It seems to me that there are basically two kinds of superheroes: ones who were essentially BORN to be superheroes, and ones who were SHANGHAIED into it.
Superman's a born superhero.
Spiderman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Manhattan all got ROPED INTO it.
Shang Chi is sort of both, I suppose. Which is Batman?
@mcfate he was goaded into it. Circumstances.
I'm calling "lunatic" on that one, honestly.
@mcfate well, it was either that or he was bored. Rich dude.
There's a great book called "Becoming Batman" where a physiologist spends some time looking into what it would take, and it's SORT of possible, if you got lucky in the genetic lottery β like, REALLY lucky β but you'd have to be both obsessive and deeply masochistic to take it on.
It's like being an Olympic Gold Medalist in about a dozen sports, not necessarily complementary ones.