We often hear that a supervillain makes a superhero. While this is true from a certain point of view, we’d like to add that superhuman powers and abilities make someone a superhero. Superpowers allow us to witness the Hulk’s planet-busting fights, Scarlet Witch’s time-warping skills, or a bunch of Superman villains destroying Metropolis over and over again.

As you might guess, this level of destruction can become tiresome, so we turn to the other superheroes who possess no superpowers, but rely on superior intellect and good training. These basic humans are at the peak of physical and intellectual condition. They function as superheroes without the aid of made-up godly history, manufactured genetic conditions, super-serums, lab accidents, and so on. So this list won’t feature any god-like beings like Thor and Wonder Woman, aliens like Superman and Gladiator, mutants of any kind, or even the likes of Ant-Man (who uses Pym Particles to gain his powers) and Green Lantern (what is a Green Lantern without a ring?) on this list. There won’t be any practitioners of magic, either.

So read on for a list of superheroes who prove that a great story’s premise requires nothing other than being human.

1. Hit Girl and Big Daddy

We think Big Daddy should be at the top of this list. He lives in the real world and doesn't have time for fancy moves or resources for intricately designed weapons. He doesn't devise absurd plans to exact revenge. He’s just comic book nerd who’s had enough (he was also kind of bored with his life).

You might argue that his plan is absurd, and it might be absurd within the confines of our modern world, in which even kids can become living weapons via martial arts training. And here comes Hit-Girl, who’s one of the most bad-ass superheroines ever. She’s brutal and an expert in hand-to-hand combat and weaponry. At the same time, she’s fun and cute! Big Daddy raised her to help him fight crime, and she makes the most of what she is, so don't let her apparent innocence fool you!

Comic books can be inspiring, but it’s too bad that they were just wearing hockey pads (so to speak) and not some fancy suits made from unobtanium-like materials.

2. Hawkeye

The characters on this list are in no particular order, so we might as well move forward with Hawkeye. He’s a cool character in the comic books, but kind of lame in the movies. In his interesting comic book backstory, he trains with a group of villains and becomes very skilled with a blade.

But he’s better known for his unparalleled skill with a bow and arrow, which he uses for various purposes (we guess it helps to have all sorts of trick arrows in your quiver).

Hawkeye has no superpowers of his own (except for that one time when he became Goliath). He trained hard from a young age, and even learned hand-to-hand combat from Captain America.He also gained proficiency in the use of melee weapons.

We guess he deserves his Earth's Mightiest Marksman title, and then some!