people throw the peak human thing around a lot but peak human is different because some people just have better genetics. i truly believe it means the peak to that individual, not humans in general. how could you even gauge what all humans across the spectrum can achieve? yeah, cap's powers came from a bottle and medicine affects us all differently. steve's genetic potential was obviously shit compared to batman's potential.
i say batman will shit stomp cap in this case
__________________ QUANCHI112:In between the passes Khan will tear out the orca teeth and use them as an offensive weapon. Khan has crushed a skull before so tearing a tooth off a whale should be no issue.
This is speculation. Do you have any proof? After all Cap was indeed superhuman. Maybe the writer's (who don't know science well) intended on him being peak human but who knows? Wasn't there an instance where Cap was taking strength dampeners to get rid of his superhuman strength?
So I don't think the SSS brings a person to peak human status but ABOVE that.
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I don't have any 'proof' as what we're discussing is low-level fiction that was traditionally aimed at kids but has generally, to a large extent, evolved to where it can (keyword: can) be enjoyed by adults. Moreover, abilities not only change based on writers but also evolve over time. Thus, a character like Superman/boy can go from simply leaping over buildings, to flying because he came from a place with 'very strong gravity,' to crazily sneezing away solar systems and stringing along planets on a chain (I wonder what the chain was made of ...yawn ...) and back full circle to simply being a really really strong man in a t-shirt.
Thus, I simply use the most common interpretation of the SSS, which is taking someone to the 'peak of human perfection.' Sure, being low-level fiction, comics show 'peak human' as Cap using his shield to slice through tanks, or batman kicking down a tree or dodging sniper bullets by 'feeling the overpressure of air caused by the bullet,' but 'peak human' nonetheless
So, I don't have 'proof' for you, and like anything in COMICS it is all speculation, but the most common portrayal of the SSS is bringing someone to the absolute peak of human potential (comic book human potential).
As an aside, this is why (the few times) I post I normally concentrate on where there's opportunity for logic and thought. If you can debate that Hulk is stronger than Superman, and show how, you can convince a board of trustees for a pension fund to change their asset allocation from an overhang of commercial paper to corporate bonds. It's a form of mental chess.
It's also why I don't get too bothered if people are adamant that Superman can beat Hulk, or Hulk can beat Superman. That moves from logical interplay to arguments over a silly green character and a silly man who shoots fire from his eyes.
I digress ...the reason I posted what I posted is simply because the most common portrayal of SSS is it turns someone into the (comic book level) peak of human potential. Different writers may change that, in the same way DC had a 'special' type of Venom give Batman the ability to draw blood from Superman by punches, but I simply use the most common portrayal.
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