Me and my friends (including my girlfriend) have recently gotten to fighting over something that I'm sure any comic book fan has at one time or another. Its the famous Superman vs. Batman debate. However my friends would even have you believe that Spiderman could beat Batman. So we're gonna take a look at this.
First off, yes I think Superman has good chances against Batman. This does not mean however that The Dark Knight hasn't beaten the Man of Steel before. If you take a look at "The Dark Knight Returns" (from Frank Miller my favorite comic writer) Bruce easily beats Superman at 55! Also in Justice League New Frontier and several other animated series Bruce has shown that he keeps Kryptonite with him at all times just in case. He also found out Clark Kent's identity long before Clark knew his showing that he could use his real life to advantage. Now with Clark's ridiculous powers he could win several fights depending on whether or not Batman gets to Kryptonite in time or what Superman's powers are at the said time. Superman has gone through two or three changes in powers over the years and things such as flight were only added because it was hard for the artist to draw his 1/8 of a mile jumps. The source of his power is also questioned several times and the current excuse is Krypton's gravity gives him his power and the powers are only activated under a yellow sun (Kryton's was red) so as you can see they have to stretch to make this work. My final outcome is 50/50 on their fights due to variables but the Man of Steel can and has been beaten.
Second lets look at something most people should know. Superman and Batman both could whoop Spiderman's butt in a second. He's a loser high school kid whose powers from the radioactive spider include "super-strength, the ability to climb walls, and a phenomenal jumping skill" what is missing from here you ask? That's right web slinging, Peter has to make his own web fluid which he usually doesn't have money to afford the materials for. I would suggest that Superman could beat him easy and that Bruce's own very humanly gained strength easily outweighs that of Peter's superficial. Either way DC trumps Marvel here 100/0.
I welcome the comments that I'm sure will be coming, here are all my sources as well as some background knowledge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League:_The_New_Frontier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman
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