History LightningBruiser / ComicBooks

* ComicBook/IronFist fits the LightningBruiser bill thanks to his KiManipulation, Danny with his chi is strong enough to destroy helicarriers and punch around The Hulk and his son Skaar. Chi also boosts Iron Fist’s speed to at least 35mph, he’s casually dodged bullets at point blank range and chi also makes Iron Fist tough enough to survive a train packed with explosives exploding into him. Additionally in under certain circumstances Danny can use chi to teleport through dimensions like [[Anime/DragonBallZ Instant Transmission]]. Similarly ComicBook/ShangChi uses chi to boost his strength, speed and durability well out of his [[SuperWeight Weight Class]], to the point where Shang can down a KillerRobot and overpower a dragon.

* While ComicBook/SpiderMan isn't near the upper-echelons of power in comic books, among the "street-level" heroes and villains he usually interacts with, he qualifies. He can lift 20 tons over his head, has enhanced reflexes and speed (not to mention that his webs enhance his mobility considerably), and his enhanced musculature gives him superhuman durability and endurance, which is further enhanced by his status as a {{determinator}}. At his best Spidey is a OneManArmy able to SpeedBlitz the whole X-Men in two pages and even defeat Firelord barehanded viva VictoryByEndurance, Spider-Man has also survived things that would certainly kill most superhumans e.g a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from a [[CosmicEntity Phoenix Force]]-enhanced Colossus.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':

** Other Amazons fit the bill, in particular [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark]] and ComicBook/{{Artemis}} who are strong enough to knock around Kryptonians, move faster than bullets and lasers (as well as defect them) as well as being able to survive horrific injuries due to being blessed by Hera.

*** [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] (Basil Karlo) although he looks as slow as a BlobMonster ought to be, he’s actually incredibly fast having been able to tag the ninja-like Batman frequently and even gotten the jump on Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Cheetah who have SuperSpeed. As for strength Clayface is strong to lift cars, destroy buildings and has even given members of the Justice League trouble and due to his mud-like composition he’s nigh-impervious to most damage. While Karlo is defeated often, Batman himself admits he can’t actually take Clayface in a physical fight, needing tricks and gadgets to beat him.

** Can’t forget ComicBook/BlackAdam Billy’s {{Archenemy}} (or just AntiHeroSubstitute DependingOnTheWriter) who’s been able to give Superman a hard time, KO Powergirl with a ShockwaveClap and fly through The Spectre, survive planet shattering beatdowns and even out-sped the original [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash Jay Garrick]]. Even when BroughtDownToNormal Adam could kill Yeti with his bare hands.

** ComicBook/TheThing can [[FasterThanTheyLook move at athletic speeds despite his size and rock-like mass]]. He’s frequently matched his rival the aforementioned Hulk in strength (even knocking him out on at least a few occasions) and even successfully clobbered Thor who’s usually more of a LightningBruiser than either of them. Not to mention Thing is so durable he can NoSell nuclear blast, hell the only two things that have breached Thing’s stoney hide is Wolverine’s [[FantasyMetals Adamantium]] [[WolverineClaws claws]] and Hulk’s punches.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsSkrulls Super-Skrull]] even compared to other mimic characters is [[ComboPlatterPowers ridiculous powerful]] due to having all the powers of the Four. He’s strong enough to clobber Thor, Thing and Silver Surfer, fast enough to fly circles around Human Torch, is mistaken for a missile and is durable enough for shrug off blows from most of Marvel’s heroes and even Mjölnir. Worse still thanks to having Sue’s BarrierWarrior powers and Reed and Johnny’s [[RubberMan stretchiness]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] Super Skrull can effectively defend against most attacks and has excellent range.

* ComicBook/{{Gamora}}, she's not "The Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy/Universe" for shits and giggles. Thanks to TrainingFromHell from her adoptive father Thanos (see below) and some BioAugmentation for extra measure she's fast enough to regularly dodge lasers and EyeBeams from her dad. She's tough enough to survive getting clobbered by multiple galactic heavy hitters and scorched alive by an artificial sun. And she's strong enough to go blow to blow with the likes of Ronan the Accuser, Carol Davners, She-Hulk and even her father [[spoiler: whom she beheaded with the Power Stone adorned [[CoolSword Infinity Blade]].]]

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk is not only the strongest one there is and nigh-invulnerable, but he's also extremely fast. So is his lover, Betty Ross, when she was Harpy and Red She-Hulk. During the Superman / Hulk crossover, Superman attempts to grapple the Hulk to calm him down, only to find himself almost instantly flung into space, causing Supes to remark, "How can someone that big be so ''fast''?"

* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' aka Mark Grayson can lift 400 tons, rip most villains to shreds, blitz across countries at high speed flight in seconds and as alluded to by his namesake is invulnerable to most damage. Though Mark is just a HalfHumanHybrid, his father Nolan is a Viltrimite a FlyingBrick species that are even stronger, faster and tougher than him. One time when Mark combined his strength with his father and another Viltrimite they could bust through a whole goddamn planet.
** Other aliens and characters from the same comic also fit the Lightning Bruiser bill e.g Allen the Alien and Battle Beast who are strong, fast and tough enough to give Viltrimites a run for their money. Or Dinosaurus a GeniusBruiser who can match Mark and Allen in strength and toughness and move at surprisingly speeds for his size.

* ComicBook/IronMan DependingOnTheWriter or more accurately depending on the PoweredArmour, can punch with the force of a wrecking ball, move like a jet going past the sound barrier and shrug off attacks like a battle tank. Then there's the Extremis Suit, Mystic Suit, Thorbuster etc which further boost Tony's strength, speed, durability, and overall power to the extreme and even god-like levels. Likewise there’s his best buddy ComicBook/WarMachine who’s tossed around tanks, can fly at over Mach 620 and tanked everything from ComicBook/{{Storm}}’s lightning to getting nuked.

** Mongul the space tyrant, similar to the Hulk is FasterThanTheyLook as he can match Superman’s great speed in addition to being a degree stronger than him and easily as durable. Supes typically [[LetsGetDangerous needs to go all out]] just overpower the big hulking yellow bastard in strength.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor much like Batman above can be considered as much despite [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] being a BadassNormal. Even without additional buffs, he’s matched Batman, Nightwing and Deathstroke in speed and skill and managed to overpower them and being MadeOfIron has survived getting sniped in the chest and falling out of a helicopter as well as getting thrown around Kryptonians. Upon donning PoweredArmour he can easily match both Superman and Supergirl in combat, managing to draw blood and once even impaled Kara (granted Lex does exploit the KryptoniteFactor to do so most of the time).
*** In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'' when Lex is turned into a [[HalfHumanHybrid Martian-Human hybrid]], he can take on the entire Justice League, react to Flash’s speed and beat the shit out of Superman, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter and recover from most attacks (including getting sliced by Diana’s atom cutting sword) with his HealingFactor.

* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} though he can easily dip into MightyGlacier still moves and reacts at speeds more suitable for someone half his size as well as having god-like strength and being nigh-unkillable. He’s frequently fought, kept up and overpowered other Lightning Bruisers listed here and even matched and beat his own son Lightning Bruiser son Thane who was powered by the [[CosmicEntity Phoenix Force]] at the time.

* ComicBook/TheVision is a prominent if underrated example. He’s able lift well over 50 tons, fly at high speeds and make his body as hard as diamond. Although he’s [[TheWorfEffect susceptible to breaking apart]] on occasion. Viz at his best has managed to blitz the aforementioned Silver Surfer in combat and during a more recent comic one hit K.O Jane Foster while she was playing DistaffCounterpart to Thor.

** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} can [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] fall into this being strong enough to hold up a elevator and throw bears around, fast enough to slice bullets and of course [[UnbreakableBones durable]] to shrug off almost everything. The HealingFactor tends to help. Other times he's merely super athletic like Nightcrawler and Gambit.

** Apollo has super strength, can fly around the globe in less than 30 seconds and is durable enough to take dip in molten lava and shrug off blows from other meta-humans.

** The same sentiment applies to others who’ve taken enhancements in the MU such as ComicBook/BlackWidow (Russian Super-Soldier Serum), ComicBook/WinterSoldier (Infinity Formula) and ComicBook/BlackPanther (Heart Shaped Herb). DependingOnTheWriter this just puts them slightly above the trained human level, or makes them capable of snapping a men's neck with a simple kick like Black Widow has done, or fast enough to dodge gunfire at point blank range like the Winter Solider has done or durable enough to survive blows that would kill a bull elephant like Black Panther has done.

