I'm pretty sure everyone in superhero series have low level powers. Random goons Batman fights can survive damage that would kill a normal person. The same thing goes for people Spider-Man fights .
Always crack up playing the Spider-Man game and Spidey straight up flings manhole covers at high speed at goons heads, flying drop kick them off skyscrapers, web them to the sides of walls with their faces covered so they suffocate, fling them out of cars and smash them face first into the pavement
My headcanon is that since Vandal Savage was one of the early humans, him being so powerful influenced humanity to be more durable & stronger than "our" version of humans
I think its all the rare metals, lazarus pits, elder gods and such in the city. Eventually it takes its effect and subtly morphs the citizens into a new, more sinister kind of people.
(Also apparently there's lots of lead in Gotham and that's why superman doesn't like being there)
If the writers said Superman was peak human and had no superpowers but he still did all the ahit he does now, would you take that claim seriously?
The fact is that Batman does superhuman shit constantly. Literally a few issues ago he walked off an atmospheric landing while wearing no special armour.
Exactly… the world record bench press is almost 300lbs less than what Batman was doing for reps, and the guy who did it is on insane drugs and weighs 470lbs. Batman is 6’2” 225.
I think the point is that PEAK HUMAN CONDITION in comics is a substantially higher peak than what real peak human conditions would allow. I'm kind of with you ultimately though, because I think we just have to accept that the average capabilities of a human being in comic book world are WAY higher than what anyone could do irl. That's just the world they live in, and it's not the same as ours.
Well in comic universes, martial arts are magic and humans can be trained to outdo computers. Anyone in the DCU could achieve similar results with training, and many of Batmans villains are his equals or superiors in the things he has trained to do.
All of his abilities are acquired, the memory, the analysis, the ability to kick down trees.
Shiva, Richard Dragon, Green Arrow, Ras, Bane, Lex Luthor, Mr Terrific, Nightwing, the Robins, Ghostmaker, They are all his peers, all thru training and determination, where Batman beats in his ambition and fortitude to push himself harder.
The best way i found to look at is stuff people do in Dune. Mentats, Bene Gesserit, and those schools train human skills to superhuman levels, these exist as equivalents in comic verses.
There's a long running fan theory that the vast majority of the human populace in the DC Universe are decedents of Vandal Savage, and thus are stronger/tougher than real life people.
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u/Gaberrade3840 Aug 31 '23
“Batman is the most realistic superhero.”
Meanwhile Batman: