Why batman is not a superhero

He said we should be skeptical of any actor who wants to play the hero look away, Tom Hanks! Here's Pattinson's response to that:. Moving past his eye size, in that conversation Robert Pattinson was talking about heroes, and with Today he argued Batman isn't a superhero because he lacks magical powers -- which would presumably still include powers from being bitten by a radioactive spider.

It would certainly include being born with powers like Superman, Wonder Woman, or Thor. Sounds like Black Widow and Hawkeye would be out of luck, just regular humans with strong skill sets they use to fight crime.

Not "superheroes" by that definition. Superhero or not, Robert Pattinson's The Batman will be joined by several other characters, including villains. Robert Pattinson previously mentioned being "fucking furious" when his name leaked as the possible new Batman.

He told Today when he was offered the gig it was "an immediate yes" so he worried the leaks might ruin everything. So far, so good, though -- apart from some grumbles about his casting. Robert Pattinson has been busy training for The Batman , when he's not busy giving interviews about his current film projects. The Batman is currently scheduled to be released on June 25, But is the character a superhero?

Your call. This simple fact makes all his achievements and abilities feel all the more astonishing. Batman has rigorously trained himself to reach the pinnacle of human capabilities. Canonically, he is the most proficient hand-hand combatant in the entire DC multiverse. He can bench press over ten thousand pounds and packs some serious punch.

The Caped Crusader is also a master in Criminology, Biochemistry, Engineering, and many other disciplines. He has genius-level intellect - enough to rival superheroes with superhuman abilities and earn the moniker of the "World's Greatest Detective". A master tactician and strategist, the Batman has no equal in taking down foes with near-perfect plans.

The superhero regularly uses his intellect and composure to come out on top. Raiyan Siddiqui, a Josephite and DC geek says, "Batman's composure and rational thinking is nothing short of extraordinary. He's the only one who tries to limit collateral damage when other heroes end up levelling entire cities.

Even though the plans were modified, to think one man thought up ways to neutralise the strongest bunch of superheroes on the planet is nothing short of extraordinary. Whenever he's taking on foes larger than life itself, he always finds ways to adapt and keep up.

In The Dark Knight Returns, Batman synthesised real kryptonite and created a suit capable of beating Superman - the strongest hero on the planet. He regularly battles and contains supervillains like Darkseid despite being a mere mortal. It is this fierce determination to improve that propels Batman above the rest. He has no superpowers, and his Achilles Heel is his mortality. Every ability he has is one he's worked for every day. Rafi Reza, a medical student and comic book connoisseur says, "Batman represents the pinnacle of humanity, and that's what makes him amazing.

No powers, no superhuman abilities. He just trained and mastered everything like crazy. No matter the story, no matter the threat, Batman's willpower never wavers. Having experienced loss and trauma from a petty criminal at a very young age, Batman has a near-supernatural ability to stay determined and motivated to fight evil.

He has faced Scarecrow's fear gas multiple times, watched his beloved sidekicks suffer and die, tasted the bitter taste of failure, and gone through numerous hallucinations with his parents. Yet not once has his will to bring justice ever wavered. He has even created a backup personality if he succumbs to a psychological attack. Some may say he's obsessive. But in a corrupt city like Gotham, maybe that's just what everyone needs.

In the end, he always does much more good than harm. Batman's moral code to uphold justice and never take a life is one of the most defining traits of his character. Countless times he faced the choice to kill a villain for the greater good. It shows the incredible amount of foresight he often employs. It also shows how much time he dedicated to actually plotting to destroy his friends. Where's the trust, Bats? More recently in the Batman: Endgame story arc written by Scott Snyder, artwork by Greg Capullo and others , it was shown he continues to develop specialized weapons and armor to help him take down the Justice League Maybe he should have spent more time trying to find ways to stop the Joker so none of the members of the JLA could be controlled like that in the first place.

Obviously, anyone who goes around dressed like a bat has a few issues they're clearly not dealing with, made clearer by the fact that he keeps everyone at arm's length.

When you look at some of the things he's done, observe his behavior, he starts to seem more and more like the villainous sociopaths he puts away. He's manipulative, deceitful and violent, you can't deny that. That was a little over the top.

As evil a place as it is, we can't forget that not everyone who dwells on Apokolips is there by choice. Sure, he was praised for it by Darkseid but He's had training, he's incredibly smart and he has lots and lots of gadgets.

The criminals of Gotham definitely don't stand a chance against him, but Superman? Wonder Woman? The Hulk yes, he went up against Marvel's Hulk once Somehow, virtually every one of his writers agree that he can beat everyone, hence the moniker "Bat-God.

For example, Clark is a better man than Bruce, there are some lines he just will not cross and he doesn't have it in him to crush Bruce as easily as he could. The weight writers put into his strictly-human abilities, simply because of his brand, is frankly ludicrous. A widely accepted calculation of the cost of being Batman was done by Thaddeus Howze, a comic book historian. That's just on the basis of what Batman had at the time. Bruce constantly upgrades, develops specialized weaponry and gadgets so he can take down Gotham's criminals efficiently.

But crime is just a symptom of a greater issue and only a fraction of it is caused by genuine evil. A lot of it can be dealt with by funding schools, infrastructure, businesses and worthwhile social programs.

Yes, that's what the Wayne Foundation is for, but let's be honest here, he's not putting nearly as much time and resources into that as he should be. Instead, his resources go into buying expensive toys, cars and Bat-Bedazzlers so he can pummel the living daylights out of what are essentially just poor people, while at the same time doing some serious self-branding.

We can only assume that the reason he doesn't invest as much as he should into the right things is because he was never taught how. When he eventually dedicated himself to studying, he focused on the sciences and criminology, so he could become the Batman.

If only he'd taken economics or social planning, or at least talked to someone who wasn't as wealthy so he'd understand where all Gotham's crime was really coming from, he might have learned how to affect real change, rather than just punching stuff really hard.

It's easy to see how Bruce might willingly brutalize common criminals, because from his perspective, it's evil and only evil that drives them. The hardships they face as victims of the economic disparity in Gotham can't possibly drive people toward theft and murder. Therefore, as Batman, he dedicates his life to fighting a war against the symptoms of Gotham's illness because he doesn't understand the disease.

What we're trying to show you here is that all Batman's efforts as a highly trained, well-equipped vigilante has mostly gone to waste. He's not tackling the main issue in Gotham and that's why Gotham doesn't really seem to be getting better.

In fact, with Batman being the obsession of several powerful, particularly destructive supervillains, you might even say Gotham has gotten worse because of Batman. And you'd be right. Bruce Wayne has been the Batman for decades now, and while the city has faced events that Batman's presence was able to treat, like the aftermath of the 7. Has he slightly discouraged it? That's a hard maybe.

Does he still find himself busy every night dealing with everything from common thugs to superpowered psychos? It's been several years, Bruce, time to re-evaluate your methods. Batman knows that Gotham is a terrible, dangerous place, even for him. Yet, he somehow still thought it was a good idea to let a kid join his crusade and fight by his side.

Not once, not twice but five times! Of course, from the writers' perspective, it was clearly done so that kids could relate more to the early comic books, but that was done at the expense of the Bruce Wayne's character.

Now we have a guy who seems superficially reluctant to take on kids as sidekicks.