** [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} The Dark Knight himself]] even by NonPoweredCostumedHero with CharlesAtlasSuperPower standards is very much this. Batman is strong enough to lift 1,000 lbs, punch through stone and steel, overpower several super powered foes and [[OneManArmy take on upwards]] of 100s of {{Mooks}} and even inhuman legions of Man-Bats. He's also fast dodge bullets (even from ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}), catch arrows out of the air, throw a batarang at 100 mph and most ludicrously was able to dodge ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s Omega beams. Bruce is also tough enough to endure getting [[MadeOfIron brutally beaten]] by much stronger opponents like getting slammed head first into the ground by a possessed Wonder Woman, as well as survive getting poisoned and subjected to vacuum of space for 24 seconds. Whenever Batman gets into PoweredArmour this gets taken up to eleven with Batman able to take on Superman, the Justice League and even Darkseid.

*** [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] (Basil Karlo) although he looks as slow as a BlobMonster ought to be, he’s actually incredibly fast having able to tag the ninja-like Batman frequently and even gotten the jump on Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Cheetah who have SuperSpeed. As for strength Clayface is strong to lift cars, destroy buildings and has even given members of the Justice League trouble and due to his mud-like composition he’s nigh-impervious to most damage. While Karlo is defeated often, Batman himself admits he can’t actually take Clayface in a physical fight, needing tricks and gadgets to beat him.

** The same sentiment applies others who've taken enchantments in the MU such as: ComicBook/BlackWidow (Russian Super-Soldier Serum), ComicBook/WinterSoldier (Infinity Formula) and ComicBook/BlackPanther (Heart Shaped Herb). DependingOnTheWriter this just puts them slightly above the trained human level, or makes them capable of snapping a men's neck with a simple kick like Black Widow has done, or fast enough to dodge gunfire at point blank range like the Winter Solider has done or durable enough to survive blows that would kill a bull elephant like Black Panther has done.

* ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer especially in his debut was strong enough to lift well over 100 tons and was comparable to The Hulk, fly at slightly slower than light speeds (around 185,620 mph) and durable enough to survive blows from Thanos and has a HealingFactor. Modern comics have dialed Drax back to the extent where he’s no longer the powerhouse he was in the 90s, though he’s still quite the Lightning Bruiser in his own right.

** ComicBook/DoctorDoom is a very impressive LightningBruiser in his own right. Thanks to PoweredArmor and magic, he has strength to hold his own against Thing and Hulk, speed to block FlyingBrick Sentry blitzing him at top speed (with only 7% of his suit's power left) and the sheer durability to survive Thanos blasting him with the Infinity Gauntlet. Even when Mr Fantastic or Iron Man manage to [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter surpass]] Doom with their own technology, Doom can still fall back on sorcery to keep up with or defeat them.

** Hulk’s cousin ComicBook/SheHulk is no slouch herself being to toss dinosaurs around, lift greater weights than the Thing can, move fast enough to dodge Iron Man’s attacks and tank getting smashed through entire cities and even attacks from her bigger cousin Bruce. Shulkie’s ArchEnemy Titania is of similar mold being strong, fast and tough enough to give Jen a hard time and sometimes beat her outright.

* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is able toss cruise ships around and physically move underwater tectonic plates, swim at great speeds (at least 10,000 feet per second) and thanks to his Atlantean physiology can take blows from the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman.

*** [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] (Basil Karlo) although he looks as slow as a BlobMonster ought to be, he’s actually incredibly fast having able to tag the ninja-like Batman frequently and even gotten the jump on Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Cheetah who have SuperSpeed. As for strength Clayface is strong to lift cars, destroy buildings and has even given members of the Justice League trouble and due to his mud-like composition he’s nigh-impervious to most damage. While defeated often, Batman himself admits he can’t actually take Clayface in a physical fight, needing tricks and gadgets to beat him.
** [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]] even compared to Batman himself is a Lightning Bruiser. Her feats include causally [[DodgeTheBullet weaving in between automatic gunfire]] like it's nothing and dodging [[EyeBeams Heat Vision]], punching through concrete and [[WreckedWeapon shattering a sword]] with her hand and she's even survived getting shot four times and kept going. There's some suggestion that Cass has some supernatural heritage which would go some ways into explaining half the stunts she pulls off.

* ComicBook/BlackBolt is a Marvel powerhouse Lightning Bruiser and while he's better known for his [[MakeMeWannaShout vocal talent]] his physical stats are nothing to scoff at. He's strong enough to destroy helicopters and cars with his strikes and punch around Hulk, Thing, and Gladiator. He's fast enough to intercept missiles, dodge beams of "solidified gravity" and once flew from New York into space within a few minutes (at the very least) to reach a solar flare. He's durable enough to tank a force that would've "killed a dinosaur", survived a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Thanos and most impressively was inside the Terrigen Bomb when it exploded and ripped a hole in space and time... [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat and was okay afterward]].

