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10 Awesome Superheroes Without Superpowers

What makes a superhero a superhero? It's a difficult term to define as, while the majority of comic book heroes sport at least one superhuman ability of some kind, many don a cape or a cowl to fight crime without the aid of any sort of powers.

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2) Green Arrow

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Every superhero team needs an archer (apparently). As The Avengers have Hawkeye, the Justice League have Green Arrow. While we won’t get into the long-held debate about who’s better with a bow and arrow, the Emerald Archer’s longer history just nudges him ahead of Barton on our list.

To paraphrase TV’s Stephen Amell, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was stranded on a desert island for five years. When he finally returns home, he only has one goal: to save his home of Star City. But to do that, he must become someone else. He must become something else. He must become… Eh, you know how this ends.

With his incredible accuracy – he can fire an arrow down the barrel of a gun – and speed – he can reel off up to 29 arrows a minute – Green Arrow’s archery skills have saved the day many a time. Not to mention with the help of his trusty trick arrow – such as the infamous boxing glove one.