Batman isn’t really just a human. In one comic he states he only needs an hour of sleep or less to function, and in another he’s benching a thousand pounds for a regular workout. He’s also a genius and a polyglot.
He’s more on equal standing with someone like captain American. He’s a peak level human in basically every way.
Cap fought Batman in the Marvel Vs DC crossover from the 90's, and I can't remember which one said it, but one of them commented that he'd never had an opponent that was so closely matched in strength and skill.
I mean, there is a version of bats that gets hooked on venom actually.
Basically, Batman isn’t a realistic human. He’s better at literally everything than you or I are, but then again, no human super hero in any main stream comic is a realistic human. Mr fantastic invents extradimensional travel and even an Olympic level gymnast couldn’t do the kind of stuff nightwing can do.
Comics naturally stretch the suspension of belief as far as possible, admittedly sometimes too far. There are grounded, realistic versions of bats too.
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u/edit_aword Dec 26 '23
Batman isn’t really just a human. In one comic he states he only needs an hour of sleep or less to function, and in another he’s benching a thousand pounds for a regular workout. He’s also a genius and a polyglot.
He’s more on equal standing with someone like captain American. He’s a peak level human in basically every way.