Batman: Really a superhero?
Brett commented earlier today about the poll on my blog asking which superhero is greatest. He said:
"I didn't know where else to say this but it's right next to the poll so I'll leave it here: BATMAN IS NOT A SUPERHERO! HE HAS A FUCKING UTILITY BELT!"That's a good point, to which I replied:
"That's true, and actually, the Dictionary.com definition for "Superhero" is: "a hero, esp. in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers." That takes Batman out of the running if you include "magical" powers, but the definition says "often", not "always". Does a superhero really have to have super powers? Or by "superhero" is it just saying a hero that is superior to other heroes? Further, Batman may not have "magical" powers, but he still clearly possesses "extraordinary" powers."
So what do you guys think? Clearly 10 of you think Batman is the best, so DEFEND your hero. And Brett, please, fire back with as much profanity as possible.
4 comments:
Weird, I just made a Batman reference on my blog and here you are with a whole post about it. Anyway, the reason Batman is not only a superhero but the greatest superhero is precisely because he doesn't have any super powers. He's just a badass, brooding, darkly funny man with a shit load of kick ass gadgets.
He doesn't have Superman's super everything, he doesn't have Spiderman's spider based powers (but they do share some damn funny quipage), he doesn't have Wolverine's healing power or adamantium claws (the adamantium is also not a super power, but it was only accepted into his body because of the healing power, so maybe it is a super power, or at least a super conondrum), and he damn sight doesn't have any of Wonder Woman's wonder period bullshit powers. Yet the dark knight still kicks ass.
So fuck Superman, fuck Spidey, fuck Wolvie, and I'll fuck Wonder Woman, Batman is the shit and always will be. Besides, who needs super powers when you have the Batmobile?
PS, I'm back at zachfrancis.blogspot.com. The computer is fixed and the writing is back and just as pointless as ever.
hey batman is super rich doesnt that count?
Batman kicks ass he could beat the shit out of Superman and Superman knows it. In his kick ass utility belt he has kryptonite and with that he would whoop the shit out of Superman. If you can kick Superman's ass then you are super in my book. You are beyond super. You make super people take it in the ass. Like Bret would from Batman, and like Zack would try and give it to Wonder Woman.
God damn right Colin.
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