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[Marvel] I've been told that a lot of the characters in the MCU were "scaled down". How much more powerful are the comic versions of the main cast?

Loki in particular seems pretty weak in the movies, to the point where without that staff he'd just get steamrolled by anybody who knew what they were doing.
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**Iron Man**'s suits are usually tougher than they're portrayed in the films; there's heavier use of forcefields, often some nanotech. He controls Extremis, which usually means he has some personal superpowers (regeneration, armour that can liquefy and store itself inside his body, "technopathy", stuff like that.) More is made of his chest-beam being especially powerful, and of "special" suits with unique abilities.

**Thor** is significantly stronger and tougher. He's effectively invulnerable to everything but special magical attacks, and strong enough to shatter planets. He's a god, not an alien, in most continuities (although the idea that Asgardians are aliens has shown up in the comics before.) More is made of his control over lightning, which barely shows up in the films. He has vaguely-defined spellcasting abilities, as do all Asgardians. He can channel some of his life-force into a "Godblast", which can defeat almost anything; it's powerful enough to stop the Juggernaut.

**Black** **Widow** has taken a knockoff Soviet version of the super-soldier serum, granting her superhuman strength, agility, healing etc. She doesn't age.

**Captain** **America** is actually a little physically weaker in the comics - they make a big deal about him being "only" as good as the best normal human would be at a task. On the other hand, he's got significantly enhanced mental abilities; he's instantly familiar with any weapon, has a perfect memory from the point he took the super-serum, has some sort of superhuman ability to analyse a battlefield, and so on.

**Hulk** has become strong enough to destroy planets in the comics, and he's usually at a higher strength level than the films. More is made of the fact that his strength is *proportional* to his rage, rather than merely triggered by it. More is made of his healing factor; he's recovered from extremely serious injuries in moments. He has some kind of enhanced mental defences; also, he can see ghosts for some reason. He adapts to different environments, allowing him to survive underwater, in space etc (although it's not clear if this is the case in the MCU.)

I believe **Quicksilver** is much faster in the comics. He's been known to create whirlwinds, stuff like that. He heals faster and is tougher than a normal human. More is made of the idea that he's *always* fast, which makes him extremely impatient.

**Scarlet** **Witch** has even broader and vaguer powers than in the films. She can do basically anything. It's just ... magic. Usually she's *mostly* a probability manipulator, although she does other stuff. Also, she's famous for occasionally getting amped by some magic thing or another and rewriting reality across the entire planet.

**Hawkeye** has a flying motorcycle, and occasionally throws plates, coins, stuff like that when he doesn't have any arrows.

**Vision**'s actually less powerful; he can't do that internet trick. His powers are more well-defined: he can shoot blasts from his head-jewel (which absorbs "solar energy"), make himself denser to become invulnerable, make himself less dense to fly and phase through things. He time-travelled once, not sure how.