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There’s a reason why DC’s flagship fighting game is called Injustice: Gods Among Us and
that’s because one of the main points about DC Comics’ version of storytelling is that
they are about characters who are pretty much gods in terms of power living amongst men
and yes, while there are some characters with varying degrees of powers in terms of strength
and stuff like that, by and large, most of DC’s characters are extremely overpowered,
but today, I want to take a look at some of my favorites and share with you guys why exactly
these guys are so OP.
This isn’t a “Who would win in a fight” and it’s not a definitive rank, it’s just…
These guys are strong.
I’m going to present them to you.
Okay, let’s do it!
Okay look, let’s talk about the obvious elephant in the room before we go any further.
Superman is one of the strongest characters in not just all of DC Comics, but also all
of comics books and pretty much all of fiction.
He has your now standard superhero cocktail of flight, super strength, and invulnerability,
but he’s also got heat vision, super breath, x-ray vision, super hearing, super speed that
rivals that of speedsters, and the powerful Super Flare.
On top of that, Superman’s only real weaknesses and vulnerabilities are Kryptonite, magic,
sometimes chi, and being out of the sun for too long.
He has absolutely no limits in terms of raw physical power and continues to be literally
as strong as the writers want him to be.
Everybody knows this, but we just needed to get Supes out of the way now.
Angry fanboys, subside your rage.
We have more.
Zatanna is one of those characters that a lot of people know of, but not a lot about.
On the surface, she really doesn’t seem like much, but in fact, Zatanna is one of
the most powerful magic users in the DC universe.
Her backwards magic lets her do pretty much anything from magic bolts to flight to memory
wipes to healing and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
Zatanna is one of the go-to people in the superhero community when it comes to dealing
with problems of the magical and/or occult variety and has stood toe to toe with some
powerful foes.
This is one performer you DON’T want to mess with.
You guys might know him as Captain Marvel under Fawcett Comics before they were bought
out by DC, but during the height of his popularity, Shazam was actually more popular that freaking
Superman!
Which is pretty interesting considering that the characters have a lot in common right
down to how they look, but one thing that really sets Shazam apart from Superman is
that his alter ego is this little kid named Billy Batson and when he yells the magic word,
Shazam, he transforms into the powerful Captain Marvel or Shazam depending on which name you
like to go by.
Which let’s be honest, is probably the most awesome alter ego ever!
Shazam has the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power
of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury.
Yes, he has the power of literal gods, demi-gods, and ancient heros.
That alone should tell you how strong the dude is.
Depending on the writer, he’s as strong as and sometimes even STRONGER THAN Superman.
How he doesn’t have more books and how he’s not more popular is beyond me!
The Flash goes fast.
For years, that’s all that people really thought about him.
See the thing is that he is a speedster which is someone who can tap into the interdimensional
energy called the Speed Force which might as well be goddamn magic!
The Speed Force lets people do pretty much anything including super speed, time travel,
creating and controlling electricity, accelerated healing, disrupting molecules, dimensional
travel, create tornadoes, phase through walls, and even let people THINK AT THE SPEED OF
LIGHT.
Even ignoring Flash’s overpowered Infinite Mass Punch which is exactly what it sounds
like, the sheer amount of stuff that The Flash can do a seemingly basic power is ludicrous,
making him a deceptively powerful opponent and one of my favorite comic book characters
ever!
The Martian Manhunter might as well be named Martian Superman.
Super strength, flight, durability, shape shifting, phasing, telepathy, telekinesis,
AND a freaking healing factor.
Yeah, there is a reason why Superman has stated that he’s afraid to fight this guy and mentions
that Martian Manhunter is the most powerful being on the entire planet!
Now I’ll admit that being weak against fire is pretty crippling for the Manhunter, but
he has found several ways around this in the past.
Hands down my favorite way to take him on though is to exploit his addiction to Chocos
which are basically DC’S version of Oreos.
Withdrawal from these made Martian Manhunter literally Hulk out, destroying anything in
his path, but severely lowering his mental capacity at the same time.
It’s brilliant and wonderful, next character.
Wonder Woman is a character that DC keeps wanting to use as a part of the Trinity, but
never actually gives her solid promotion or love which is a real shame because she is
one of the strongest women in their universe.
As the daughter of Zeus, she has super strength, flight, durability, a healing factor, and
is an amazing fighter who is experienced in hand to hand combat and a variety of weapons.
