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I don't know why Jason says Batman is better than Iron Man, really. I mean, sure, Batman is darker, has a tortured soul, rubber pants, and all those sexuality issues with Robin, but come on, does he have a stripper pole in his private plane? Of course not. And what about all the rest?
• Can he make his own gadgets without having to go run for help to daddy's company?
• Can he let girls do their make-up while they look at his shiny armor? (of course not, Mr Wayne has a fake rubber suit with fake nipples)
• Can he make perfect Margaritas, Martinis and Manhattans on his own, without needing Alfred?
• Can he fly? (No, not fall, I mean fly)
• Can he actually have a bit of fun or is this all about looking miserable, fighting with your demons in three-word sentences with almost no verbs? (Of course he can't. It's "Back in the hole. The beast. The beast comes to me. Old. Old and dark. I feel his breath. Evil. Evil and dark. Evil and dark and eternal. Like them. Like me" all the damn time. Damnit Bruce, get a vacation in a tropical island with a hot buxom blonde and a fully-stocked bar.)
Because if Batman actually enjoyed life in-between saving the World city, he would be the greatest international playboy gadget hero ever. You know, like Tony Stark. And kick his own ass any day.
What do you think? Batman or Iron Man?
Or better yet: who would you like to be? A tortured soul who lives a miserable life having flashbacks about pearls falling on a dirty street, lives with another man, and fights crime in rubber pants and a cape, or a brilliant inventor who builds his own gadgets, dates—for real, not as a façade, you know, with actual sex—the hottest girls on the planet, and can fly in a hot rod red and gold armor? Hello?
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It all depends on if you use the special variants that the toy companies come out with, like Lightning Fist Batman, or Scuba Power Batman, 'cause those or powerful, yo.
Better hero: Iron-Man
Better movie: Batman
Iron man was awesome, but i have no desire to run out and watch it five more times. Batman was way more rewatchable.
Jon Favrea turned every scene in Iron Man into a one liner. Fine for a first viewing, but not a fun second-viewing.
I don't know where all this Iron Man love comes from. When I was a kid, Iron Man was a joke.
Batman. Definitely. There's no contest between the original non-super superhero, and a cheap copycat.
Tony Stark for President.
If you ask this after an excellent Iron man movie comes out, Iron man will probably win. If you ask again after the new Batman (which looks to be excellent) comes out, then Batman will probably win. Timing is everything.
@crucifix99: Exactly. It was a great movie, but he's a 2nd stringer in the Marvel universe. Batman wins!
@Darrone
One liners? There wasn't a one liner every scene or anything, but that's how comic book movies are. Batman has plenty of them too.
But I like both pretty much equally. For ass kicking, you watch Batman.
For sci-fi geek outs you watch Iron Man.
I liked Iron Man better than Batman Begins but that's only cause I like Sci-fi more than realism. The Dark Knight might beat it though, since I like The Joker.
This thread was intended to elicit a small war.
@crucifix99:
Exactly.
I was actually a little disappointed by the movie. Probably because I hyped myself up too much.
Batman isn't the more powerful hero, but definitely cooler.
What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular. Iron Man FTW.
@Darrone: Totally agree.
Batman.
Sorry Jesus. I don't think you've read the comics lately.
Tony Stark has a butler. His name is Jarvis. It was just revealed Jarvis had been a Skrull sleeper agent. Tony is also a gigantic fuckwad. "Whose side are you on?"
"Not yours Tony. Cappy said "No, you move"
Atleast with Batman he's not some huge asshole who says "either you sign up for the shra or you goto negative zone prison."
Also, lately in the comics Tony has been getting his ass tossed around by dudes who are against the registration. IE: Hulk, Thor, Dr.Doom(doom was gunna. he promised) until Tony called in his dog Sentry.
Batman makes me feel bad about myself -- what, with all his discipline and working out and obsession, etc. He would not have gotten trashed with me last night celebrating Cinco de Mayo, and he would definitely frown on the fact that I "waste my time and energy" sleeping with trashy women when I could be training.
