User blog comment:Spdr man/Batman vs Iron man whos a better superhero and why/@comment-5447843-20121015050004

Batman, and before I get flamed Ill state for the record I like Iron Man far and away more.

The question here is who's the better superhero. Not who would win. Sure Iron Man in a 1v1 would take batman to the cleaners because of his tech, but lets look at Tony Stark. He's an admitted alcoholic who has, due to personal failings, put the lives of innocents at risks at numerous occasions. He plays power games with his fellow heros, going so far as to form the Illumanati to basically control and shape world events. He is reliant on his armor and when he is put in situations where the armor is neutralized, he must run. "A man in a suit of armor" take that away and yes he's a billionaire, playboy, genius, philantropist but so is Wayne.

Now, ignoring the differences between universes (Intellects don't run as ridiculously high in the DC universe as they do in Marvel) Batman is a figure motivated to protect his city, his people (not his patents/product, as Iron Man was when he started doing "the super hero thing"). He is more heroic for doing it all for the fact that he is essentially without powers, equipped with only his skills, detective/deductive abilities, and what tech he can carry on his person. He operates in secret and does not have the benefit of being publically and federally supported (keep in mind, more often then not Iron Man has the full weight of S.H.E.I.L.D and the Avengers behind him). People seem to forget that Bruce Wayne, although an incredible fighter, what makes him a superhero is his detective skills (best detective in the world baby), something that Iron Man SORELY lacks (albeit he has an incredible intelligience network, gargantuan when director of SHIELD). In my opinion Batman fights to stop crime and his villains before they continue to commit crimes, where Iron Man seems to more be there when everything has JUST hit the fan and his tech pulls him through.