The iconic comic-book superhero image may look like a circus strongman in a leotard and cape, but muscle isn't the only way to be the coolest person in the world. Sometimes the hero draws his strength from magic, terrestrial or alien technologies.
The debate among fans about which is the most powerful superhero in the world seems to never subside. However, the impartial resource IGN (one of the most respected and largest gaming portals) created the top 100 of the best comic book heroes (IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes), which included superpowered heroes, villains and antiheroes.
Introducing IGN's Top 10 Strongest Superheroes.
10. Daredevil
It is difficult to suspect a blind person that at night he puts on a superhero costume and goes to fight evil. But that's exactly what Matt Murdoch is, the Devil's Kitchen lawyer who knows all the dark sides of New York. He is one of the few disabled superheroes.
Due to a tragic incident as a child and thanks to training with the Stick, Murdoch's feelings are incredibly sharpened. He also possesses radio and echolocation, excellent command of melee weapons and trained in many types of martial arts.
Vulnerabilities: mortal like an ordinary person. It is impossible to calculate how many times Daredevil has been defeated or in pain due to gunshot wounds or losing in hand-to-hand combat.
9. Hulk
Clever people like Batman can rely on cunning tech to defeat their enemies. But the Hulk is not like that. He just takes and smashes all the bad guys (or the good guys if they're not lucky enough to be on hand) using only the power of his fists. And thanks to his invulnerability, the Hulk can deal with an entire army, no matter whether people fight against him or non-people. He is the most powerful superhero in Marvel and DS, if we take brute physical strength as the main parameter.
The strength of a green bully is directly related to how angry he is. And although the Hulk's alter ego Bruce Banner tries to contain his anger so as not to turn into a monster, he does not always succeed.
His weakness? Wait until the Hulk transforms into the harmless Dr. Bruce Banner and kill him if you can. Although in the movie "The Avengers" Banner explained that he once tried to commit suicide, but the Hulk would not let him die. Now this could be a problem for the villains of the Marvel Universe.
8. Flash (Wally West)
The Flash is not only the fastest man on Earth, he is also capable of traveling through time and even to other worlds. He does not need huge muscles to change the reality we are used to in one minute, simply by running back into the past. He also hardly gets old, which is an unattainable ideal for many other superheroes.
Flash has almost no weaknesses, except for a strong attachment to family and friends. He can fall into a trap if he rushes to save people dear to him.
7. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
The Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force. Each Green Lantern's power comes from its ring, which “works” on willpower, allowing thoughts to be transformed into physical objects and structures.These designs, in principle, can be anything, as the limit of the Green Lantern's power seems to be limited only by his own imagination.
The ring's power also allows Hal Jordan, Earth's first Green Lantern, to travel rapidly throughout the universe, understand any language, and survive in any environment.
Minus: the ring needs recharging.
6. Captain America
Captain America, aka Stephen Rogers, is, first of all, a military hero who was created to fight Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Given its increased speed, strength, agility and accelerated regeneration, the Cap has many advantages, and its indestructible shield can be used for both offense and defense.
However, when it comes to fighting the other superheroes on the list, the Captain doesn't have much of a chance. His battles in Avengers: Civil War with Iron Man and Spider-Man don't matter much, as both of them were trying to apprehend Cap, not kill him.
Negative features: it does not have invulnerability (although it heals faster than ordinary people), it is not “friendly” with modern technologies.
5. Wonder Woman
The only lady on our list of superheroes is not only the most powerful woman in every sense, but one of the most powerful superheroes of all time. She has accomplished many incredible feats. For example, Wonder Woman and Superman defeated the divine being known as the Specter. You can say “well, she didn’t do it alone,” but if you consider that the Spectrum is the embodiment of God's wrath, has cosmic power, can grow to the size of a planet and more, then it becomes clear that only the greatest superheroes can defeat him ...
Diana - this is the real name of Wonder Woman - owns the Lasso of Truth, with which she can force anyone to tell the truth. The lasso is so powerful that Wonder Woman once used it to contain an atomic weapon explosion.
She was also able to lift Thor's hammer, so in theory the Thunder God was out of work.
Diana can also communicate with animals, can fly, is invulnerable to most physical attacks, and has an accelerated regeneration. Finally, she is one of the most beautiful female characters in DC Comics.
With all these virtues, Wonder Woman can be injured by bullets or piercing weapons. The attackers will not be able to pierce the muscle tissue, but the bleeding wounds on Diana's body will remain.
4. Wolverine
James Howlett, aka Logan, aka Wolverine, is a mutant with fantastically fast regeneration and superhuman strength and agility. It heals instantly from large and small wounds, although with a major injury (such as a bullet wound to the head) recovery may take some time.
Its skeleton is covered in an indestructible (presumably) metal adamantium. Various incarnations in comics and on the silver screen make it difficult to imagine how strong Wolverine is, but it is known that you need to decapitate him and immediately remove his head somewhere away from the body in order to kill this mutant.
Wolverine's bone claws are capable of cutting through flesh and bone, but when coated with adamantium, their power increases to the point where they can cut through any metal, as well as brick, stone, and other hard materials.
Plus, Logan is aging very slowly. He lived back in 1845 and was involved in every US military conflict after the Civil War.
Of the shortcomings of Wolverine, you can cancel the harsh, unsociable nature and loss of memory of the past.
3. Spiderman
"Friendly Neighbor" Peter Parker is a superhero close to the people. He doesn't have the multi-million dollar fortune of Bruce Wayne, nor was he born with superpowers like Superman. Until he was bitten by a radioactive spider, Parker led a quiet and unremarkable life as a teenager and often had money problems. He is a type in which many young men can see themselves.
Thanks to the spider bite, Parker acquired many new abilities: amazing agility, increased speed, Spider Sense (also known as sixth sense), the ability to move along steep surfaces and release cobwebs from his hands. Spider-Man's web is so strong that it can hold the Hulk, and thanks to it, Parker can deprive villains and heroes of various items, which he did with Captain America, tearing the shield out of his hands.
Spider-Man was able to withstand the Hulk's blows and then fought the green giant, although he lost the fight.
Due to his intelligence, Peter Parker can compare with such recognized superhero geniuses as Tony Stark, Reed Richards and Hank Pym. As a teenager, he created a device that allows him to shoot cobwebs.
Parker's weakness is his physical vulnerability. And his girlfriend is constantly in trouble.
2. Batman
Bruce Wayne is the only one from the rating who cannot boast of any superpowers. He does not know how to quickly heal wounds, does not know how to fly and has not even mastered telepathy. Instead, he uses cutting edge technology to fight evil as effectively as his fellow Justice League counterparts.
Wayne's high intelligence, combined with excellent combat skills and the ability to buy the most "fancy" weapons, makes him one of the most dangerous comic book characters for supervillains.
Disadvantages: Batman doesn't trust anyone, not even himself. He created a dossier on all superheroes (including himself), where he listed their strengths and weaknesses, as well as possible ways to destroy them. He is physically vulnerable despite his protective suit.
1. Superman
Superman is the world's most powerful superhero. He is invincible (obviously, if Batman does not stuff him with kryptonite bullets), almost as fast as Flash (can fly a thousand times faster than the speed of light), move entire planets, and even "fly through the star without noticing it."
Superman also boasts amazing regeneration, and he recovers even after deep wounds. With his breath, he can freeze objects and extinguish fires, and with a cry crumbles diamonds into small chips.
Supervision, super hearing, superintelligence ... perhaps the Man of Steel has no ability without the prefix "super". He is also charming, like a Greek demigod. Unless in the choice of clothes is not too picky. Who wears underpants over pants?
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