** Even in comparison to the other FlyingBrick heroes of Franchise/TheDCU, Superman is stronger, faster and tougher than the vast majority of them.

** ComicBook/TheKingpin. A lot of people mistake his considerable size as being fat. In reality, it's all hard-built muscle and he's spent decades training himself in hand-to-hand combat. In their first confrontations with him, both Spider-Man and Daredevil made the same mistake of assuming that Fisk was a MightyGlacier, only to be caught off guard by how fast and durable he is.

** Wraith the ArcVillain of ComicBook/New52 ''Superman Unleashed'', a hulking genetically created superweapon who absorbs solar radiation to a greater extent than Supes. As result he’s strong enough to kick Clark halfway across the continental United States, keep up with Kryptonian speed (even pulling off a PunchCatch) and is able to shrug off multiple planet cracking blows and [[EyeBeams Heat Vision]] from the Man of Steel.

* ComicBook/SubMariner aka Namor is Marvel's first LightningBruiser (he even came out the same month as Supes). Subby is strong enough to toss around a WWII destroyers, match blows with The Hulk, fast enough to swim 60 miles per hour [[ComboPlatterPowers and fly]] faster than jet planes and durable enough to tank beatings from everyone from Doctor Doom to Thanos.

* [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] has enough strength to fight the likes of ComicBook/{{Thanos}} and ComicBook/{{Thor}} in hand to hand combat, can fly faster than [[FasterThanLightTravel supraluminal velocities]] and shrug off blows from other cosmic and god-like characters.

* ComicBook/IronMan DependingOnTheWriter or more accurately depending on the PoweredArmour, can punch with the force of a wrecking ball, move like a jet going past the sound barrier and shrug off attacks like a battle tank. Then there's the Extremis Suit, Mystic Suit, Thorbuster etc which further boost Tony's strength, speed, durability, and overall power to the extreme and even god-like levels.

* ComicBook/TheMightyThor is insanely strong - no one's quite figured out whether he's stronger than the Hulk, but he has a good chance, and he's gone toe to toe with Superman ''and'' the Martian Manhunter in the past and come off the better (though he later lost to Supes, as Supes knew he could take the heavy stuff. Thor didn't know that Supes could take it as well as dish it). Thor also flies at FTL velocity, being fast enough to tag speedsters like Quicksilver breaking the sound barrier and once the crossed the entire universe in five seconds and managed to damage and defeat unfathomably powerful beings like Galactus and Glory and survived the brunt of their attacks.

** [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} The Dark Knight himself]] even by NonPoweredCostumedHero with CharlesAtlasSuperPower standards is very much this. Batman is strong enough to lift 1,000 lbs, punch through stone and steel, overpower several super powered foes and [[OneManArmy take on upwards]] of 100s of {{Mooks}} and even inhuman legions of Man-Bats. He's also fast dodge bullets (even from ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}), catch arrows out of the air, throw a batarang at 100 mph and most ludicrously was able to dodge ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s Omega beams. Bruce is also tough enough to endure getting [[MadeOfIron brutally beaten]] by much stronger opponents like getting slammed head first into the ground by a possessed Wonder Woman, as well as survive getting poisoned and subjected to vacuum of space for 24 seconds. Whenever Batman gets into PoweredArmour this gets taken UpToEleven with Batman able to take on Superman, the Justice League and even Darkseid.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica while he tends to get overshadowed by the upper brass of the Marvel Universe is still a Lightning Bruiser in his own right thanks to the [[SuperSerum Super-Soldier Serum]] bringing him to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower the peak of human ability]]. Cap is able to bench 11000 pounds, run 50 mph, catch a missile in his bare hands, jump 30 feet in the air, take on multiple super powered opponents at once and jump out of planes without a parachute on a regular basis. Dialed UpToEleven with ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Captain America, who's explicitly superhuman being strong, fast and tough enough to match Spider-Man and give even The Hulk a helluva fight.

** [[ComicBook/CaptainUniverse Cosmic Spider-Man]] dials all Spidey’s traits UpToEleven and beyond with the added benefit of {{Flight}}. Cosmic Spider can not only move faster than light but can lift things well over 100 tons, defeat the aforementioned Hulk and Thor as well as survive the crushing pressure of a black hole.

