Firelord

Before anyone asks, I am not of the opinion that all of Galactus' heralds can beat Superman in a fight. Silver Surfer is a given. Firelord certainly. Maybe Terrax. I could see Stardust possibly winning. Red Shift, Air Walker, Morg, and Nova all suck hard.

Lots of people mistake Firelord for a simple fire elemental, like the Human Torch or any of the other half million fire manipulating super-folk. If that were true Firelord would have a bit of a problem flying through space at the speed of light finding planets for Galactus. Firelord is more akin to a human star than a Human Torch. He can manipulate energies even greater than that of mere fire. In addition to the stellar plasma that makes up his form, Firelord has control over the forces of both light and gravity (amongst other things that I imagine would prove less useful). Begs the question, if he has the properties of a living sun and controls light, couldn't he make himself like a RED living sun, thus robbing Superman of his powers? Not that Firelord would really know to do it, but he probably could. He is drawn red half the time anyway. Also, as a herald of Galactus he is both nigh invulnerable and capable moving faster than light (all the heralds that matter can).

Of course, being a living sun doesn't automatically prove that one can destroy Superman. Remember Solaris? Well, Firelord isn't a gay living sun like Solaris. Anyway, Superman flies through stars all the time. Sometimes this proves harmful (All-Star Superman, even though he didn't actually die from it. Just thought he was gonna) and sometimes he doesn't give it a second thought (Infinite Crisis). Being a living, sentient sun that can move faster than the speed of light is what gives Firelord the advantage. Superman couldn't lay a hand on Firelord, giving Firelord all the time he would need to pelt him with the countless numbers of radiation at his disposal as a living sun.

I believe many misconceptions about Firelord's powers stem from his name. "Firelord" is an awesome name and Marvel comics was lucky to snap it up, but it really doesn't do Firelord a lot of justice. Makes him sound like a dollar store Human Torch, when in reality he is an ass-kicking living sun (a living sun who is sometimes red). And he could beat Superman in a fight.

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