The sad part is that Batman fighting for 28 hours is the only thing people seem to take away from that story despite it actually being a little thought-provoking. The point of the story wasn't "Look at how much stamina Batman has, this should make some fanboys cry", it was intended to be a rebuttal to the idea that Batman killing his enemies is the only way to stop evil permanently. Snyder's take is that Bruce doesn't need to kill as long as he can frighten the cowardly superstitious lot into submission, but while that take might work on low-level criminals and rogues like Penguin or Riddler, it doesn't provide a satisfactory answer for the likes of Joker, Bane, Ra's et al; the villains who simply aren't scared of Batman. This is a point that's been raised in pre-FP Batman stories as well; Bruce relies on fear to keep Gotham standing, so what happens when someone who's just not afraid of him shows up?
But nooooo, let's all go crazy over an over-the-top Batman feat instead.......like those are rare or something.....
Agreed. The point was that he won't break his code even if he died.
Ok, he's superpowered. So? You want write a letter to Snyder and say to him: you're silly, let me write something more realistic for Batman.
I'd rather DC just admit that he's superhuman and drop the peak human thing altogether. It'd be more faithful to his character and there are ways to give him superhuman powers without getting too "unbatmanish". The Mind over Matter theory I mentioned earlier. It's clear that in both Marvel and DC, Martial arts can grant some pretty biology twisting powers, so they could say that he learned techniques that let him bring his body beyond that of what his physiology by all means should allow.
Your theory would still make it peak human cause it was achieved by means of training not a freak accident or anything else, so he won't still be superhuman.
He'd be preforming beyond the context of his biology, so in a sense he would still be superhuman. As he is indeed doing better than the human body can allow. But right now we're delving into semantics.
But it also means that this can be achieved by any other human with same training, dedication and a strong will so it still makes it peak human, something a human can achieve. And maybe he already has that power but DC didn't just pointed it out, the best thing you can do is assume that he already has that power and read the story because its the thing that matters most. And there's also the problem that if DC labels him superhuman then the whole point of Batman would be destroyed.
@cameron83 Listen man, the whole superpowers and magic etc are the biggest PIS ever created and comic books whole premise is based on PIS, if you can't deal with it then just ignore it. And seriously what does fanboys got to do with it? Are you afraid it will be posted all over the battle forums? Seriously people here care too much about battles.
@wolverine08 Dude I hope you are done with your rant and have calmed down now, just let it go, you can't change the writing on the book now, its pointless and done, either ignore it or deal with it.
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