Paul Bunyan (William B. Laughead)

==Summary==
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack from American tall tales, whose story was originally told orally through North American loggers. Paul Bunyan is commonly associated with a giant ox named Babe. This profile focuses on the first popular incarnation of Paul Bunyan, whose story was written and illustrated by William B. Laughead in the book The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan, of which all subsequent Paul Bunyan media is based on.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely higher
Name: Paul Bunyan
Origin: The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan
Gender: Male
Age: At least 39 (Assuming he had hit the zenith of his powers in the 1880s or 1890s and his peak was hit as an adult, at the latest he would've been born in 1881), likely over 130 (was claimed to have invented lumbering, which the book claims had basis on fact and was invented in 1790Laughead, W. B., The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan (1922))
Classification: Giant lumberjack
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Large Size (Type 1 or 2; slightly taller than Babe, whose space between his eyes were either 7 axehandles or 42 axehandles across), Longevity, possibly Immortality (Type 1, despite lumbering having been invented 130 years prior to Paul Bunyan's last appearance in 1920, Paul Bunyan hasn't shown any sign of aging), Weapon Mastery (His axe and various lumbering tools), Healing (Put Sport, a dog he chopped in half, back together, although Sport's legs were inverted as a result)
Attack Potency: At least Large Town level (Comparable to Big Joe and is one of only two people who can blow Big Joe's dinner horn. Big Joe frequently made Mt. Lassen erupt when cooking beans and his biscuits caused earthquakes when dropped. These eruptions were all recorded at up to VEI 3 or 200 kilotons of TNT. As a baby, Paul Bunyan destroyed 4 square miles of forest just by tossing and turning), likely higher (Had Babe move a mountain to save Brimstone Bill. His tracks are said to be the formation of Minnesota's many lakes. He created the San Juan Islands while shoveling dirt into Puget Sound out of frustration and created the Great Lakes as a watering hole for Babe.)
Speed: At least Subsonic (Considered airplanes to be too slow), likely far higher (When traveling from New York and Westwood on skis, Paul Bunyan traveled so fast he didn't see the Allegheny or the Rocky Mountains and just considered them as bumps in the road)
Lifting Strength: Class M to Class G (Lifted four oxen of comparable size to Babe in order to turn them around)
Striking Strength: At least Large Town level, likely higher
Durability: At least Large Town level, likely higher
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Tens of meters to Hundreds of meters via size
Standard Equipment: His axe, various lumbering tools, his ox: Babe
Intelligence: Gifted, Paul Bunyan was claimed to have invented modern lumbering and has either crafted or invented tools for the trade such as the two-man saw, which Paul Bunyan invented to make up for the loss of output from the Seven Axemen parting ways with him.
Weaknesses: None notable.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Large Sized Characters
Category:Longevity Users
Category:Immortals
Category:Weapon Masters
Category:Healers
Category:Literary Classics Characters