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* Parodied by Ruben Bolling; The Impossible Squad! All members are clench-jawed hard smokin' macho sergeants and almost all of them solve things with explosives.

* [[Batman]]. Probably the original [[Badass Normal]] of superhero comics, not only does he nightly take on the psychotic criminals of Gotham City, but he is and always has been a premiere member of the Justice League - with no superpowers - and unflinchingly enters battle with alien overlords, dimension-eating demons and cyborg mutants - again with no superpowers. He's on par with and widely respected by even the most godlike metas in DC's mythos, and he's managed this by simply by keeping his mental and physical fitness superbly honed, utmost dedication to his Mission, and sheer ''willpower''...

*** Superman himself, in canon, has even referred to Batman as the most dangerous man on the planet.

** Batman's reputation is known even among aliens, as shown when the Sinestro Corps attemtpt to recruit him. Luckily, he managed to summarily scare the ring off before it could take him to be trained.

*** Let me guess: he laughed.

* Ogami Itto of ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' is Japan's greatest badass, although there is a justification. As the former Executioner of the Shogun, he was expected to fight for the right to get such a cushy job, presumably besting every other swordsman in Japan for the right to be "the Shogun's right hand". Consequently, when he goes rogue, no man/woman/ninja hit squad can stand against him. At one point in the series he fights off a crowd of female assassins while ''drugged unconscious''. Despite this, the series is fantastic for trying to find new, creative ways for the bad guys to provide some challenge worthy of him. His enemies, acknowledging him as the greatest swordsman in Japan, will attempt to send, say, the greatest ''rifleman'' in Japan against him, or some such.

** Rorschach is, among other things, more badass than the Antarctic itself, enduring the bitter cold and what had to be some severe wind chill on one of Nite Owl's hoverbikes with no superpowers and no more protective equipment than the same overcoat and hat that he wore around New York. Without even a shiver.

** There is also Ozymandias, who {{spoiler|effortlessly defeated aforementioned Rorschach and his ally Nite-Owl at the same time, and later ''caught a bullet with his bare hands''.}}

* Really, most superheroes will be this at one time or another. It's kind of the point of ''being'' a superhero.

* Once upon a time, Scott Summers/Cyclops. In the old days, he was smart enough and dangerous enough to take on the X-men, with them trying to kill him because Mastermind had made them think he was Dark Phoenix, and hold them off without killing them while simultaneously outplaying Mastermind. On another occasion, he managed to ''sneak up on Wolverine''. Then they changed him into a different and largerly unrelated character.

** The Phantom Stranger's girlfriend, Cassandra Craft, is pretty badass, too. She's a blind seer, but she's managed to successfully fend off an assault from Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster at the same time, and willingly tags along to fight mummies with the Stranger in Egypt.

* Ares, God Of War. He became a member of the Avengers, because they needed somebody with the skills and experience of [[Wolverine]] and the power of [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]. Some of his actions:

*** Billy, Cobra Commander's son, who received ninja training from Storm Shadow and manages to be one of the most badass ninja in the Joe-verse even ''after'' losing a leg ''and'' an eye.

*** When [[The Baroness]] saw that Maj. Bludd was targeting Destro, chose to flip her own tank over to foil him. She was caught in the explosion, but not only survived nearly her whole body being engulfed in flames, but after some plastic surgery came out even better (and badder) than ever.

* Cassandra Cain, the third [[Batgirl]]. [[Executive Meddling]] notwithstanding, she was trained by her father, a deadly assassin that also trained Bruce Wayne, to read people. The slightest...um...slight...would tell her what they would do before they did it. And it would bore her. She was more than a combative equal to the Dark Knight, and sucker-punched another high-skilled assassin, Lady Shiva...with a broken arm. That's just the beginning.

* [[The Metabarons]]. Each one of them. It begins with Othon who kills a trained armored guy equiped with top notch weaponry, and it ends with Nameless, who can kill entire universes! (Those who doubt it can refer to his Father-Mother Aghora, who effectively destoyed one...)

 

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