However, Tony Stark would have totally been down for some Cinco de Drinko, and not only that, but he would have probably helped me sort out my wiring problem on the 65 Shelby Replica we're building in my garage.
My vote is for Iron Man.
@Darrone
which one of the Batman movies you would watch 5 times?
Christopher Nolan's
Joel Schumacher's
Tim Burton's
or Leslie H. Martinson's?
If I could stick myself inside of a powered armor suit AND the hottest woman on the planet, all in the same say... well you'd all be jealous wouldn't you.
You're a complete idiot if you don't say Batman hands down.
The question is who kicks more ass? Literally? You would have to go with Iron Man. I don't see how Batman could stand up to him when it comes to sheer weaponry.
I saw Iron last night and liked it..but Batman is way cooler and always will be.
Batman is about revenge, pure and simple. He is the vindicator, using his resources to justify his need for killing "vigilante" style. Batman comic was very dark (hence the name Dark Knight) and he was brutal and forthright.
Ironman converted from an injured, alcoholic weapons researcher.
Really, they are just fictional heroes to some extent. To compare them to each other would be to compare oil and water.
I prefer the anti-heroes.
Tony Stark actually is the millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne pretends to be.
This is not an easy question really, because there's lots of things you have to consider.
Tony Stark is vastly more brilliant than Bruce Wayne when it comes to technology. Stark is able to create far better weaponry and hero gadgetry than Wayne's company can come up with, and there's little that I think Batman can do against Stark in his supersuit, aided party by his AI system Jarvis.
That said, Batman is not about confrontation of muscle strength, but problem solving, and the solution is quite simple.
Batman sneaks into Stark's house, and because he's mastered the art of stealthy maneuvering, Stark would simply not see it coming.
Batman.
Batman, by far.
This is easy. Batman. Batman is real and IRON MAN is just a movie.
I think Howard the Duck could take both of them.
Bruce Wayne is a trained ninja... Tony Stark is a trained engineer...
It's really a toss-up.
@SigmundTheSeaMonster: batman doesn't kill anymore.
Batman stopped killing back when Kane did Batman.
@alienresident: you haven't read "The Dark Knight Returns". Batman kicks Supermans ass.
@jbrecken: Batman pretends to be bruce wanye cause he doesn't want the villains to find him. unsure of what villains could do to him if they find out, go read Kingdom Come.
Batman: Inherited Money, turned existential, became total fvckwad.
Iron Man: Earned Money, turned existential, already was a total fvckwad.
Iron Man FTW.
Batman has balls of Steel !!! Enough said.
Batman would kick Iron Man's ass any day. Batman is to too damn resourceful and smart. Sure Tony Stark has great technical skills and is no idiot, but Batman is a highly trained ninja/detective/ass-kicker. They both have the money and intelligence to make any of the weapons and gadgets they want, but Batman's ninja skills won't be impaired by alcohol.
Bruce Wayne has Alfred, Tony Stark has Penny Potts. And I bet you Alfred is smarter than Penny.
The clear winner here is Batman. It's not even a competition.
@Kaiser-Machead: Batman does have a super power btw. infinite prep time.
Go ask /co/ what that is.
@GeekyNerdGuy: Agreed. Though Batman surely seems like more the hero type, with his brooding intensity and single track mind for justice, he really loses out on the believability of a super smart guy who doesn't always do the right thing, and occasionally likes to tip the bottle.
Ironman all the way!
@ManjiKengo: Kingdom Come is a fantastic comic.
@N@tedog: tony inherited his money too.
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It's like I'm the only one who reads comics here.
@ManjiKengo: He 'inherited' his money the way Howard Hughes 'inherited' his money. Starks earned his a lot more than Wayne did.
@zenpoet: Seriously, do you know how boring it would be to hang out with Bruce Wayne? It's like, dude, I'm sorry about your parents, but if I have to hear about it one more time, your going to get a ninja cock-punch, against which there is no bat defense.
I used to be all about Batman but... Ironman's suit is better, Batman can't catch a car - he also gets drunk and bangs chicks... I gotta with the IM.
