Did you ever wonder who was the greatest superhero of all? Sure, you can default to Superman, but if Professor X ever had a mind to turn Superman’s brains into scrambled eggs, well…Sure, Superman is physically invulnerable, but until he adopts Magneto’s idea of wearing a psychic buffer helmet, he’s susceptible to psychic attacks.
And while we’re on the subject, how could you design a rating system? You couldn’t go with sheer power or strength, because Professor X himself, who isn’t mobile at all, nor strong, is probably still one of the most powerful supers that exists. If you scaled things according to brute force alone, Superman and Thor would probably be at the top of the list, and Professor X wouldn’t even register. He wouldn’t be as powerful as, well, as Batman. But the fact is that the Prof could fry Batman before the Bat ever got out of the Bat Cave.
Take a look at this. Just a little something I’ve been working on in the way of a rating system for supers. I used Peak Normal Human Potential as the standard, and adjusted according to a scale system of up to 200 points for supers. So, for instance, if the fastest a human can run is scored at a 25, then the Flash’s speed rating would be up around 190 or even 200, since he’s the fastest super in either universe. Or if the strongest a human can be is 25, then the strength of Spider Man would be somewhere around an 80. Superman up around 190, and so on. If you think I’m off base with any of my ratings, let me know. I’m more than willing to change someone’s rating if I hear a good argument for the change.
Now, the real purpose for this post: In sports, there is a rating system for quarterbacks that is fairly complex, and it made me think that if we had statistical categories for each super human power, then we could rate supers as well as quarterbacks. For an example of the QB rating system, look here. With that formula in mind I’ve ranked 24 supers, from both Marvel and DC, according to 20 categories from strength to cunning, fortitude to leadership, and of course there’s energy projection and invulnerability. The only thing it lacks is a way to put those numbers together and make the scores make sense, because right now it’s just a bunch of numbers on a page. So if there are any mathemeticians out there who think they can figure out a way to combine, multiply, divide or otherwise come up with a formula to make this work, I’d love to hear from you. If anyone can put together a calculation formula for this, then we can expand on this spreadsheet to incorporate every super in every universe that exists! Now, doesn’t that seem worthwhile? It does to me :-)
Superhero Rating System
Did you ever wonder who was the greatest superhero of all? Sure, you can default to Superman, but if Professor X ever had a mind to turn Superman’s brains into scrambled eggs, well…Sure, Superman is physically invulnerable, but until he adopts Magneto’s idea of wearing a psychic buffer helmet, he’s susceptible to psychic attacks.
And while we’re on the subject, how could you design a rating system? You couldn’t go with sheer power or strength, because Professor X himself, who isn’t mobile at all, nor strong, is probably still one of the most powerful supers that exists. If you scaled things according to brute force alone, Superman and Thor would probably be at the top of the list, and Professor X wouldn’t even register. He wouldn’t be as powerful as, well, as Batman. But the fact is that the Prof could fry Batman before the Bat ever got out of the Bat Cave.
Take a look at this. Just a little something I’ve been working on in the way of a rating system for supers. I used Peak Normal Human Potential as the standard, and adjusted according to a scale system of up to 200 points for supers. So, for instance, if the fastest a human can run is scored at a 25, then the Flash’s speed rating would be up around 190 or even 200, since he’s the fastest super in either universe. Or if the strongest a human can be is 25, then the strength of Spider Man would be somewhere around an 80. Superman up around 190, and so on. If you think I’m off base with any of my ratings, let me know. I’m more than willing to change someone’s rating if I hear a good argument for the change.
Now, the real purpose for this post: In sports, there is a rating system for quarterbacks that is fairly complex, and it made me think that if we had statistical categories for each super human power, then we could rate supers as well as quarterbacks. For an example of the QB rating system, look here. With that formula in mind I’ve ranked 24 supers, from both Marvel and DC, according to 20 categories from strength to cunning, fortitude to leadership, and of course there’s energy projection and invulnerability. The only thing it lacks is a way to put those numbers together and make the scores make sense, because right now it’s just a bunch of numbers on a page. So if there are any mathemeticians out there who think they can figure out a way to combine, multiply, divide or otherwise come up with a formula to make this work, I’d love to hear from you. If anyone can put together a calculation formula for this, then we can expand on this spreadsheet to incorporate every super in every universe that exists! Now, doesn’t that seem worthwhile? It does to me :-)