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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYour favorite Super Hero who isn't a mutant and has NO actual "super powers?"
Basically ruling out Superman, all of the X-Men and their gazillion offshoots, or any students bitten by radioactive spiders. No scientists bombarded by gamma rays, no Norse Gods.
We're talking your basic male or female in a suit. That's IT.
Most obvious choice would be Batman, I guess.
My own favorite would be Iron Man. Yours?
RandySF
(58,884 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)Gothmog
(145,291 posts)BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)sl8
(13,786 posts)SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)I think The Shoveler might've been my favorite.
Was that the movie with the superheroine with Invisibility powers... but they'll only work if nobody's looking at her? Brilliant, that power. She'd be my actual favorite... but I guess we must (?) assume she has the superpower.
So yeah, then, William L. Macy's hangdog The Shoveler. I laugh just thinking about him.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)The Young woman was the Baby Bowler, with her dad's skull in the bowling ball.
I know too much
SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)We need a sequel in which Mr. Furious battles President Furious Complete Idiot.
ProfessorGAC
(65,058 posts)That movie was a hoot. "I didn't kill anybody, i was standing over here."
4139
(1,893 posts)Update: ZORRO!
https://m.
Polybius
(15,423 posts)That counts I suppose.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)other than those that are man made. I was so disappointed. I am unimpressed with him now.
Polybius
(15,423 posts)He had to work hard for his abilities.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...still have his original appearance--Tales of Suspense #57, September 1964. In good condition, too... ...incredibly cool possession...
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)The original Alan Moore one. I dont know who this imposter is in the New 52 universe.
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Amazons train intensely for their abilities.
Throughout the decades, since the 1940s. . .
StatGirl
(518 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)PennyK
(2,302 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)Rizen
(708 posts)he has the power of plot armor. Especially when with other superheroes, Batman is one of the worst offenders for plot armor and sometimes a healing factor.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,468 posts)Through a series of not at all complicated steps, he has the power to change history.
I thought I saw him this morning, but it was just my reflection in a mirror.
It turns out that we almost all have that power.
zanana1
(6,121 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)If we forget most of your parameters, we could just assume he is an incredibly confident Beagle, can't we?
sl8
(13,786 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 8, 2018, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)He had the Super Soldier serum, but that only makes him as strong, fast, etc., as a human can possibly be.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,547 posts)SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)Popeye's like a prototype Hour Man, but spinach is his Miralco pill.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)so many issues with this guy.
"Dogwelder is a member of Section 8, a "superhero" team led by delusional superhero wannabe Six-Pack, a supporting character in the comic book series "Hitman".
Dogwelder is a mysterious and likely disturbed individual who never speaks. His face is never revealed; always hiding behind a welding mask. All we know of Dogwelder and his methods are that he seems to live in an alley, he sets traps for stray animals, has a supply of dead dogs (perhaps just puppies) and he fights evil by pouncing upon evildoers and welding a dog to their face."
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/dogwelder/4005-12152/
Thyla
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SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)And 1st to reach 1000 issues. In Australia... and they included a lot of newspaper strips reprints. Aussies do luv the Phantom!
Nice choice of cover.
voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)Hey he wears a suit and hes my hero😎👍🏻🇺🇸
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 8, 2018, 07:58 PM - Edit history (1)
"Sacrifice millions to save billions."
"I'm not a comic book villain. Do you seriously think I would explain my master stroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility you could affect the outcome? I triggered it 35 minutes ago."
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Oxymandias DID have super powers. The power of clean--OXI Clean!
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Thanks for the correction.
trof
(54,256 posts)He wore the deerstalker cap and that caped coat.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)No super powers. Just a guy who is really good at what he does.
SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)but they sure looked super.
Great character but a little extra Suspension of Disbelief is needed for her.
MissMillie
(38,560 posts)6 kids, 2 foster kids. A full-time job. Smart, loving, attentive.
Supporting cast (that's the wrong term): my dad. He worked 80 hours/week to keep us all afloat.
When the kids were all in school, my mom went to work so my dad didn't have to work as much.
They both did what they had to do.
Not only that: they loved each other and showed all of us kids what love is supposed to look like.
Mom is now 84. Dad is 87.
They don't have kids to take care of anymore, but they take care of each other.
JuJuYoshida
(2,215 posts)SuprstitionAintthWay
(386 posts)Harley, Katana, and Enchantress would be something I could see being fun.
Warner Studios, take note.
red dog 1
(27,816 posts)Donald J. Trump - Nothing ever sticks to him & he never has to pay for his evil deeds
(However, he may be a mutant)
hurl
(938 posts)See how he uses a spanner to tighten that nut!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Except for Dr. Manhattan, of course.