Oooooh yeah, when Hercules was normal. I remember that arc. That was when they made it so he could literally absorb any kind of energy. When he fought Box during Avengers Academy he even revealed he could absorb magic.
Right, I see a class has, once more, have to be in session.
I can see why, in the golden age, they had to have the characters shout their powers out. Because even now, people still have no idea what they are.
SHAW ABSORBS ENERGY. Radiation is....you guessed right, energy. He absorbs it. It does NOT mean that he can absorb gas. Or poisons. Or acid. Electrical attacks, arguably sonic attacks, heat, punches - all these weapons in Batman's arsenal will only make Shaw stronger. AND they will be the first weapons Bats will try - let's not go crazy here. I fully agree 100% on this.
So, they meet, Shaw is at his normal levels, either side of a rooftop. Batman sneaks away, and throws batarangs. Maybe even an awesome Batkick. Shaw will stand there and tank it, and laugh at Batman (thanks for that Rogue scan, btw, as it shows Shaw once again, screaming his powers out). He will mock Bats, and explain how he can absorb energy and that it will only make him stronger.
Batman will then fall back onto his other toys.
HOW is any of this that hard to grasp?
Btw, delta:
I meant in the sense it makes no sense from an energy point of view. He he has to expend energy to punch a wall - even if he was 100% efficient, the energy he receives back should only be the same amount of energy used to punch it. But for some reason, he has a net gain of energy from nowhere.
But then, he's fighting a man dressed as a giant bat, so....
THIS is your proof that gas won't affect him? I am not even going to dignify it with a response, so poor is your 'proof'. A throwaway line? What is 'conventional tactics'? Is a boomerang shaped like a bat 'conventional'?
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Last edited by DarkSaint85 on Feb 24th, 2015 at 08:02 PM
Oh I know what you mean. But him expending energy he absorbs is just for him beyond normal human levels, right? If so, when he's at normal human levels, it would make sense that punching a wall or something will make him stronger, to a certain degree. As he'd be using no stored kinetic energy, just normal human muscle, for a few punches and absorb that. And I suppose to a certain degree you could argue, at least from comic physics, that connecting with the wall would produce more energy than he expends by colliding with a hard surface.
But the more appropriate explanation is.....comics.
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What? Punch Rogue, she flies back in and charge him and he punched her again. What I got from that is he attacked, tanked, and attacked again. Where did he stand there and laugh?
I think all of that proves that Batman could probably take Shaw down - but he has no basic knowledge to start with, and I think it's far more likely that Bats tries hand to hand at some point, and Shaw breaks his neck.
Oh yes, no knowledge means he would try Batarangs (default long range weaponry; they start on a rooftop looking at each other). The Batarangs would bounce harmlessly off Shaw. Shaw would laugh, and explain his powers. So far, none of this sounds too wild for me to imagine.