What is scaling in comics?

Introduction. Powerscaling is the method of determining a character’s power through comparing them to other characters in their series. So if Character A is stronger than Character B, and Character B is stronger than Character C, then logically, Character A is also stronger than Character C.

What is an issue in a comic?

Issues of a comic are kind of like episodes of a TV show: single-serving installments in a larger story. The numbering, obviously, tells you where that issue falls in the publication order.

What makes comics so special?

What makes them so unique? It is because it is the way it is uses text and images to engage a reader in a sequential format. The writer and artists are able to control how the reader views the comic and they are the director of the story.

What is the highest power scaling?

Yes, 2.5 billion is the current highest listed power level.

How do you do power scaling?

The logic behind powerscaling works much that of transitive relation. In which if A > B and B > C, then A > C. So if Character A is stronger than Character B, and Character B is stronger than Character C, then logically, Character A is also stronger than Character C.

What is a variant in comics?

In comic books, a variant cover (sometimes variant edition) refers to an issue of a comic book printed with multiple covers, each with unique cover art. The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of The Man of Steel, which featured two different covers by writer/artist John Byrne.

What makes a good comic character?

You will want your character to be believable, and able to draw the reader attention to the story. The strength of the comic or story is often judged by the strength of the characters. Creating a character may take some time to ensure that it is the right one for the comic that you want to create.

What makes a good comic or graphic story?

They contain words and pictures; can be short or middle-sized or long; serialised or self-contained or semi-self-contained with recurring characters; they are static and they express time, and they can come in fancy books or tatty magazines or newspapers or be on the web.

What are Whitman variants?

What a “whitman variant” really means is an early direct market comic not distributed by Marvel and most likely distributed by Western publishing between 1977 and 1979 distinguishable by a diamond.

Should we continue to use power scaling in comics?

That said, we can obviously continue to use power scaling for more internally consistent franchises headed by a single or unified creative voice. The problematic key issue is the staggering amount of different writers and contradictory stories for Marvel and DC characters over their several decades of existence.

How reliable are Marvel and DC power-scaling statistics?

Given the long history of Marvel and DC, we are still able to get fairly reliable statistics for quite a lot of characters even without power-scaling between different writers: 1) Feats: The most basic and reliable method for power-scaling would be direct feats.

Why can’t we scale power from one character to another?

Just because a certain character displays a certain extreme degree of power in one instance doesn’t imply that they will remotely possess the same scale of power in another, and that we can automatically scale another character from the higher end feat.

How many comic book appearances do you need to get banned?

For keys in existing profiles, and equipment files, one only requires at least 15 appearances across comic books, (approximately 1 year’s worth of appearances), as opposed to 20. Strictly adhere to these rules, as ignoring them purposefully will result in a ban.