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.
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
- Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
- 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)
- Flash (Jay Garrick)
- Flash (Bart Allen)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Green Lantern (John Stewart)
- Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
- Harley Quinn
- Huntress
- Ion (Kyle Rayner)
- Lady Shiva
- Poison Ivy
- Red Arrow
- 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]
- Catman
- Croc/Killer Croc near superhuman strength [3]
- David Cain
- Deadshot
- Mister Terrific
- Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
- Ra's al Ghul
- Red Hood (Jason Todd)
- Wildcat
- Batman Bruce Wayne
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)[4]
- Deathstroke strength increased nearly tenfold[5]
- Gorilla Grodd
- Hourman I superhuman strength equal to that of about ten men after taking Miraclo[6]
- Hourman II superhuman strength equal to that of about five men after taking Miraclo[7]
- Hourman III (android)[8]
- Man-Bat
- Vixen (while using the Tantu Totem)[9]
Superhuman: 2+ tons to 10 ton range
- Aztek
- Blue Devil
- Cyborg (Victor Stone) "easliy able to heft several tons" [10]
- Steel (Henry Heywood III) - 3 tons [11]
- Steel/Commander Steel (Henry Heywood I) [12]
- Steel (John Henry Irons) - 5 tons [13]
Superhuman: 10+ tons to 25 ton range
- Atom-Smasher - 15 tons [14]
- Booster Gold
- Damage
- Starman V (William Payton) - 15 tons [15]
Superhuman: 25+ tons to 50 ton range
Superhuman: 50+ tons to 75 ton range
Superhuman: 75+ tons to 90 ton range
Superhuman: 90+ tons to 100 ton range
Superhuman: Potentially incalculable, able to lift far in excess of 100 tons
- Apollo (Earth-50)
- Black Adam
- 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 [18]
- 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
- ↑ The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #5 July. 1985/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #1 Mar. 1985/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #10 Dec. 1985/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #10 Dec. 1985/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #25 Mar. 1987/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ Who's Who #5 July 1985
- ↑ Who's Who #22 Dec. 1986; The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004; JLA #233 Dec. 1984
- ↑ Who's Who #5 July 1985/The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004
- ↑ www.starnet-database.com
- Robotman (Cliff Steele) - 10 tons <ref> Who's Who #19 Sept. 1986; The Doom Patrol #10 July 1988; The DC Comics Encyclopedia 2004</li>
