26 Responses to “Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!”

1. Sanlear Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

   Batman, hands down. Spiderman would be too busy hiding behind Mephisto’s cape and wishing it all never happened.

2. Stacy B. Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

   Batman. Hands down. Sure, Spider-Man will fight even after the fight is gone out of him, but Batman has this thing of not only fighting, but he fights dirty. And he tends to have a gadget for every situation.

   The higher on the Bat-Dickness level you go, the shorter the fight would be.

3. doubledumbassonyou Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

   Batman wins it, especially if its Frank Miller’s. Is this perhaps a precursor to an in depth look at that painfully short lived DC vs. Marvel bastard child that was the Amalgam Universe? Please tell me Matthew is going to start pumping out Hero Histories on some of those characters because that would be the pinnacle of awesome. Who here wants to know more about Dark Claw or Super Soldier? I know I do!

4. Civin Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

   If it’s a one on one .. one time fight I would vote spider-man only because of his spiffy spider sense and super human strength.. and webbing.. .. if it’s a fight that stopped half way through and went back to it (see above panel) I’m sure Batman would stock up on some form of a gadget that would even out the battle.

5. jwCRAW Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

   If Batman is prepared and knows there is chance he might have to fight, he could take down (almost) anyone.

6. mosdef Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

   what the hell is wrong with u spiderman haters, BATMAN would be murdaralized, spiderman is one of the most unpredictable fighters, plus he always jokes when he fights and who knows he may make batman laugh. dont count spider man out, okay count the brand new day spiderman out, but not the prebrand new day spiderman. honestly batman cant have a backup plan for every supervillain or hero in his damn belt.

7. DrStrangeCubicle Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

   Spiderman would run out of web fluid and fall to his death, as part of the new! and exciting! status quo of BND.

8. [MaSQuE] Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

   Come on!
   Spiderman is technically superior to Batsy on every level, except gadgets and detective skills of course. Don’t forget that Spidey actually managed to dispose of the X-Men during Secret Wars.

   (But I’ve been out of comics for a while, he seems to have lost a lot of allure according to these comments).

9. nu Says:
   February 20th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

   no one can beat the god damn batman. the end

10. Stacy B. Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    mosdef said: honestly batman cant have a backup plan for evey supervillian or hero in his damn belt.

    I remember back in the day playing the Pen and Paper DC Heroes RPG, First edition, from Mayfair. For you gadgetter heroes (which Batman was considered one) you could build omni-gadgets, and spend points on whatever power you needed at the time for your particular situation.

    Sorry, not really relevant, just a cool old guy memory. You know, pre-computer days. Pen and Paper. And Dice. And Imagination.

    Damn, I got to go yell at the imaginary kids to get off my yard now…. :-(

11. Matthew Peterson Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Why do people insist on deifying Batman?

    Spider-Man has actual super-powers, folks. Batman has a Swiss Army belt and an army of damaged children he’s given an identity to.

    Which do you think has more relevance in a fight?

12. Maximus Rift Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    He’s how I see it:

    Before OMD: Spider-Man would win because he’s got more going for him. Specially with his new spiffy powers.

    After OMD: Spidey’s a b***h now. One pimp slap from Batman, and he’s done.

13. Muffinius Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    I see bats being the winner here. Sure, Spidey has superpowers but Batman isnt just relying on gadgets. He has had extensive training under several different styles, and keeps thinking ahead. However, if Spidey ambushed him…

    just out of curiosity, when did Spiderman meet Batman? Is this from the Marvel vs. DC miniseries or something else?

14. Roy Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    Bats. As someone pointed out before, the higher on the Batdickness scale that particular Batman goes, the shorter the fight would be.

    And I’m not deifying Batman, either. I’m simply looking at the way that each has been portrayed throught the lifetime of their characters.

15. Young Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Spider-man hands down. He is the epitome of the Marvel Universe, beat everyone from the Hulk on down, could probably take on Captain America if he needed to. I particularly enjoyed an exchange he had with MJ prior to BND where he stated flat out that he could probably beat most heroes, and that he had his own “protocols” in mind for each one of them, specially considering all the mind-control, body-swapping, whatever that occurs on a regular basis.

    Don’t forget, Spidey has years of experience (as much as Batman), super-strength, agility, endurance and spider-senses plus he possesses genius level intellect, tremendous willpower, and just plain guts. Bat-god or not, this would be the fight of watch, but ultimately, Spidey would triumph. But, as many people point out, BND might have changed things.

16. J'osh Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Listen I like Batman, but what you call “prep time” is actually only usefull if he’s prepping an ambush, meaning only he knows what’s coming. If Batman could prepare an ambush then he can beat anyone. Most A-list characters could win everytime this way. But if you define “prep time” as both know its coming, well then prep is a two way street.

17. Sanlear Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 6:58 am

    “Spiderman would run out of web fluid and fall to his death, as part of the new! and exciting! status quo of BND.”

    Heh. Agreed.

18. Matthew Peterson Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am

    All I know is this…

    Batman doesn’t have a single enemy that would prepare him for a battle with Spider-Man. In fact, with the exception of his interactions with the Creeper, nothing in the DCU really has…

19. Novan Leon Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    I don’t follow comics very closely and primarily only read the occasional graphic novel. Pardon my ignorance but what is BND and OMD?

20. mosdef Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 5:31 pm

    novan leon, one more day and brand new day, are spiderman story arcs, one more day deals with spidermans decision to save his aunts life for the price of his marriage to mary jane watson via mephisto(the satan of marvel u), brand new day is what happens after spiderman decides to save some old womans life whose life is bound to be put into peril again, over a future with his wife and possibly a child. brand new day is supposed to jump start spider man again, and make it COOL!!! they both really suck.

21. Novan Leon Says:
    February 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Thanks for the info.

    It sounds like like similar attempts with other characters to revitalize them and make them more appealing to a larger audience again.

22. Jacin B. Says:
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Given time to prepare, Batman beats anyone. It’s just a fact.

    ( Yes, even Mike Ditka — even if Mike Ditka driving the Bears’ team bus in the Indianapolis 500. )

23. Propane Says:
    March 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    If it’s a once-off, Spiderman will leave Batman a whimpering puddle on the ground.

    If Batman gets the chance to analyze Spiderman’s web stuff, he’d probably create something that dissolves it for next time and win.

24. SpiderboyN2Jesus Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I’d say it’s a 50-50 chance; it’s hard to say who’d win. Spidey should beat because of his super powers for sure, but Batman has his way of coming out on top. As for sheer strength; Spidey wins, but for technique he’d probably lose to Batman. But I’m not sure it would ever come to that…

    As for the OMD and BND crap (the “crap” is for the comics themselves, not your comments on it) I agree with everything that’s been said about it, but I don’t even consider as part of the Spider-man mythos because it’s just such comeplete crap!

25. SpiderboyN2Jesus Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    I don’t think it’s predictable who’d win. They’re both evenly matched; Batman makes up for his strength with his technique and all his other skills (and yeah he’s strong, but not super strong). And Spider-man makes up for all that with his powers and webs! I say Batman would lose the first fight, but would study Spidey and beat him in the future. Superman is the only character like Spider-man as far as strength, but all it takes to knock him out is Kryptonite, it’d be quite a lot harder to stop Spidey!

26. Josh Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Nuff said.

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