Which weapon would you prefer?

[Jerry W. Loper]

If you were a comic book supervillain, which one of these weapons would you prefer to get your hands on?  (1) an atomic bomb with the same explosive power as the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (about 20 kilotons), or (2) the Tantalus field?  (In the old Star Trek episode "Mirror Mirror" the Tantalus field was a device with a viewscreen and a button; whoever was shown on screen would be wiped out of existence if you pressed the button.)  (Let's assume that the Tantalus field's range is 1,000 feet; that is, you can't use it to kill somebody who's miles away.)

[MTL76]

Tantalus field. Less collateral damage. And nukes would be easy to come by for an alpha male villain.

[I Shot Devilot™]

Tantalus field.   

.....tell me they didn't defeat the user by holding up a mirror as soon as he pressed the button....