He later switches powers with Bridget, becoming the superstrong and nigh-invulnerable hero Smasher. Number Four was one of Mother of Champions' superstrong and tough children. However, the least strong cardinal is larger than the least superstrong cardinal. Some time later, he encountered the Recorder during the attack of the superstrong monster Mangog. He developed a hard, diamond-like body that was superstrong. Strong cardinals also lie below superstrong cardinals and Woodin cardinals in consistency strength. Superstrong approximation therefore is a concrete quantitative improvement on these statements. Existence of subcompact cardinals implies existence of many 1-extendible cardinals, and hence many superstrong cardinals.