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    Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.

    What makes someone a superhero?

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    #1  Edited By nerd217

    At what point do you stop being a masked weirdo and start being a superhero? Is it the awesome powers? It can't be because Batman has no powers. Is it the spangling costume or the unbreakable moral code? Then where does Punisher fit in? So what makes someone a superhero?

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    #2  Edited By Video_Martian

    One word:

    SWAG.

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    #3  Edited By Rudyftw

    If you can get away from the cops. Nuff said.

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    #4  Edited By nickzambuto

    Badass tights.

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    #5  Edited By Dark_Vengeance_

    A batarang.

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    #6  Edited By AweSam

    Being SUPER and being a HERO.

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    #7  Edited By jeanroygrant

    @DarkKnightDetective said:

    A batarang.

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    #8  Edited By CrimsonCake

    For me there a two things that separate a hero from a superhero.

    Consistency and theatricality.

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    #9  Edited By Jorgevy

    I had a huge text about the definition of hero and of the prefix super and all of that but since my PC went down and I lost it, Im gonna be shorter.

    Super hero, is a hero that goes further. If he has super powers he immediatly fits here because of that, but if he doesnt, he needs somethng that can make him accomplish more and face even greater adversities

    also, super heroes ARE masked vigilantes, since vigilantes try to take the law to their hands. So most super heroes are also vigilantes, some if not most just tend to be more cooperative with the police and other law enforcement agencies

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    #10  Edited By Hazlenaut

    I think masked vigilantes go with making them legends which i shoul put added point of super heroes. an example will go like this war superheros, masked super heroes, masked war superheroes.

    here is video to put some aspect

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