Batman's Superpower?

[Realitycrash]

According to canon, Batman has none. But I am starting to question if this really is the case.
Look at all the fields Batman has mastered. Look how he can so efficiently adapt to every situation. His quick thinking, deductive reasoning and general know-how of pretty much anything.
Isn't this straying into super-human levels?
Being Crazy Prepared might not be enough, but when added with the will and motivation required, his intelligence, ability to comprehend, and physical fitness, he seems more to be a classical Ubermensch than a normal "human".
His power isn't flashy, but isn't it enough?

 

[TheIronRuler]

No.
He has two superpowers -
The superpower of Money, and the superpower of suspension of disbelief when it comes down to his detective skills and his technological progress.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

He is just rich, smart and physically formidable. He was born very lucky but didn't he also train hard to become so physically strong and learn how to fight etc? He isn't superhuman, just gifted and lucky.

 

[Hazy992]

He doesn't have any superpowers, he's just honed his mind and body to perfection so he's at the peak of what a human is capable of. Also money.

 

[Evil Smurf]

His superpower is the fact he is "The Goddamn Batman" you must me dense or retarded not to see that.

That was a joke, don't hurt me.

 

[Reginald]

Rich parents and emotional problems, essentially.

 

[Hagi]

He's got super toughness for sure, at least when taken in the greater DC continuity.

He gets frequently punched and thrown around by super-villains capable of hurting superman, the simple fact that he doesn't instantaneously die from severe organ trauma is quite telling.

I mean think about it, superman gets hit by a bullet? No reaction. Superman gets punched by some of these guys? He hurts. Batman gets punched by the same guy who hits harder than a bullet? Just a broken rib or something along those terms instead of total impalement.

Even if his suit is somehow impenetrable he still gets punched in the face.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well I believe his will power and determination is somewhat of a superpower compared to an average human.
I mean can a real person spend years travelling around the world learning new skills (language, tricks, crafting, mental and physical skills and etc) and to put them into use when return to his/ her birth place let alone maintaining it all of this with little sleeps?
Also this was all driven by a tramatic past.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

He doesn't have a super power in the conventional sense.

He has hypercompetence [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Hypercompetence] and/or enchanced preparedness. [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced_Preparedness]

They aren't 'powers' but they are still hero tropes.

 

[DoPo]

This video explains it


But basically money.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

His superpower is Plot Armour.

 

[The Rascal King]

This sounds like a cool plot to a one-off comic where someone investigates Batman and how he's able to thrive let alone survive in a world where villains can decimate him easily and finds out he actually does have powers but just uses technology and non-lethal weaponry(smoke bombs) to conceal that fact from everyone.

 

[Realitycrash]

No.
He has two superpowers -
The superpower of Money, and the superpower of suspension of disbelief when it comes down to his detective skills and his technological progress.

He doesn't have a super power in the conventional sense.

He has hypercompetence [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Hypercompetence] and/or enchanced preparedness. [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced_Preparedness]

They aren't 'powers' but they are still hero tropes.

Rich parents and emotional problems, essentially.

He doesn't have any superpowers, he's just honed his mind and body to perfection so he's at the peak of what a human is capable of. Also money.

He is just rich, smart and physically formidable. He was born very lucky but didn't he also train hard to become so physically strong and learn how to fight etc? He isn't superhuman, just gifted and lucky.

My point is that he reminds me more and more of Captain America for every story that he "conveniently" has prepared for something, or knows some area of skill. And honestly, a person (as Cap' America) that has been given a Superserum, can't be a "true human". The serum is supposed to maximize human potential, but that seems like a covert way of saying "Yeah,l super-human".

 

[omega 616]

I hate batman for a hipster reason, everybody froths at the mouth when they hear batman and it's quite annoying.

Anyway, from what I know he can speak an insane amount of languages, master of about 50 styles of fighting and still finds time to work out and solve cases.

So he has to have the super human ability to learn 'cos how long does it take a normal person to learn 1 language? Let alone multiple. How long does it take to learn 1 style of martial art, 5 years? So batman must learn a language in a month at most, then perfect a fighting style in 6 months.

For the people who say they hate superman 'cos he has a power for every occasion, batman doesn't and still wins the day every time ... isn't that the same?

Spoiler

ok, I know Bane breaks his back but shush

 

[Smertnik]

He has the power of capitalism, ho.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

I always just assumed that out of all seven billion people on the globe, he is the single most capable. Y'know, overall. There's got to be one 'best human' after all, let's just say that he is it and get on with it.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

He does have a lot of free time on his hands during the day.

Funnily enough, as far as I can tell, he still doesn't know parkour, which would probably be really helpful for getting around Gotham.