# Most Plausible Superhero?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 2, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827 "2012-06-02T01:13:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/41 "2012-06-06T22:24:37Z")

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Luke Cage, Power Man.

Seriously.

Given muscle tissue like, say, a tiger’s, a 10 ton strength isn’t unreasonable.

Genetic treatments to give Human skin a Kevlar-like quality could be done (eventually).

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/42 "2012-06-06T22:44:43Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> I don’t think so. A lone man on the run wouldn’t have the ability to find out which of his targets deserve their fate and which were undercover cops, and anyone using his methods couldn’t help but kill untold numbers of innocent bystanders.

In other words, The Punisher.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/43 "2012-06-07T03:06:13Z")

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What about The Rocketeer? Sort of the same vein as Iron Man but waaay more plausible. Maybe not in the 1930s or the 80s but plausible today.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/44 "2012-06-07T16:39:45Z")

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OK, you can have a rocket backpack. This is an actual thing. And you can fly around for a few minutes, or 30 seconds for the H2O2 versions. This makes you a superhero how?

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**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/45 "2012-06-07T17:07:10Z")

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[Phoenix Jones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Jones)

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**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-plausible-superhero/623827/46 "2012-06-07T18:55:06Z")

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What about The Green Hornet? I’m not overly familiar with the canon, but he seems like a bruiser with the powers of advantageous newspaper coverage, a kung fu chauffeur and a weaponised car.

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