Scene: Batman leaps from a rooftop, narrowly avoiding Superman’s heat vision. A chunk of masonry is cut off and falls, passing by the apartment windows of Rory Regan (Ragman), an elderly Jay Garrick (Flash), Miss Martian, putting on makeup, and an ad for a circus featuring the acrobat Boston Brand (Deadman). The…

This is such a tired complaint. We never analyze the number of characters in any other movie genre. You know what makes a bad movie? Bad writing.

“He can’t snap my neck....because I don’t have one.....”

And honestly, who didn’t enjoy Grant Morrison’s run on Batman & Robin?

To me, it’s not a true Star Trek alien unless its clearly a human with some kind of facial prosthetic and wacky fashion sense combination. I’m a purist that way.

No worse than real life people who believe “people are inherently good” or “we’re not alone in the universe” or “working hard pays off” or “only bad things happen to bad people”. Batman is an exact mirror of this ridiculousness of being human. We all fight against evidence that slaps the shit out of our ideology.

“Fair fight” is an oxymoron outside of anything but boxing and MMA.

That’s completely untrue! His parents are dead, which makes it HIS basement!

...Because the quality of Batman as a literary character should totally be judged on how many fictional woman he has per year. Less than 4? What is he, impotent?

Depends on the superness of Superman, particularly compared to other extra terrestrial threats. But I agree in general.

Albert, I have said some really nice things about you and your writing in the past. I now recant those things, and repent of all my sins against the Deadspin commentariat. I renounce Burneko, and all his works.

Who are these mythical “good cops” you speak of? Someone you’ve seen in a movie perhaps?

But really, your last point is crucial to understanding why this could be a decent enterprise. Batman has no chance at winning. He doesn’t in the comic - he fights dirty to get to a standstill at best. But that’s the point! He’s fighting a losing battle, but he believes in it - which is what’s romantic about Batman to…

Counterpoint: Superman sucks. Yay Batman.

Superman is amazingly boring, but Batman is a creepy perv who lives in his parents’ basement, hangs out with an old man, never has girlfriends and willingly trots children into dangerous battles, causing them harm and even death.

Why not the Collector? I mean lets slam these IPs together, make it cannon baby!

Obligatory Thrawn mention.

“We’re not “taking the choice away” from you. You never had a choice”