spetznaz
Senior Fanboy Killer
Originally posted by yugotank
Captain America and Black Panther are "Enhanced Peak human".
Key word: EnhancedBP gets some kind of power from the Panther God and smoking some African hemp.
The good Captain shoots up some Super Steroid to keep him young and strong.Nick Fury too..
I would say the Batman and Daredevil are "true" peak humans .
Batman a tad stronger than DD -
DD a tad quicker than Batman -
But both are peak but not the only ones in the comic world.
What about Tarzan,Conan,Phantom,Nightwing,Bullseye etc
Is "peak human" only for men?
What about Batgirl and Blck Widow?
As far a peak human goes. If you're the strongest can you be the fastest? I do not think so.......Correct me if I'm wrong!
You have good points.
For one, Batman is the only one who is truly peak human .....although to be honest 'peak human' in comics is a bit of a joke as far as I am concerned. More on that later.
Anyways, Batman is the only one who did not take any 'enhancements' As stated, Black Panther is on the heart herb, Steve was a skinny soldier when he 'volunteered' for the Super-soldier Serume, and Matt's accident had a side-effect in that the radiactive goo that took away his sight enhanced his other senses to a level far beyond human.
Now, this is not to say that the three have not been training. Matt went through Stick, Cap has had years upon years of training, and T'Challa is not exactly a herbal addict. But all of them wouldn't be where they are now without those 'additives.'
Batman got where he was through hard work.
Now, as stated, Peak Human in comics is a misnomer. Batman for instance, a 'peak human,' has done stuff (like giving a tree a karate chop and cleaving it into two) that are quite literally beyond Superhuman. But this is comics we are talking about, and all of the characters listed have done feats that are simply as far beyond human as one can get without shooting laser beams from your eyes!
Anyways, in terms of peak human it would have to be Batman. He got there without the use of any super-herb, without the need of a near-metamorphic Super-serum (nigh metamorphic because Steve did not even LOOK like he does now before he took the Serum ....it literally changed his whole bio-organic architecture ....almost like those DNA mutagenic drugs in Batman Beyond), and DareDevil (while having a lot of traditional training) is also beyond human due to the effects of the radioactive goop on his biology.
Then you have Batman .....no mystical herb, no super-science wonder-drug, and no sci-fi-esque 'radioactive accident' spiel going on for him. While the others may be where Batman is and beyond, they did not get their in the same way (actually beyond is several respects ....e.g. DD has better senses, and Cap simply cannot get tired ....something that would have been very beneficial to batman when Bane was sending all sorts of foes against Batman during the events leading up to KnightFall. Had Batman had Steve's ability to INSTANTLY metabolize away fatigue poisons, then the several-week assault that Bane orchestrated wouldn't have worked, and Batman would have been at full potential when he finally went mano-a-mano against Bane. He wasn't, and he ended up with a broken back and a LONG way back to where he was. Actually that shows another thing ....Bruce had to work TWICE to be peak human ....his initial training, and what he had to do after KnightFall).
The others are better than Batman in certain physiological effects (e.g. while Batman can detect a sniper's bullet by the overpressure in the air, Daredevil can detect an individual human heartbeat many blocks away in the middle of a crowd; Steve's superior 'human' body; T'Challa's super-senses). However Batman is the only 'peak human' who got there without any outside 'help.'
And that counts for something.