1. Optimus Prime  
2. Kamen Rider  
3. The Mask  
4. Jesse Custer (Preacher)  
5. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  
6. The Punisher  
7. Robocop  
8. Jonah Hex  
9. Goku  
10. Wee Hughie (The Boys Comic)  
11. Hitman (Not Superman I think that one is obvious…HE’S AN ALIEN MONSTER!!!)

After reading the Image Transformers comic for the first time a weird thought went through my head, one I couldn’t shake. Are the transformers superheroes??? I see Optimus Prime posted here a lot and it never necessarily felt EXACTLY right but it also never stood out for felt wrong to me either.

So I’ve been trying to define what exactly a superhero is, I have a couple characters here that challenge my previously conceived  notions on what I assumed the definition to be. My question to you guys again is which of these characters do you consider and not consider a “superhero” why or why not?

Also I’m not asking this in a morality sense, calling Punisher an “Anti-Hero” and not a “Superhero” isn’t exactly the definition I’m looking for, unless you feel like that distinction actually is a useful description that may help clarify a true definition of “Superhero”

Thanks guys!

Which of these characters do you consider “Superheroes”? Why or why not?