Plus let’s not forget that her Lasso of Truth and Bracelets of Submission add significantly
powerful defense and versatility to her arsenal.
She has literally usurped the title of God of War from Ares and Batman himself has noted
that Wonder Woman doesn’t have any sort of real weakness and my god, that’s terrifying.
She is an incredibly powerful character that deserves more attention than just “female
superhero that’s great at being merchandised”.
Doctor Fate was a character that used to be way more popular, but has now been relegated
to guest appearances and as someone to go to when magic stuff goes down.
Like Zatanna, Doctor Fate can do anything because magic.
His powerset is incredibly vague in the best way possible and I hate to keep comparing
people to Superman, but when it comes to magic, Doctor Fate is the freaking Superman of magic.
YOU CAN NOT BEAT THIS GUY and listen, I know we’re talking about the mainstream DC universe,
but can we quickly talk about Injustice 2.
I mean listen to this line.
“You’ve returned from The Void.”
“The helm found a way”
Okay so let’s have a quick nery rant for a second.
The Void is heavily tied into The Source and they can kind of be interpreted as the paper
that comic books are written on.
So that means that Doctor Fate literally went outside of FICTION and somehow made his way
back which means that the OP “because comics” nature of the medium transcends fictional
realities and concepts, making this probably Doctor Fate’s most impressive feat to date
in any of the versions of him in the multiverse or even Hypertime.
How does that even?!
I don’t even?!
Okay.
Okay, stop right there.
Before you go into the comment section and complain about how lame Aquaman is, let me
counter you real quick.
Pretty much the only people who don’t like Aquaman are people that don’t read Aquaman.
He has become a cultural punching bag because “He’s that guy that talks to fish” which
he technically doesn’t even do.
This dude has super strength, durability, flight, he is an incredibly deadly aquatic
combatant, he can control water and the weather, he’s skilled at hand to hand combat and
fighting with his trident which by the way fires lightning bolts, and yes, the can telepathically
command and control ALL aquatic life.
Some versions of this character include a hook hand, harpoon hand, and even a bad ass
shapeshifting magic water hand, but let’s also not forget that he is a savage warrior
who controls a vast army and is not opposed to murder.
It doesn’t matter if it’s by a shark or even at the end of his trident because Aquaman
can and will kill you if you are a threat to him or his nation and he is a LOT stronger
than many would have you believe.
The Green Lanterns are DC’s space cops and they wield the Green Lantern Power Rings,
a device which is frequently called the most powerful weapon in the universe.
Using this ring, a Lantern can create energy constructs of ANYTHING they want.
The only limit is their imagination, willpower, and sometimes the color yellow.
It’s really always up in the air and up for debate.
Regardless, the ring itself has a plethora of other powers and uses which is mostly relegated
by its onboard A.I., but they have shown nearly infinite strength.
I would go into more detail, but since I’m talking about every single Lantern, it’s
difficult to list off all of their individual strengths and feats.
Just know that there is a reason there’s always a Lantern on the Justice League.
Like, pretty much every iteration of it of which there’s a bunch.
“What I said was, God exists and he is American.”
Now a lot of people know that The Watchmen is separate from the main DC universe, but
after the revelations of the DC Rebirth event, we now know that they are very real and have
a stronger impact on the DC MULTIVERSE as a whole than we know.
At the time of this recording, there’s not much information that has been given, but
we know that at the very least, we know that Dr. Manhattan is out there.
Now, as the earlier quote implies, Dr. Manhattan is essentially a god and is able to do anything.
He’s nearly omnipotent, has telekinesis, he’s invulnerable to pretty much anything,
can reshape matter into anything he desires, can create force fields, alter his size, and
pretty much do whatever he wants, because comics.
Look, just watch this clip from the movie and that’ll tell you everything you need
to know.
I’m excited to see how the Watchmen’s inclusion in the DC multiverse is handled,
but potentially, Dr. Manhattan might be up there in strength with The Presence, who is
literally the GOD of the DC multiverse.
Yeah, this blue dude might be stronger than God.
Holy crap, that’s awesome!
Listen, there are a LOT more overpowered characters in DC Comics and this really scratches the
surface, but I wanted to get a good mix of characters that you already know or at least
ones that you don’t know a lot about, but if you want me to make more videos like this
then I can definitely do so.
Maybe I can go into overpowered DC villians, overpowered Marvel heroes, overpowered Marvel
villains, or even indie characters and stuff like that.
This has been a fun video and I really think that it’ll open the door to some new formats
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