Will there ever be a real life modern day super hero?

It is always nice to delve into theory. Yes, it is theoretically possible to have a superhero in our society. This possibility has been around for a while. However, it is highly unlikely.

There have been court cases dealing with people who have done something someone might expect out of superhero. The other day, I was watching a show where a man was tried for shooting three black teenagers because he feared they would do to him what he had already experience a few weeks earlier, that being his money being stolen and him being attacked mildly. I know this case isn't really a good representation of what we're discussing here, but it shows the potential for vigilante work, epsecially since the man was found not guilty.

Take the case above. If the attack on the thugs, as they were proven to be within the trial, had been thought out beforehand and the attacker had set up a secret base some where, as Batman would do, in order to avoid capture, then, assuming he continued to do these kinds of things, he could be considered a superhero. The only problem with this is that this vigilante could be seen as a menace on society, targeting people randomly for the pettiest of crimes. The people of the city might become paranoid. The vigilante becomes despised. So, he's no longer a superhero, but instead a super-problem.

That's always been my main concern with comics. They never delve into what the general public is thinking in regards to the heroes. Sure, we see a journalistic standpoint and I have an comic in which we see the police standpoint. But what do the people think? How are their lives affected by this masked man traveling their streets? It isn't really discussed.

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Actually, Batman's weapons aren't too unbelievable. He uses miniature boomerangs, smoke pellets, mild explosives, etc. The only thing I would think would be truly hard to mimic is the grapple.

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Well, no. But, then again, I can't imagine any billionaire orphans either.

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I imagine that it would possible for the government, much in Ultimates, to establish a super team that would act above and beyond the police. Although, I don't know exactly who the gov't would recruit for such a project. It's not like we have any super-soldiers...

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