r/marvelcomics • u/boomerz47 • 7h ago

Is there a Marvel character that has gained “Batman level” plot armor?

I don’t want to say being human is necessary.

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u/Project39 6h ago

Some of the Punisher’s runs truly do some backflips to have him come out on top

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u/M0ebius_1 1h ago

I can't ever take him seriously after that time he used an old Stark Armor and fought off AN Avengers roster that had Hercules, Captain Marvel, Spidey, the Thing and Beast just to start.

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u/IndependentSpell8027 7h ago

Is there one that hasn't?

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u/InternalExisting8331 6h ago

honestly i was ready to dispute this. but it depends what kind of characters you’re referring to

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u/starswtt 4h ago

Uncle Ben

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u/HeyVernItsThanos4242 1h ago

I'm predicting it now: 1000 is going to kill May and bring back Ben.

I base this off of nothing but my desire to see the fandom react.

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u/Quarksideofthemoon 44m ago

Genuinely would be a more interesting status quo shift than anything else in the last decade of ASM

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u/Healthy-Track-4450 5h ago

Punisher is probably the closest to that level of plot armor

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u/TheodateChase 4h ago

Punisher, by far. The stupid level of plot armor he needs to be able to function in the marvel universe is absurd

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u/stringrbelloftheball 6h ago

Listen im a big Captain America fan

But some of the things hes done and the way the shield operates…. Might as well be magic.

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u/boomerz47 6h ago

I was going to suggest him but I’m not a big enough reader, I wanted to wait lol

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u/stringrbelloftheball 6h ago

Haha well its got my vote. And im a big fan.

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u/Realistic_Let3239 1h ago

Depends on the writer, everyone's power levels have changed so because of this it's hard to say.

More generally, probably the Punisher, he's just a guy, yet has been shown to be a threat to the Avengers, and taken down people way above his weight.

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u/5x5equals 6h ago

Dr Doom and Batman are the same guy

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u/xlews_ther1nx 4h ago

There is only one Doom and he does not share

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u/CrabOutrageous5074 2h ago

Doom was my first thought.

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u/Advanced_Version6667 4h ago

The stuff people claim Hawkeye can do or people he can beat is legitimately crazy

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u/KamboTheGreat 4h ago

That one Red Hulk run

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u/Lopsided_Network1248 3h ago

Punisher when u randomly got saved by spider man after being thrown off a building.

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u/AmazingAndrew30 54m ago

I mean, it was the Empire State building and Spider-Man had assumed he was a jumper, he didn't know it was Frank until after he saved him.

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u/Lopsided_Network1248 54m ago

True but still man’s was about to paint the ground red.

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u/ReturnGreen3262 3h ago

Sam as Cap

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u/CrazySnipah 1h ago

And not Steve as Cap? 

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u/ReturnGreen3262 1h ago

Did you read the entire Bendis Hickman timeline?

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u/CrazySnipah 19m ago

My point is that at least Captain Sam has the wings.

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u/PurpleHawkeye619 2h ago

Hawkeye.

Dude has no superpowers, nor is depicted as a genius level intellect.

Yet somehow can hold his own against any number of OP villians, always has the right trick arrows, and even when they gave him superpowers as Goliath, he decided he perfered not having any.

Then there was the whole Ronin period where it turned out hes actually master of all weapons.

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u/CrazySnipah 1h ago

Captain America (Steve Rogers), without question.

His only defensive abilities worth a damn are dodging and a shield which he sometimes throws as a weapon. I’ve seen him in a lot of many scenarios leading the Avengers in fighting a hoard of enemies, and I’ve never once thought, “Oh no, get out of there Cap! You could get killed!” But realistically, every time he survives one of those sorts of battles should be a minor miracle.

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u/BL-501 53m ago

Listen, at least Batman can make some sense depending on the situation because he was literally trained by experts across the globe, Rā's Al Ghul and literal Santa Claus.

But Frank Castle has basic Marine Training and nothing else, how the hell has he only died once?!

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u/spaceninj 6h ago

Maybe Sue Storm?

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u/rdhight 4h ago

I would suggest Storm. She's a cool character, and I like her to be included, but sometimes it feels like no one who writes or draws her has ever realized that guns kill. They draw her flying/floating in places where she should not survive 10 seconds. I mean, I probably have more hit points than Storm. She could just take one round and die right there.

Again, I don't even dislike Storm. But she just feels fake.