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Originally Posted by Parademon1

No, that was Gladiator. Reed just deduced that some of his power was confidence based & that the Baxter building shoulda crumbled when he lifted it. He then used some image inducer to make Gladiator think he was punching him & using his eye beams on him which were proving ineffective cuz in reality, Gladiator was usuing his powers on Cap who had his Adamantium/Vibranium shield up vs Gladiator's blows/heat vision When "Reed" didn't go down, Gladiator was shocked & momentarily doubted his powers, that's when Sue was able to KO him with an invisible battering ram type shot.

Gladiator has gone toe to to Toe with just about every hero/villain that is a heavy hitter in the marvel universe. In his encounter with the Hulk at a nuclear reactor site, the Hulk found out during the battle that Gladiator was vulnerable to certain radiation & punched a hole in the side of a tank of nuclear radiation & shoved Gladiator face 1st into it & then proceeded to pummel Gladiator into unconsciousness. Gladiator did manage to burn a huge hole into the Hulks chest exposing his internal organs during the fight as well as take the Hulk into space where the Hulk had to think quick & popped Gladiators ears before he suffocated in space. Gladiator has easily bested the Thing, Colossus in battle as well as defeated Hyperion. Though Thanos was sick & "dying" in his battle vs the Imperial Guard, he was still holding his own & kicking many of their butts until the "big gun" showed up & cleaned his clock.

Gladiator is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaad man.

Oh, I certainly agree that Gladiator is a super-heavyweight. I don't put Thing or Colossus remotely close to him. Hyperion? Sometimes he fluctuates wildly. Sentry, Gladiator, Strontian (Xenith), Blue Marvel (his strength level has also been inconsistent, at times), Hyperion, and (maybe) Count Nefaria are on a completely different level...most definitely.

You're right, I'm remembering more now that you mention the details. Gladiator was chasing the Skrulls and they managed to injure him somehow. About that building lift, it's funny how when Byrne migrated over to DC, he used that same concept of partial psionics to explain how Superman lifts things that should crumble under their own weight.

You've made me hungry to read that period of FF again. I need to pick up some old Byrne FF trades along with the Thanos arc Sabah mentioned (which I found already). Which Hulk run are you referencing? I vaguely remember that...