Q: Hey, comics fans: Who's the most realistic Superhero, who's the most unrealistic and who seems at greatest risk of suffering brain damage? Vote here!
A: Our vote goes to James Kakalios, author of "The Physics of Superheroes," who declares: The first is easy, as Batman always manages to find a way to win using just his razor-sharp mind and highly trained body. The second isn't tough either: While Superman banks on his super-strength, super-speed, flight, invulnerability (except to Kryptonite and magic), super-hearing, X-ray vision, heat vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, super-breath, super-ventriloquism, super-hypnotism, "he always obeys all the rules and has never tried to take over the world! Superman is totally unrealistic - and thank goodness for it!"
Another aspect of the Caped Crusader's believability, writer Robert Weinberg told "National Geographic News," is that much of the equipment in this tool wielder's utility belt is available for sale today in some form, such as his grappling gun and Bat-line. "That's pretty accurate science for a comic book hero."
On the other hand, says Kakalios, given the number of times Batman, in more than 60 years of fighting crime, has been knocked unconscious without suffering severe brain damage, "maybe he too has some hidden superpower."
A: Our vote goes to James Kakalios, author of "The Physics of Superheroes," who declares: The first is easy, as Batman always manages to find a way to win using just his razor-sharp mind and highly trained body. The second isn't tough either: While Superman banks on his super-strength, super-speed, flight, invulnerability (except to Kryptonite and magic), super-hearing, X-ray vision, heat vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, super-breath, super-ventriloquism, super-hypnotism, "he always obeys all the rules and has never tried to take over the world! Superman is totally unrealistic - and thank goodness for it!"
Another aspect of the Caped Crusader's believability, writer Robert Weinberg told "National Geographic News," is that much of the equipment in this tool wielder's utility belt is available for sale today in some form, such as his grappling gun and Bat-line. "That's pretty accurate science for a comic book hero."
On the other hand, says Kakalios, given the number of times Batman, in more than 60 years of fighting crime, has been knocked unconscious without suffering severe brain damage, "maybe he too has some hidden superpower."
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