@ManjiKengo: Apparently the government only alloted 550 million for the illiteracy program for 09 (prior gizmodo post) so I think the answer is yes
Man. It's gotta be batman. Batman has beaten people WAY more powerful than IronMan (Superman...TWICE). Not to mention, regardless of physical raw power, Batman's a technical strategist. IronMan is a futurist. Even in his suit he doesnt use it at its full ability (ie: clever) where as Batman would find a way to beat Ironman ,decked out in full Hulk-buster outfit, with a batarang. And no he wouldn't just blindly throw it at him. On the field Batman is the most dangerous cat around.
The only thing that would work for Ironboy is if he beats him in the first round and knocks Battyboy into a coma. Because if he's still up and assess his foe for the second round it's over
These types of arguments are ridiculous. The only way to answer this question is to set the parameters of the argument.
Which Batman and Iron Man are we talking about here? The ones from the movie? The ones from the comic books (if so, which era)? The ones from the TV shows?
How is the fight set up? If you put the two in a room and say "go," Iron Man is going to kill Batman.
If you put the two in a city, Tony Stark is dead meat. Tony Stark is a weenie without his suit of armor (even with his later martial arts training), whereas Batman could kill six people from twenty feet away with a broken toothpick.
So it really depends. Iron Man is more powerful than Batman. But Iron Man has much greater weaknesses than Batman. If you put Batman in a situation where he can't exploit the weaknesses, Iron Man wins. If you put Iron Man in a situation where he can't avoid the weaknesses, Batman FTW.
In either event, Batman is in all ways cooler than Iron Man.
@N@tedog:
Bruce Wayne may have had his parents die at a much younger age than Tony Stark, thus inheriting the money much earlier, but Wayne is no idiot and knows how to make a buck.
@Jason Chen: You are just exteriorizing your repressed sexuality drooling over Batman's rubber pants.
Batman would kick Iron Man's butt at auction:
1st appearance of Batman in a comic according to OPG: mint $525,000
1st Iron Man: $12,500
wow i never thought about it but...batman is really emo... like ..listens to dashbord while updateing his live journal emo
@makanai: Batman can exploit Iron Man's weaknesses? What the heck are you talking about?
- Batman comes driving in his batmobile, Iron Man crushes it and throws it away, fires a rocket, done.
- Batman comes "flying", Iron Man hits him, done.
- Batman comes in direct contact combat, Iron Man tears his head apart.
Batman is a phony. He won't survive two seconds in Marvel's Universe.
But don't worry, I know where you are coming from.
Rubber pants.
@bms: Howard the duck could do it blindfolded, with both wings tied to his duck-feet.
@phatnacky: In the movie, Boss Falconi actually made a good point.
"Now you think, because your mommy and your daddy got shot, that you know the ugly side of life, but you don't. You've never tasted desperate. You're Bruce Wayne the Prince of Gotham, you'd hafta travel a thousand miles to meet someone who didn't know your name, so don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove somethin' to yourself. This is a world you'll never understand, and you always fear, what you don't understand."
Read Civil War and World War Hulk, then tell me all about Stark. If we're talking movies, Iron Man was the better character, we're talking Comics Batman wins hands down. Its all the take on where you get the info, personally I wanted to see Hulk eat Tony during World War Hulk, would have been a fitting end for the drunkard. Also lets not say Bruce has to have his daddy's company build everything for him please, because again thats a product of the movies. Hollywood has a way to twist the story to get the most action out of it, and if that means leaving out core character aspects then they just do it for sales. I personally was pissed when Spider-Man was release and they really took most of his scientific knowledge away, how he made the web shooters and such to save time on filming. Sadly Marvel Comics decided to make the character movie accurate and did away with the Web Shooter completely which I hated. Pick up a comic and read it, the story tends to be a lot better, and you get more out of it, Jim Lee/Jeff Lobe Batman run FTW.
But know matter who loses, David Bowie wins.
@Jesus Diaz: If Obidiah Stane could sneak into Tony Stark's house to steal his arc reactor heart, Batman can sneak in and catch him without his armor on.