3 Most Overrated Superheroes Of All Time

In everything that’s popular, debates are bound to pop up about who’s underrated or overrated. And overrated superheroes are certainly in abundance.

Batman

I don’t hate Batman. In fact, he’s one of my favorite superheroes. Here, for example, is a perfect reason as to why he’s an overrated superhero: sometimes writers, as well as fans, need to remember that at the end of the day, he’s just a man. An extremely physically fit man, with genius level intellect, and a billion dollars to spend. However, he’s still just an ordinary man.

It doesn’t matter how much Batman trains, he shouldn’t be able to take down a god. Yes, I get that’s his whole thing—the fact that a mere human being has defeated near immortal enemies.

Despite that, there’s a point where you have to draw the line somewhere. His parents’ deaths drove him to succeed, but it seems as if that’s the only thing he clings on to for hope. At some point, he needs to move on.

If he did this, not only would it stop all the parodies and memes about his dead parents, it would also make him a more three-dimensional character.

Wolverine

His name is Logan. He has three claws on each hand. He has an incredible healing factor. And he’s always either angry or depressed. Huh?

Wolverine is supposed to be the loner among all the friendly people. But that doesn’t mean that he always has to be so brooding and edgy. Seriously, lighten up a bit.

While I will admit that his abilities are pretty awesome, at the same time, they’re also overpowered. Also, a cool costume and cool powers don’t really mean anything if the character has a boring personality. There’s no tension or seriousness when you know that a character can survive almost everything that’s thrown at him.

The Fantastic 4

No, I’m not talking about one individual member of the team. I’m referring to the entire group as a whole. I know they’re “Marvel’s First Family” and all, but honestly, could they be anymore boring?

For starters, Mr. Fantastic is … well … basically anything other than fantastic. Elasticity is probably one of the lamest powers out there. Yeah, it could come in handy if you didn’t feel bending over to get something on the floor. Other than that, it’s pretty useless.

Then there’s the Human Torch. Let’s be real, if he didn’t have the ability to cover his body in flames, he wouldn’t be nearly as popular as he is. His character is boring and has nothing unique to offer.

After those two comes the Thing, who is constantly being mocked by the public for how he looks, and not how his personality is. Sounds familiar, right? Maybe that’s because it’s happened to just about every single other superhero in existence. We get it, you hate your life. Enough already.

Last, and probably least, is the Invisible Woman, who, more or less, has the most unoriginal name a person could ever think of. She’s not very important, to be quite honest. I can’t name a single iconic comic book event with her in it.

Not to mention, Sue Storm is definitely the dumbest of the bunch, considering that there are multiple issues where she somehow forgets she’s invisible—which nearly results in her getting trampled by a speeding car. I kid you not, a quote she says from one of those scenes goes exactly like this: “Oh! I forgot I’m invisible! They couldn’t see me! I’m lucky I wasn’t run over!”

Not exactly the brightest bulbs in the bunch, that’s for sure. How they became so popular is something that I just can’t understand.

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