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Originally posted by SamZED
Got no problem if you think its onesided. I disagree but got no problem with it. At the same time saying that Cap is on a whole different level physically is nothing but wishful thinking no matter how you look at it. They're still in the same league. Same goes for DD, BP etc etc it was always that way and just because some of his feats are a bit more impressive doesnt change that. Just like Batgirl's dodging feats do not put her on a whole different level compared to other peak humans.
Captain America and Black Panther are the same league, they are both blatantly superhuman (Black Panther is directly stated to be Peak Human sans the HSH). Daredevil has super powers that go along way to balancing the scales when he is outclassed physically, mainly a radar sense that affords him the ability to read and predict his opponents movements on a level that trumps even legit precognition. Batman is just peak human.
Batgirl's two dodging feats don't put her on another level because frankly they aren't more impressive than what every other street level hero does on a routine basis. At most Batgirl's feats are flashier and presented more clearly... but that doesn't make them better. Every single street level character has an example (usually several) of them running directly into a spread of machine gun fire, with bullets passing by their arm pits, the side of their head, in between their legs, ect ect ect. You can't aim dodge burst fire from an automatic weapon, the recoil would make predicting the path of the second bullet impossible... and street levels routinely run directly machine 30 rounds per second + automatic gun fire and avoid all of the projectiles. That is a much more impressive example of speed, timing and coordination than those two Batgirl feats. Hands down. No ifs ands or buts, and every street level has done it (including Batgirl). The artist rarely gives us a frame by frame break down of those types of feats, holding the readers hand and showing them how these characters are doing this, like in the Batgirl example, because it's absurd and would completely destroy suspension of disbelief... but every street level does it, logically there is no way around it. You know that feat where Batgirl is standing still and moving her head two inches to the left, then two inches to the right, and avoiding hand gun fire? Now imagine if that was machine gun fire and she was running directly into it... because that's what all street levels do routinely (again, Batgirl included). It always makes me laugh when people try to pretend those are better than what ever other street does, like children easily distracted by bright colours or something.