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[General/Superheroes]Are heroes judged "street class" because of their abilities or feats?

My friend and I were discussing what constitutes a street class superhero. My friend said it was based on their powers, I said it was based on their feats. Then he brought up a good point.....that if they were judged by their feats, then Squirrel Girl is a World/Cosmic class hero.....

Thoughts?
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It is usually actually based on the scope of their operation. Many heros go from street to world class over the course of their story, few transition in or out of cosmic because of what being a cosmic hero entails. For example, Ben Grimm is a world class hero because he travels all over the world with his friends stopping bad guys. Even in the few cases that he has fought cosmic bad guys (Galactus) he did it to defend the earth. Powerman, who basically has the exact same power set, is street class because he spends his time trying to clean up Hell's Kitchen with Iron Fist and Daredevil. Both of those guys fought Galactus. Silver surfer mostly fights weird space wizards who are really not much more of a threat than your average super villain but they are space wizards who live in space so he is cosmic class.