SUPERMAN -or- BATMAN

super man would win except that batmans super power could be trouble some.  The power of being super rich.

How would being super rich prove to be trouble some? =p

Batman is way cooler than Superman. Batman is better, hands down.

batman is too emo.

Superman is a gargantuan faggot compared to Batman.
In a straight-out battle, though, I'd say Superman.

Batman hands down

Ok here, how about this...EXPLAIN your reasoning. Please

Hey lets get Green Lantern in this SHIT!

Ok, Batman has some cool gadgets, it can pwn almost every human in the world.

Superman has some cool superpowers, it can pwn almost every human in the world.

My point: no matter who wins, Batman or Superman, it can not defeat Chuck mothaf**kin' Norris. Period.

I wonder what people are going to do when Chuck Norris dies...

They basically tied in their fight to the death in The Dark Knight Returns.  Batman technically won by shooting him with a kryptonite arrow, but Superman didn't die whereas Batman "died" shortly after of a heart attack.  That was faked to get the goverment off him though so both of them just barely survived.

Batman is infinitely cooler though, so tie goes to him.

I haven't read The Dark Knight Returns yet, but you'd think Supes would be able to dodge an arrow with his, yah know, super speed

The Dark Knight Returns was written by Frank Miller, and is non-canon.  It wasn't exactly a secret that Frank Miller didn't like Superman, anyway.  It's a great graphic novel, and I don't like Superman either, but it's pretty clear that there was a lot of bias on the author's part if you read it.

My favorite super hero is Jamie Madrox: the Multiple Man.  If you get the chance, read the Marvel Knights miniseries Madrox: Multiple Choice.  As the She-Hulk once put it: he's a boring guy whose power is to make a lot of boring guys - not long before Madrox made the promise that, no matter how many times stronger than a normal man She-Hulk is, he can match it and add one more

Peter David's work in general is very good.  He has a great wit (including a measured amount of self-mockery and satire), and gives his characters a level of depth most comic writers don't come close to.

Chuck Norris' ghost - which would be even harder to do, yet cooler at the same time....

Superman, velocity wise. Batman, cunningly.

Bruce SiuLong Lee (ghost?) would take both down simultaneously with simple Nunchakus as proven by Chuck Norris "attempt" in Way of the Dragon!

Martial Arts or film special FX -- matter of perception but not of potential evaluation(s)!

i like to have both:

-the following pic is NOT fake afaik-

Do you know if he deliberately changed his name or if his parents actually named him that not knowing about the comic?

I think in that part of the world, naming your children after famous characters is considered lucky. In this case Batman, son of Superman is probably then the luckiest of them all. Though there may be some father-son rivalry in the future...

And superman would win, hands down. Unless Batman throws a pretty chick at him and gets her to seduce him and convince him that he doesn't really need his powers and that they can live happily and worry-free in some remote meadow and then, while the old-fashioned sucker is weakened, shoot him or something. Maybe with one of them sharp bat things. Yeah. Made of Kryptonite. Or run him over with a batmobile. With Kryptonite hubcaps.

Superman is nearly immortal being impervious to nearly all damage and has unlimited strength and endurance. Batman has bulletproof armour and an iPhone. Why are we arguing this?

QFT even though I started the thread!

You are obviously unaware of some of the hidden features of an iPhone:

While not on the subject of Superman vs Batman in particular (but hey, neither was my previous post), there is a great comic series right now called Iredeemable.

It is a totally new set of super heroes that seem to be based on Golden Age DC heroes (not on a one-to-one case, but the general theme of it).  The story centers around a Supermanish hero.  He is alien (but looks human), had a lame reporter alter ego, naseatingly goody goody, and seemingly all powerful.

Shortly before the first issue of the series, he apparently snapped.  Devastated the Metropolis-clone.  The rest of the heroes are left trying to figure out what happened, how to stop him, and how to even think about trying to stop him when he can hear you from a thousand miles away, and be there to kill you in the next second.  I don't want to give too much away, it's on it's 4th issue so far, great read.

Also from Boom! studios: Fall of Cthulhu.  It's already ended, so buy up the trade paperbacks and read it.  Quite excellent.

Wow thanks a ton Primal Zed!

Hahaha, nice.

Batman requires more courage and determination because he is naturally more vulnerable. His costume is better and he has a hot rod.