Physical strength was the ability of a human or animal to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength was the goal of strength training. Superhuman Strength was strength beyond that of a normal human. Some Metahumans and aliens possessed super strength. Also, some people who used drugs that were steroids, such as Bane, also possessed such super strength. Too, characters such as Metallo or Cyborg, or other characters with cybernetic enhancements also may have had superhuman strength.
The word strength was also sometimes used to describe the toughness of certain objects. For example, Superman was often called the Man of Steel, because he had strength like steel (actually stronger).
It could also be used to refer to a person of good character (strength of character), as well as a person's inner strength, or his will power.
Strength scale
Below Normal: cannot lift one's own body weight
Normal: able to lift one's own body weight
Athlete: able to lift one's own body weight up to double one's own body weight
- Atom
- Black Canary
- Black Lightning
- Catwoman
- Deadshot
- Jay Garrick
- Barry Allen
- Hal Jordan
- John Stewart
- Kyle Rayner
- Lex Luthor
Peak Human: able to lift double one's own body weight up to the 800 lb level
- Bronze Tiger
- Wally West
- Joker
- Green Arrow
- Connor Hawke
- Wildcat
- Batman
- Nightwing
Superhuman: 800+ lbs to 2 ton range
Superhuman: 2+ tons to 10 ton range
Superhuman: 10+ tons to 25 ton range
Superhuman: 50+ tons to 75 ton range
Superhuman: 75+ tons to 90 ton range
Superhuman: Class 100+ ;Potentially incalculable (able to lift far in excess of 100 tons)
- Black Adam
- Bizarro
- Brainiac
- Captain Atom
- Captain Marvel
- Darkseid
- Despero
- Wonder Woman
- Wonder Girl
- Doomsday
- Etrigan
- Captain Marvel, Jr.
- Giganta
- Hercules
- Isis
- Kalibak
- Martian Manhunter
- Mary Marvel
- Orion
- Plastic Man
- Power Girl
- Shaggy Man
- Solomon Grundy
- Kon-El
- Supergirl
- Superman
- Zauriel
- Zeus
History
Earth 1956
The Super Friends taught Marvin and Wendy that brain power is superior to brute strength.[3]
References
- ↑ As seen in Too Hot to Handle.
- ↑ This is just conjecture. We can assume that his strength is at least close to class 100, but not quite, since he's normally only a match for Superman when he's using his Green Kryptonite heart.
- ↑ .As seen in The Menace of the White Dwarf.