz71]

reading some old issues there doesn't seem to be much between the following
silver surfer
thor
the hulk
wonder man
hercules