User blog comment:TheVision185/Marvel vs. DC/@comment-1895174-20121209202709/@comment-3317214-20121210022229

Yes, villains are characters who are associated with heroes. LoveWaffle nailed that point.

Also there is a huge difference in being able to believe a character could exist, and being able to relate to that character. You could write a story about a table that has human emotions and can talk and walk. It would probably be a tragic story as the table wouldn't fit in, a feeling that many of us can relate to, but it's a ridiculous concept. So, we can't believe in it, but we have imagination for that. But we can relate to the table, because it has feelings like us, and goes through hardships like us.

But yeah believability is also very different to non-powered (also, by powered or superpowered, I mean HAS a superpower, so Spider-Man counts just as much as Superman). We have no idea what kind of alien life could be out there, and no idea what said life could be capable of... And that accounts for a lot of superheroes, and probably more DC ones than Marvel. The idea of other dimensions or realms is pretty heavily science fiction, but there are theories that don't seem too outrageous that suggest it could be possible. To me, all of that is pretty much as beleiveable as a guy who never misses with a bow and arrow, a guy who is rich enough to buy/make enough armoured suits/gadgets, and people who dress up in spandex for the greater good of humanity.

Also, Green Lantern is not superpowered (especially if you're counting Iron Man as not superpowered). If anything, he's less superpowered than Iron Man, as he didn't make the power ring, whereas Iron Man made his own superpower. And then after Extremis...