Lets do a little history lesson:

Initially, there was just Street, Meta, EM, and Herald.

Street was pretty much Captain America and down.

Meta went from just above Captain America (someone like Yondu maybe) up to include Spider Man, and debatably class 50 bricks. EM went up through Iron Man. Herald was, well, herald of Galactus herald.

The result was that there was a huge gap in the EM range and guys like Namor, Wonder Woman, Wonder Man, and several others were hotly debated, but all were herald level at the time.

Thus, the PM classification was created, to take the bottom end of the previous heralds and the top end of the previous EMs.

PM's were ALMOST heralds...they might match heralds in JUST EP or in JUST PHYSICAL stats, but wouldn't have versatility...guys like Immortal Hercules, maybe Magneto, etc. Many have PLANETARY level power, but, like with Magneto, he still has human stamina, durability, reaction time, etc, which limits him when compared to a REAL herald of Galactus.

EM's are called Enhanced Meta's for a reason...MOST of what you'd call 'powerful' superhumans in either universe fall in that category...its the guys who can be both powerful and versatile, or pretty darned powerful in a limited way. Guys like Storm were the DEFINITION of this category. Thunderstrike and Ms. Marvel are BOTH more powerful than Storm, and both at the top end of EM. The Thing, the Human Torch...this is what EM is about.

Think of it like a pyramid...you can only have so many guys at the most powerful levels without invalidating the rest of the universe. Herald should, and does, have ONLY about the most elite non cosmics out there.

Next is PM's...the guys that are almost at the top...but not quite there.



> which will change my mind, accordingly.