Strength Scale

From DC Database

The purpose of this scale is to, eventually, put all of the characters of the DC Universe in order, by raw physical strength, including the amount of weight each listed character can lift over his/her head with arms fully extended. If this list includes any artificial augmentation of strength by way of outside forces such as telekinesis or mutagenic changes (such as Lex Luthor's enhanced strength from the Everyman Project), it will be noted in parenthesis.

These figures have been known to change from comic to comic, but these values are generally recognized as average for the character and the most recent we know of.

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Contents 1 Below Normal: cannot lift one's own body weight 2 Normal: able to lift one's own body weight 3 Athlete: able to lift one's own body weight up to double one's own body weight 4 Peak Human: able to lift double one's own body weight up to the 800 lb level 5 Superhuman: 800+ lbs to 2 ton range 6 Superhuman: 2+ tons to 10 ton range 7 Superhuman: 10+ tons to 25 ton range 8 Superhuman: 25+ tons to 50 ton range 9 Superhuman: 50+ tons to 75 ton range 10 Superhuman: 75+ tons to 90 ton range 11 Superhuman: 90+ tons to 100 ton range 12 Superhuman: Potentially incalculable, able to lift far in excess of 100 tons 13 References

Below Normal: cannot lift one's own body weight

• Alfred Pennyworth
• Baron Tyrano
• Doctor Sivana (Earth-S)
• Harvey Bullock
• Hector Hammond
• Lex Luthor, Jr.
• Mad Hatter
• Penguin
• Ratcatcher
• Riddler
• Scarecrow
• Scarface
• Ventriloquist

Normal: able to lift one's own body weight

• Black Mask
• Cyclone
• Doctor Mid-Nite
• Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
• Hush
• Joker
• Mister Freeze
• Oracle
• Plastic Man
• Renée Montoya
• Lex Luthor
• Two-Face
• Zatanna

Athlete: able to lift one's own body weight up to double one's own body weight

• Adam Strange
• Atom (Ray Palmer)
• Amazing Man
• Black Canary
• Black Lightning
• Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
• Deadshot
• Flash (Jay Garrick)
• Flash (Bart Allen)
• Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
• Green Lantern (John Stewart)
• Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
• Harley Quinn
• Huntress
• Ion (Kyle Rayner)
• Lady Shiva
• Poison Ivy
• Robin (Tim Drake)
• Talia al Ghul

Peak Human: able to lift double one's own body weight up to the 800 lb level

Note: The weight of 800 lbs is the greatest amount of weight a human can lift, within the DC Universe, without being considered superhuman.

• Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley)
• Artemis(Amazon of Bana-Mighdall) ^[1]
• Bane near-superhuman strength^[2]
• Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
• Batman (Bruce Wayne)
• Catman
• David Cain
• Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
• Mister Terrific
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
• Ra's al Ghul
• Red Arrow
• Red Hood (Jason Todd)
• Wildcat

Superhuman: 800+ lbs to 2 ton range

Note: Any character capable of lifting more than 800 lbs, in the DC Universe, is counted as having superhuman strength.

• Animal Man (while absorbing the abilities of other animals)^[3]
• Hourman I superhuman strength equal to that of about ten men after taking Miraclo^[4]
• Hourman II superhuman strength equal to that of about five men after taking Miraclo^[5]
• Hourman III (android)^[6]
• Man-Bat
• Vixen (while using the Tantu Totem)^[7]

Superhuman: 2+ tons to 10 ton range

• Aztek
• Blue Devil
• Cyborg (Victor Stone) "easliy able to heft several tons" ^[8]
• Deathstroke strength increased nearly tenfold^[9]
• Gorilla Grodd
• Steel (Henry Heywood III) - 3 tons ^[10]
• Steel/Commander Steel (Henry Heywood I) ^[11]
• Steel (John Henry Irons) - 5 tons ^[12]

Superhuman: 10+ tons to 25 ton range

• Atom-Smasher - 15 tons ^[13]
• Bane enhanced venom formula
• Booster Gold
• Damage
• Killer Croc
• Starman V (William Payton) - 15 tons ^[14]

Superhuman: 25+ tons to 50 ton range

Superhuman: 50+ tons to 75 ton range

• Aquaman about 60 tons on land ^[15]
• Starfire

Superhuman: 75+ tons to 90 ton range

• Red Tornado

Superhuman: 90+ tons to 100 ton range

• Powerboy

Superhuman: Potentially incalculable, able to lift far in excess of 100 tons

• Apollo (Earth-50)
• Aquaman underwater
• Black Adam
• Big Barda ^[16]
• Bizarro
• Bizarro I
• Bizarro II
• Bizarro III
• Brainiac
• Christopher Kent (Earth-16)
• Clark Kent (Smallville)
• Cyborg (Hank Henshaw)
• Darkseid
• Despero
• Diana of Themyscira (New Earth)
• Doomsday
• Eradicator (New Earth)
• Frederick Freeman (Earth-S)
• Frederick Freeman (New Earth)
• Geo-Force
• Giganta
• Grayven
• Isis (Adrianna Tomaz)
• Kalibak
• Linda Danvers (New Earth)
• Lobo
• Majestros (Earth-50)
• Major Force
• Martian Manhunter ^[17]
• Mary Batson (Earth-S)
• Mary Batson (New Earth)
• Matrix (Pocket Universe)
• Maxima
• Mongul I
• Mongul II
• Nathaniel Adam (New Earth)
• Orion
• Osiris (Amon Tomaz)
• Power Boy (New Earth)
• Power Girl
• Sodam Yat
• Superboy (Earth-One)
• Superboy (Kon-El) (when using tactile telekinesis)
• Superboy (Pocket Universe)
• Superboy-Prime
• Supergirl (Earth-One)
• Supergirl (New Earth)
• Superman (Earth-2)
• Superman (Earth-15)
• Superman (Earth-22)
• Superman (Earth-30)
• Superman (Earth-31)
• Superman (Earth-One)
• Superman (Earth-Two)
• Superman (New Earth)
• Superman (Post-Crisis)
• Ultraman (Earth-3)
• Ultraman (Earth-Three)
• Ultraman (Qward)
• William Batson (Earth-S)
• William Batson (New Earth)
• William Matthews (New Earth)
• Wonder Woman (Earth-10)
• Wonder Woman (Earth-15)
• Wonder Woman (Earth-30)
• Wonder Woman (Earth-34)

(Note: Many characters' upper power and strength limits have varied greatly over the course of their written histories.)

References

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