Who is the strongest Marvel superhero?

It’s pretty much the Hulk. His strength has been measured at the highest level in the Marvel Universe, Class 100, but nobody has ever documented the full extent of his strength because the Hulk gets stronger the madder he gets and would you want to test this out? This is why every strong character in Marvel has had a battle with the Hulk.

Class 100 means a superhero can lift 100 tons, according to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition from the ‘80s. I don’t know how they test it but it’s just a way to measure the unmeasurable. A few other select characters in Marvel are at Class 100, including gods Thor and Hercules, the Avenger Wonder Man, the Sentry, Squadron Supreme member Hyperion and the Shi’ar Imperial Guard member Gladiator (the last three are Superman analogues).

Aside from the Hulk, Thor is basically the strongest mortal in the Marvel Universe and may be more powerful overall as he has abilities that the Hulk lacks. Most Avengers fights are pretty much over when Thor is in town. However, he isn’t stronger than Superman, as established in the JLA/Avengers miniseries. Superman was able to knock out Thor, although it took everything he had and left Superman staggering. This led to the awesome scene of the other Avengers dogpiling on Superman and beating the tar out of him for beating up one of their own.

Close to Class 100 strength are heroes like the Thing, Colossus, Namor the Sub-Mariner and She-Hulk. The She-Hulk is not quite as powerful as her cousin since anger isn’t her motivator, but she makes up for it by keeping her intelligence and personality, and is definitely one of the heavy hitters of Marvel. Just below these characters in terms of strength are those like Iron Man, the Vision, Giant Man/Goliath/whatever Hank Pym calls himself, and Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers). Rogue was very strong, as she permanently absorbed part of Carol’s strength, but they’ve screwed with her powers over the years so I don’t know if she still is.

All the Asgardians are pretty strong and I’m sure Odin could beat down his son if he wanted to. Some of the more cosmic characters like the Silver Surfer have superhuman strength but they have other powers and don’t need to do much heavy lifting. I’m sure Galactus could pick up the planet but he has other things to do (like eating the planet).

Wolverine and Captain America are strong but not really superhuman. Cap technically doesn’t have any super powers as he is as strong as it’s possible for a human to be without being superhuman. I always liked that message: That Captain America is basically just a human like you and me and it’s possible for anyone to attain his strength.