Batman is NOT a superhero...

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Posted: 8/28/2015 8:26:49 AM EDT

He's just a really rich guy with cool toys and advanced martial arts training.

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Posted: 8/28/2015 8:27:36 AM EDT

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Fights crime = super hero

see also; the Punisher

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:28:57 AM EDT

[#2]

Agreed. He's a vigilante.

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Posted: 8/28/2015 8:30:47 AM EDT

[#3]

He's also a genius; so you could say his intellect is a super power.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:31:51 AM EDT

[#4]

Batman<Ironman

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:31:57 AM EDT

[#5]

So Ironman/Tony Stark isn't one either?

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:32:47 AM EDT

[#6]

Correct. Punisher also NOT a superhero. Antihero, vigilante, or hero, depending on punisher or batman. No super powers, no super hero.

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Posted: 8/28/2015 8:34:27 AM EDT

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Nope, again, really rich guy, really smart, really cool toys, not a "Super" hero.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:36:52 AM EDT

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He also has a really raspy voice. It gets kind of annoying after a while.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:40:09 AM EDT

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Nope, again, really rich guy, really smart, really cool toys, not a "Super" hero.

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So Ironman/Tony Stark isn't one either?

Nope, again, really rich guy, really smart, really cool toys, not a "Super" hero.

Money is a super power damnit!

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:42:10 AM EDT

[#10]

You are correct. He may be the "world's greatest detective" but he's still just a dude.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:42:22 AM EDT

[#11]

He is the world's greatest detective.

Now all super powers are lasers and shit...

Being a super genius and being the world's greatest detective would make him a "super hero".

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:45:53 AM EDT

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If money is your argument then you've cut like half of the superheros down.

OP has money, he's not a real poster

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:48:30 AM EDT

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Being a super genius and being the world's greatest detective would make him a "super hero".

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Exactly.

The punisher would be a "super" killer.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:54:09 AM EDT

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Can riches be a super power? Batman wouldn't be Batman without the gadgets. The gadgets come from the money.

If not, fine, he's not a superhero. He's still a badass. And possible.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:55:32 AM EDT

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Don't confuse super hero with one that holds super powers.

You can be a super hero without super powers.

Just because you have super powers does not make you a super hero.

Posted: 8/28/2015 8:57:17 AM EDT

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Posted: 8/28/2015 9:01:00 AM EDT

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+1

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:04:13 AM EDT

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X > Everyone else. That is all.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:22:03 AM EDT

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Can riches be a super power? Batman wouldn't be Batman without the gadgets. The gadgets come from the money.

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Ask the ATF....

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:27:53 AM EDT

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Superman is not a super hero, He is just a regular dude where he comes from.

He is actually an illegal alien.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:32:05 AM EDT

[#21]

I thought Bane was the hero of the last film.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:36:05 AM EDT

[#22]

Batman's super power is his super-preparedness.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:43:44 AM EDT

[#23]

He has cool toys, martial arts training, good reflexes and is like Timex, takes a beating and keeps on ticking.

Let's see if he can do that when he reaches middle age. Beer Gut Batman.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:50:29 AM EDT

[#24]

I've yet to find a DC character that I like.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:53:55 AM EDT

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I'm in the same boat mostly. However, I've grown to like Aquaman. It's surprising how duo the character actually is.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:54:37 AM EDT

[#26]

you guys are a bunch of badasses. Yeah batman is a super hero

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:55:50 AM EDT

[#27]

How about we stop making comic book hero movies? Batman is cool, but the nonstop Avengers/Fantastic Four/etc is just annoying.

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:56:52 AM EDT

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Deathstroke?

Posted: 8/28/2015 9:57:38 AM EDT

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He has cool toys, martial arts training, good reflexes and is like Timex, takes a beating and keeps on ticking.

Let's see if he can do that when he reaches middle age. Beer Gut Batman.

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Ahem...

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:02:49 AM EDT

[#30]

He's also a passive-aggressive pussy.

Sure, he'll go all Jackie Chan on some POS but he won't actually pull the trigger on a bad guy and remove a threat. He has no problem with letting them die by their own hand while he stands around scratching his bat-ass and preaching some sanctimonious bullshit.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:03:46 AM EDT

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Michael Keaton does not have a raspy voice, and he is Batman.

...and Batman is a masked vigilante and a skilled detective with great intellect.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:06:28 AM EDT

[#32]

In a technical sense no, he's not a superhero. He's by definition a vigilante.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:06:50 AM EDT

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I fight crime, does that mean I am a super hero?

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:10:52 AM EDT

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I fight crime, does that mean I am a super hero?

Are you dating Katie Holmes?

Then no not a super hero.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:23:40 AM EDT

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SWEAR TO ME!

*hack...cough*

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:24:01 AM EDT

[#36]

I've always defined a comic superhero as someone who battles evil with abilities beyond what a normal person could possess. It doesn't matter if it came from a serum, radiation, etc. or they were born with it.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:27:35 AM EDT

[#37]

Correct, he's not a superhero, he's a vigilante.

The fact that he is not a superhero and still manages to kick ass is why I find him to be super fucking awesome!

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:29:52 AM EDT

[#38]

Batman could totally wipe the floor with Superman. Just put bits of kryptonite all up in his bat suit.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:39:10 AM EDT

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by that metric , so could anyone else .

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:40:59 AM EDT

[#40]

He's extra good at being a hero. He's super at it if you will.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:41:03 AM EDT

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by that metric , so could anyone else .

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Batman could totally wipe the floor with Superman. Just put bits of kryptonite all up in his bat suit.

by that metric , so could anyone else .

Pretty much...except Bruce Wayne could get his hands on kryptonite.

I'm not sure I'd be able to track any down, or purchase it.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:41:16 AM EDT

[#42]

double

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:45:57 AM EDT

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Pretty much...except Bruce Wayne could get his hands on kryptonite.

I'm not sure I'd be able to track any down, or purchase it.

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Batman could totally wipe the floor with Superman. Just put bits of kryptonite all up in his bat suit.

by that metric , so could anyone else .

Pretty much...except Bruce Wayne could get his hands on kryptonite.

I'm not sure I'd be able to track any down, or purchase it.

Superman would have killed batman in the comics..he held back however.

Batman came very prepared...

But at the end of the day...one on one fight...Superman is going to win.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:48:53 AM EDT

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Sgt. Rock.

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:51:02 AM EDT

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Ask the ATF....

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Can riches be a super power? Batman wouldn't be Batman without the gadgets. The gadgets come from the money.

If not, fine, he's not a superhero. He's still a badass. And possible.

Ask the ATF....

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Yup

body armor and carbines to fuck with ares armor

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:51:47 AM EDT

[#46]

agreed! just like Tony Stark

Posted: 8/28/2015 10:58:26 AM EDT

[#47]

Entertainment....the opiate of the masses.

Posted: 8/28/2015 11:00:15 AM EDT

[#48]

If you ever played Marvel Superheros in the 90s (a lot like a D&D game), their definition of a hero is someone who does the right thing at the right time. Their definition of a super hero is someone that does it with super powers. Basically having super powers has nothing to do with being a hero.