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Bruce Wayne vs. Tony Stark (when was the last time this came up?)

Tony was able to hack Kang's equipment from the year 3000, I'd say he's got the edge in hacking.

But would he been able to hack the way he did, it the Kang's gear didn't have it's roots in equipment from Stark Technologies?
 
This is a guy who invented technology that didn't exist, in a cave with a box of scraps.

Yeah, it'd take him longer but he'd figure it out.
 
As distinct from the real "For the Man Who Has Everything," where Batman's trainee saved everyone.

Not even the good trainee. But the one which let's be honest, rates third of the three.
"Out of five," you mean -- Dick, Jason, Tim, Stephanie, Damian.

ETA: Technically, though, you could make the argument for "out of four," as Damian is not Bruce's Robin but Dick's. And Cass Cain's legion of fans would want her added to that number, which could make it "out of five" or "out of six," depending on whether you could Damian.
 
Damian is a maybe, at best. And Stephanie is an afterthought. Her wearing the costume was always going to be a temporary issue.

It'd be no different if any other kid put on the Robin suit for a handful of issues... I mean we don't count Bruce as being Hawkman despite that he dressed as him for a couple issues of Superman/Batman.

Even so, Jason is still the worst... with the possible exception of Stephanie (which is a crime as far as I'm concerned) out of anyone who could possibly say that they carried the mantle of Robin... and he still handed Mongul a humbling defeat.
 
Damian is awesome, and would have went for the jugular against Mongul given the chance, now he'd just disable him.. One of my favorite characters in comics right now. Steph has evolved into a great Batgirl. Jason is by far the worst Robin...but he's awesome as Red Hood right now. Tim has evolved into an uber-detective as Red Robin. Steph as Robin didn't really get a fair chance since they wrote her out of that role only to bring her back a couple years later.
 
Is there anyone who can defeat Batman? Yes. He lives in a blue box that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
 
Exactly my point. If, which means Tony won't go near Bruce/Bats in a fight situation without the suit. (Or if it's not handy, he'll have half of Stark Industries Security surrounding him.)
Does Tony travel with security? The only bodyguard I recall him having is a guy named "Iron Man".

Which brings us right back to "Tony ain't going up against some nut dressed like a bat without his suit"...most likely the one in the briefcase, and Tony in the suit wins.
Like Batman's gonna let some guy he's after open a briefcase.

If the Super Soldier serum doesn't make you super-human why in the world would there this massive global race to re-create it?
Because having an army of peak human soldiers is very desirable.

Even that's debatable. The marginal payoff of a "peak human" driving a tank and a regular guy driving a tank strikes me as not particularly substantive.

Anyway, Tony Stark is more of a dick. That's what this thread's about, right? No? I really hope it wasn't about whether Bruce Wayne could beat up Tony Stark, because that's not much of a discussion.
I guess in this modern age of warfare you might have a point. Though Cap seems to be a quick learner so imagine that all Super Soldiers would learn to be top pilots, tank drivers and equipment users in less time than Joe recruit. Has the need for boots on the ground fighters diminished that much?
 
I'm surprised that all of us have forgotten Bane lol. He systemically wore down Bruce both mentality and physically before he broke his back. That is one way to beat Batman. Dr. Hurt and his Club of Villains also did something similar by distracting Bruce. If you're able to distract Batman in any way possible...you can beat him.
 
Batman did beat Dr. Hurt both times, though.

Also, Batman pretty much rehabilitated Bane after that.

So Batman always wins ;)
 
Admiral2 said:
Which brings us right back to "Tony ain't going up against some nut dressed like a bat without his suit"...most likely the one in the briefcase, and Tony in the suit wins.
If Stark uses the Extremis or 'Bleeding Edge' armor he doesn't need a briefcase he can call the armor to him cybernetically in the current armor's case it's all stored inside his bones. (Though Batman has a way to prevent this I'm sure :rolleyes:) and even if Stark was to suit up in his latest model Batman would still use a gadget to shut it off then walk up and clobber him.
 
I'm surprised that all of us have forgotten Bane lol. He systemically wore down Bruce both mentality and physically before he broke his back. That is one way to beat Batman. Dr. Hurt and his Club of Villains also did something similar by distracting Bruce. If you're able to distract Batman in any way possible...you can beat him.


It helps that Bruce was fighting a nasty flu from the start of that storyline.

Could Tony deal with a major prision break while fighting the flu? He could barely handle your average Marvel villain while drunk.
 
If the Bat can take on Freeze, Bane, and all the whack-jobs of Arkham, he can handle Iron Man no problem.

Bruce to Tony? No contest. Tony wouldn't last 10 seconds.

Batman to Iron Man? It would be fun to watch, but at the end of the day Batman is more dedicated and capable. Batman would find a way to disable Iron Man's suit and that would be it.
 
How is Batman more dedicated and capable? He can't even clean up one city where the villains are mostly normal humans. Tony's latest suit is a part of his body, it's not something that can just be disabled, unless Batman goes at gets some Kryptonians/Martian/New God tech. He's not a technical genius like Stark is.

And he let the Joker get away with killing Jason Todd (for a while) and crippling Batgirl, and killing Gordon's wife.
 
How is Batman more dedicated and capable? He can't even clean up one city where the villains are mostly normal humans. Tony's latest suit is a part of his body, it's not something that can just be disabled,

Wait I though Stark didn't have that suit anymore.
 
How is Batman more dedicated and capable? He can't even clean up one city where the villains are mostly normal humans.

His comics woudn't be very interesting if he did.

Tony's latest suit is a part of his body, it's not something that can just be disabled,

Not without killing Tony anyway...

unless Batman goes at gets some Kryptonians/Martian/New God tech.

Maybe just JLA tech.

He's not a technical genius like Stark is.

Being a technical genius isn't going to save him in a fight against Batman.

And he let the Joker get away with killing Jason Todd (for a while) and crippling Batgirl, and killing Gordon's wife.

Joker did NOT get away with it. What do you expect Batman to do? Kill Joker? You know Some heroes stick to their morals. Not Tony Stark mind you, but some do.
 
Seriously its a comic book series. They want to keep telling stories so cleaning up Gotham and killing the Joker isnt going to happen.

Also its how you use the tech that counts. Batman could probably find ways to use Iron Man's armor that Tony hasnt even thought of. Strategy and tactics are Batman's bread and butter.
 
Simple, he could clean up Gotham and then decide to be a worldwide hero who fights crime in and out of the States.

And he could always just cripple Joker, or at least build a better cell than Arkham.

Then again, better question is why no one else has just thought of killing Joker or why Gordon hasn't put a "Wanted: Dead" moniker on him.

Anyways, Stark and Wayne would probably just fight to a standstill before realizing they couldn't really beat the other.
 
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