Could Batman Really Beat Superman? Assistance from other heroes and villains

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The recent Superman V Batman film barely touched on half the territory of their various fights in the comics, so the question of who would win in a fight between them remains unanswered. The film finished (spoiler alerts) with them becoming friends for no other reason than that they both had mothers called Martha. Fans rightly felt seriously cheated by that. Though often shown as a brooding loner, Batman has been known to have allies assisting him in his battles, most notably Robin, though Superman would snap the super-power free Boy Wonder apart pretty easily. The presence of other Justice League Of America members in the recent movies shows some moves in this direction with DC now very eager to get their own Avengers style franchise rolling. Batman drawing in other heroes to assist his cause seems a shrewd move, as some of his allies are much more of a physical match for Supey than he is. However their assistance is likely to be predominantly secondary. The film minimised the appearances by other Meta-humans and rightly so or the movie would need retitling as Superman V Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Flash, Plastic Man, and just about anyone else who they can find tights for. Only a few other heroes cameoed in the film. The Man Of Steel is probably going to get a battering from the JLA in any Batman V Superman rumble, but with Batman as the primary opponent, they are likely to be pushed aside by Superman before Batman gets to finally take him down alone. It would seem an anti-climax if Wonder-Woman suddenly punched him out instead. It is not impossible that some or even all of the JLA might take Superman’s side, in which case Batman will really have his work cut out, and frankly might as well just wave his white flag right away and get it over with. We could see secondary bouts such as Wonder Woman V Aquaman here. If Batman really wants to be ruthless, he might drag some of Superman’s enemies out of prisons and Phantom Zones to help embarrass, immobilize, weaken, defeat or even destroy the big guy. Doomsday beat Superman to death once, so Batman might even go so far as to let him out before trying to figure out how to stop Doomsday (in both senses of the word). I’d like to see a Suicide Squad mission raid on the Fortress Of Solitude featuring Batman, Lex Luther, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Doomsday, Bizarro, Zod, Lobo and others, but that seems a tad unlikely. Arthur Chappell