Originally Posted by
Jon Clark
Overrated:
Post DKR Batgod. I have no problem with Batman as the ultimate human being, but any story that rests on the "with enough planning time" falls flat for me. Too many writers portray Batman with the idea that he simply never fails. A great military quote is "No battleplan survives contact with the enemy", because even the best general will have some detail not go as planned. Batman's version rests on "every plan I make will go exactly as written". He never plans for two guards only to have a third unexpectedly show up. The JLA can all attack an opponent and have him shrug off Superman's punches and heat vision, J'onn partially materializing inside the guy's body, The Flash hitting him at lightspeed in a dozen places .... but Batman enters the fight and takes the guy down using "pressure points".
Superman: Love the guy to death. Hated Byrne's powerdown of him in 1986. But even I am taken aback when we see him shrug off black holes, extinguish stars with a sneeze, or tow planets through space like giant marbles. If the guy is that powerful then there is no way any weapon that manages to hurt him or any battle between two Kryptonians doesn't vaporize the planet as a natural side-effect.