I’m pretty sure Superman wasn’t born with them. He got his powers from his flyby of earth’s yellow sun in the escape pod from Krypton.
Also, Batman was born with his power. (His power is money).
You can’t use money to fight crime, lol. Otherwise USA’s police departments would be doing it.
Investing in children reduces crime. So yes, you can fight crime with money.
I thought he had powers because he was born on Krypton under a red sun, and all Kryptonians gain superhuman powers when exposed to a yellow sun.
But if he had stayed on Krypton, he wouldn’t have any powers, so it took an event to activate it, which isn’t any different than the other scenarios. Batman was born rich, so he already had the potential to be batman, but it took the murder of his parents to set him on his path. Really Spiderman is the odd one out.
Spidey’s parents and his uncle who helped raise him are all dead/murdered. All three are orphans, so that all cancels out. :-).
Peter Parker only became spider-man once his uncle was killed, that set him on the path to use his “great power” with “great responsibility.”
True, true. I guess I was thinking of the spider bite, not the trauma.
And Iron Man built his in a cave! With a box of scraps!
Well I’m sorry, you’re not iron man
And wolverine is all three
Batman created his powers
If I remember well, Batman does not have superpowers. He’s a guy who’s rich, trains a lot, is smart and due to being rich is able to get great equipment to use.
His superpower is being rich enough to be called eccentric instead of just crazy. You know, crazy, like the label used on all the villains he fights.
His superpower is plot armour.
One could argue that his genius level intellect and his master detective skills (best detective in the world) are borderline superhuman.
Then it could be argued that he was born with his powers
Same if you consider his power being money
A long time ago, I read that his superpower was, or was theorized to be, luck. No idea if that’s canon anywhere.
I’ve always theorized that his power is “superhuman willpower.”
He has the massive will to obsessively train, study, and do all the things he does. Becoming one of the strongest, smartest, and most effectual people alive. I doubt any human has a higher willpower than Bruce Wayne. He has even out-willpowered Wonder Woman’s lasso-of-truth.He’s an orc. He’s batshit crazy and believes whatever wild scenario that keeps him alive or out of a situation will happen so strongly that the world bends to his will.
True, but wasn’t he also the only human (or otherwise, I think) to dodge Darkseid’s eyebeams? Admittedly it would take willpower to get to the point of being physically able to do so, but from what I understand of the eyebeams, also quite a bit of luck.
Wait, I thought he did get hit by the beams and they sent him back in time, and through what could only be described as an exceptional demonstration of determination and willpower, he worked his way back up through time- through ages & ages, to confront Darkseid again. Maybe we’re thinking of different storylines?
At first I thought, not very lucky to have your parents gunned down in front of you. Now I’m thinking how lucky he was to also not be shot. Damn…
Possibly the hypothetical power hadn’t manifested, or maybe had done so only in part, at that point.
Iron Man is a better example of a superhero who created powers for himself, but he isn’t one of the three most popular
Wolverine is at least born and thrust upon. Any examples of all three?
Wolverine was born with healing factor, trained in his fighting skills and then had his admantium skeleton thrust upon him
Yeah, I was thinking that but wasn’t convinced. Similarly Batman was born rich, trained hard and had bereavement thrust upon, which likely created the persona. Perhaps we’re all a bit nature, nurture, and luck.
I am a lay person when it comes to comics, so feel free to tear me apart here. Could Bruce Banner potentially be all 3? His DNA was able to absorb the gamma radiation (born with it), he then had the radiation thrust upon him, and then he did whatever he did to make himself the smart hulk?
A bit of a reach, I know.
Yeah, that’d play. I was thinking maybe Dr. Strange, but Banner is better.
Dr. Strange is a really good one too! Drawing energy from other realms and all.
Naruto i guess? He’s a child of a very powerful ninja(born), had a powerful creature sealed inside him at birth(thrust upon), and have to learn how to actually unlease and control that power(create).
Otherwise i can’t seems to remember anyone that does have the 3.
I like this one, but I’m not sure I’d call Naruto a superhero.