"Having said that, I still don't see how Spider-man could have beaten up Firelord, even if he was in a T&J game.

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Character 1: Medium power, one of company's flagship characters, with a strop on
Character 2: Medium to high power but unimportant
Firelord gets upgraded a bit if anyone can actually remember him using the Power Cosmic. His main function was to look a bit rubbish, really. (BTW, the way Spidey did it was to flip out cos his life totally sucked and bounce all around Firelord hitting him from every direction till he fell down. IIRC Captain America had to bring him out of the red mist.)
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