10 Comic Book Characters Who Are Just TOO POWERFUL!
Sometimes, great power is too much of a good thing.
Superheroes and supervillains are, by their definition, more powerful than normal humans. Whether by mutation, alien origin, industrial accident, or superhuman training, they are at the peak of mental and physical power.
The problem is, having so much power doesn't always make for a thrilling character. When you can do what some of the characters on this list regularly do, there's not much left that can challenge you.
Sure, there will occasionally be a weakness or another being who can stop them, but they inevitably come out on top because their innate power lets them do the impossible (or nearly impossible.) It's a fine line to walk for comics writers, because you sometimes need to use these overpowered characters to further your narrative while also having to try and find something that pushes them as characters.
For fans to truly care about characters, they have to have some weakness, some flaw, that lets them grow as individuals; that lets them learn from mistakes and become better (or more evil, in some cases. Growth is growth!)
It's hard to care about a character, unless they are super popular and / or very well-written, that has nothing to grow into because they're already god-like. Let's check out ten of these characters who are simply too powerful for their own good.
10. Batman
Full disclosure. This writer loves Batman.
However, part of loving someone is being able to tell them they have a bit of mustard on their shirt.
Having said that... Bruce, you're too powerful.
There seems to be nothing Bruce Wayne can't do as Batman. His intellect, training, toys, and money allow him to eventually work his way out of virtually any problem, even being killed by Darkseid and traveling through time to get back home.
He has shown time and again that he has contingencies in place to kill all his partners in the Justice League, and then has back-up plans to back-up plans. He plays dirty when he needs to and uses people to carry on 'the mission.'
The most realistic part of Batman's character is that DC has shown us several times that eventually, being Batman wears Bruce down until he needs an exoskeleton like in Kingdom Come or armour like in Batman Beyond.
What keeps him from being boring is his personality, his rogue's gallery, and the wide variety of Batman Family members who keep Bruce grounded and remembering that under all that latex and Kevlar, there's still a scared little boy who watched his parents die.