Originally posted by tjcoady
Batman really only preps for Universal threats with JLA resources... unless someone can point something out from Detective or Batman that I've missed over the last few years.
Most of which is already his own tech, not to mention all the extra tech he's added and built on the ship. Hell, he created the entire defense system of the Watchtower.
Batman is indeed a universal prepper (for lack of a better word).
Originally posted by Superherovandal
Lex Luthor is certainly up there. He created a energy reader and locator in seemingly seconds from one of the villain's cellular devices
Loved that. It's nice to see super-intelligent mad scientist Luthor back, rather than crazy, not making any sense Project Everyman Luthor.
And my point about Batman was really that he generally doesn't prep for Universal reasons. You're right that he is capable of it.
Where would Mister Terrific fit in?
By the way, Henry Bendix for Multiversal threat.
Originally posted by TricksterPriest
If you have something better, do share. We'll take anything decent at this point.
What I'm simply asking is how much of it is actual intelligence rather than resources. For example, I haven't seen anything from Monarch to suggest he's anymore intelligent than your standard megalomaniac villain. Same deal with Sinestro and a few others.
Originally posted by Val
I was asking a question.What I'm simply asking is how much of it is actual intelligence rather than resources. For example, I haven't seen anything from Monarch to suggest he's anymore intelligent than your standard megalomaniac villain. Same deal with Sinestro and a few others.
Exactly.
Nathaniel Adams isn't the Batman/Reed Richards type of character. 😂
In regards to the Monarch debate, perhaps we should work out some sort of system- individuals like Darkseid or Monarch attain their vast resources because they in and of themselves are extremely powerful. Someone like Reed Richards or Luthor attain their resources not because of intrinsic power but because of intelligence. Monarch wouldn't have a vast army if he wasn't able to individually bitchslap everyone who he recruited...
And as to Henry Bendix as a multiversal threat- he traded places with another Bendix whose passion was "fixing universes," and he sailed the Bleed, doing this. He recruited the best tech and resources he could find through each alternative Earth, and very, very nearly took out the Authority. He had access to reality sailing tech, time travel, vast mind control... I'd say he's definitely on a Multiversal threat level, because until the Authority killed him (again), he was operating, quite successfully, on a Multiversal scale. Anyone who reads Stormwatch or Authority regularly can back me or disagree on this.
My votes to change the current list:
Metron for Multiversal.
Mr. Terrific for Global.
Ra's Al Ghul for Global.
Definitely downgrade the Riddler, substantially. The biggest plot he has ever pulled off on his own was threating Star City with an atomic bomb- and he had help for that.