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk is not only the strongest one there is and nigh-invulnerable, but he's also extremely fast. So is his lover, ComicBook/BettyRoss, when she was Harpy and Red She-Hulk. During the Superman / Hulk crossover, Superman attempts to grapple the Hulk to calm him down, only to find himself almost instantly flung into space, causing Supes to remark, "How can someone that big be so ''fast''?"

* [[ComicBook/{{Warlock}} Adam Warlock]] has enough strength to fight the likes of ComicBook/{{Thanos}} and ComicBook/{{Thor}} in hand to hand combat, can fly faster than [[FasterThanLightTravel supraluminal velocities]] and shrug off blows from other cosmic and god-like characters.

* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} as seen in multiple ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' books, is a deadly LightningBruiser. Thanks to a SuperSerum and Nth metal armour, he can swing around slabs of concrete, brutalise metahumans, equal or outright stomp Batman and go toe to toe with both Wonder Woman and Superman to the point of drawing blood. He’s fast enough to dodge gunfire, catch a superhuman attacking him from behind and at one point in ComicBook/New52 got the Flash’s SuperSpeed himself. His Nth metal armour generally protects him most harm and he even has a force field to save from getting splattered by a pissed off Superman.

* ComicBook/AdamWarlock has enough strength to fight the likes of ComicBook/{{Thanos}} and ComicBook/{{Thor}} in hand to hand combat, can fly faster than [[FasterThanLightTravel supraluminal velocities]] and shrug off blows from other cosmic and god-like characters.

* ComicBook/SilverSurfer always ranks high on Marvel’s power chart: he’s incredibly strong being able to move around entire planets and slap around Thing and Hulk. Fast enough to surf in space at speeds [[FasterThanLightTravel faster than light]] and go through space wormholes. He’s also durable enough to tank hits from the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos himself and even recover from being blasted by his former master Galactus. Even when BroughtDownToNormal in ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'', he could still wipe the floor with every combatant and give Hulk a thrashing before being eventually defeated.

* ComicBook/TheSentry, along with X-Men’s [[Characters/MarvelComicsShiar Gladiator]], [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme Hyperion]], [[ComicBook/AdamLegendOfTheBlueMarvel Blue Marvel]] and [[ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman Sun-God]] are considered Marvel’s main [[SupermanSubstitute Superman]]-[[FlyingBrick expies]] having god-like strength, superior speed and will shrug off planet busting blows. Sentry, Hyperion and Sun-God in particular lack a KryptoniteFactor making them hard to defeat or kill.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica while he tends to get overshadowed by the upper brass of the Marvel Universe is still a Lighting Bruiser in his own right thanks to the [[SuperSerum Super-Soldier Serum]] bringing him to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower the peak of human ability]]. Cap is able to bench 11000 pounds, run 50 mph, catch a missile in his bare hands, jump 30 feet in the air, take on multiple super powered opponents at once and jump out of planes without a parachute on a regular basis. Dialed UpToEleven with ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Captain America, who's explicitly superhuman being strong, fast and tough enough to match Spider-Man and give even The Hulk a helluva fight.

** [[Characters/{{Skrulls}} Super Skrull]] even compared to other mimic characters is [[ComboPlatterPowers ridiculous powerful]] due to having all the powers of the Four. He’s strong enough to clobber Thor, Thing and Silver Surfer, fast enough to fly circles around Human Torch, is mistaken for a missile and is durable enough for shrug off blows from most of Marvel’s heroes and even Mjölnir. Worse still thanks to having Sue’s BarrierWarrior powers and Reed and Johnny’s [[RubberMan stretchiness]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] Super Skrull can effectively defend against most attacks and has excellent range.

* ComicBook/TheSentry, along with X-Men’s [[Characters/MarvelComicsShiar Gladiator]], [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme Hyperion]], [[ComicBook/AdamLegendOfTheBlueMarvel Blue Marvel]] and [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers Sun-God]] are considered Marvel’s main [[SupermanSubstitute Superman]]-[[FlyingBrick expies]] having god-like strength, superior speed and will shrug off planet busting blows. Sentry, Hyperion and Sun-God in particular lack a KryptoniteFactor making them hard to defeat or kill.

* ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} with his PhotographicMemory most certainly qualifies, besides engaging in brutal fights with the likes Captain America, Punisher, Iron Fist, Deadpool and Spider-Man and surviving blows from Hyperion, he’s casually caught bullets in his hands, nabbed a shuriken thrown from behind him and blocked a RPG after it’s fired. Tasky is surprisingly strong too being able to flip Iron Man over and send both Spidey and Miles flying out a window, despite being only moderately enhanced to peak human ability with a serum.