Originally posted by who?-kid
Batman fights crime because he's angry about the fact that some low life villain killed his parents, Spider-Man fights crime because he feels guilty about the death of his beloved uncle Ben.
Look, read more than just a couple of issues of Batman, before making comments like these. Bruce did not become Batman because he was angry at the death of his parents. If that was the reason then the first thing he would have done was find the people who were responsible and kill them off, because if he had been seething with anger all that time by the time he was ready nothing could have stopped him from doing that. Batman is a man that gets angry very rearly, he is a cool, calm person. The reason he does what he does is that he knows that the law can not always handle some of the villans in Gotham, and he wants to clean up his town. He does not want what happened to him to happen to another person, that is not anger.
Originally posted by who?-kid
Spider-Man isn't as angry as Batman, but that doesn't make his determination or willpower any less. Apart from the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne had all the luck in the world compared to Peter Parker. He inherited an enormous amount of money, an extremely loyal butler is his best friend, he's (mostly) good friends with the police (chief Gordon), has a good press, is very well respected among his colleague heroes, has no financial worries and can get any woman he wants. Despite the fact he's just a normal person who can be killed with one bullet, everybody fears and respects him.Peter Parker, on the other hand, has none of this. He became an orphan at an early age, grew up with his aunt and uncle and was the school nerd. Later, when he was older, he had trouble finishing high school and worked for Jameson, who hates Spider-Man. Despite his amazing powers and adventures, he still had trouble dating women and paying the rent. Despite the fact he has beaten many powerhouses and he has saved NYC more than once, he still has a questionable reputation, and tends to get underestimated.
=> Peter Parker had and has it much more difficult than Bruce - I went to very expensive schools and have my own butler - Wayne. But still, he never gives up, and is considered as one of the most strongwilled persons in Marvel.
Ok, that is a bit one sided isn't it. You assume that because Bruce is rich he somehow had an easy life... Lets get some facts straight here...
1.) Bruce had to work damn hard for many years to become Batman, what did Peter do... He got bitten by a spider and before the day is over he gets blessed by all these powers... I think Peter had it pretty easy here
2.) Bruce was orphaned at the age of 11/10, there were shot infront of him, he lost his childhood at that time. Peter was orphaned at a very young and does not even remember them ( he does not really feel thier loos because he did not know them ), but he had a father and mother as he grew up in his aunt and uncle, he had a happy family life until the death of his uncle when he was 16/17 and his aunt is almost indistructible (had a number of health problems, operations, died and came back to life, how lucky can Peter get).... again I think Peter had it better here
3.) Peter had trouble with school and girls when he was young, but so what, so do most people at one time or another, at least he ended up dating two of the most beautiful girls he knew (there was even a time when they were fighting over him) and even ended up marring one, he also had a number of good friends. Bruce was so fucused on studing and training that he had very little time for a social life when he was young. People assume that Bruce had it easy because he went to the best schools and had the best teachers to train him, but they forget that he was there to work hard so that he would be ready to become Batman. He was the top of his class and as anyone would tell you that is not an easy thing to accomplish, especailly when you are also working hard to be at the peak of your phisical ability. They both have their ups and downs but I think that in the end Peter had more fun...
4.) Spider-Man has bad press, that can not be denied but you have to remeber that it was only the Daily Bugle that was giving him bad press the other newspapers gave a more acurate depiction of Spider-Mans deeds. In fact by Amazing 200 people had started to see through Jamesons ranting and his newspaper was loosing cerculation because he was bagging Spider-Man and the police had held a press confrence saying that Spider-Man was innocent of all charges and was not wanted by the police long before that, so that hasn't been a big problem for him for a while now. Batman might not have been persecuted as badly as Spider-Man (I don't think he would have cared much though), but he wasn't on the cops good side to begin with either. He was seen as a vigilanti and the cops were after him for a while until he went to talk to Gorden and set things straight. In terms of the public and press Spider-Man has had a more difficult time (I will give you that).
5.) Now we come to the one that everyone mentions, the money. Bruce obviously has no problems with money and Peter has. Peter had a lot of money trouble and did end up working for Jameson, but that did not have to be the case. Once Jameson fired Peter and he went to work for the competition, where he got a much better pay and his own office. Peter also likes working for Jameson saying he gets a kick out of having Jameson paying Spider-Man for the pictures. Even so no one can argue that when it comes to money Peter has it though and Bruce has it easy.
So lets recap... Peter was a nobody who got lucky and got bit by a Spider and got his powers, he lost his uncle and blames himself for it. After he got his power his confidence grew, fought villanes, got some bad press, got a couple of new friends (both super and normal), got a lot of money problem, dated some girls (Beth, Gwen, MJ, Black Cat and a few in-between), got some school problems and ended up suing Jameson for liable.
Now Bruce, saw his parents killed before his eyes when he was 10/11, got scared for life, went to the best schools and teachers to train for a couple of years, learnt a number of combat and crimefighting techniques, closed himself of to the rest of the world and set himself the task of cleaning up Gotham City. Not much of a serious love interest but has a reputation as a playboy.
==> Bruce Wayne had a much more difficult life than Peter - I have given up more times than anyone else - Parker. This guy has given up being Spider-Man more times than I can remember and this is the guy you called "the most strongwilled person in Marvel"... Man the guy can't make up his mind.
Ahhh.... what was the whole point of this argument anyway, I have forgotten...