Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Like Superman in the engagement with Darkseid on Kara's behalf, or even Superman's engagement with Diana in Rucka's sacrifice,
Batman had the benefit of sunboosting before dropping the shoe.I actually don't mind overmuch if people want to post showings like that, but there should be some space devoted to explaining WHY things occur/occurred the way they do/did.
Batman with Superman's powers would be a relatively poor argument for Superman's sake, for instance, not just because Batman started off soaking up energy at the sun itself before engaging the JLA, but also because Batman, one of comicdom's greatest martial artists, is known for throwing arguably THE most effective punches relative to his strength level, of any hero around.
Of COURSE he's going to do major damage to Wonder Woman with his skill, newly suncharged strength, and Wonder Woman's lack of kryptonian-level invulnerability
It's worth pointing out, too, even with Clark's powers and Bruce expecting resistance from Earth's heroes, and being just come from the sun, he nearly got rocked by Wonder Woman's opening "greeting" ...
http://s228.photobucket.com/user/bluewaterrider/library/kmc?sort=3&page=1
(links to images of Superman/Batman #56, part 2 of the so-called "Superbat" storyline)
To continue, we'll see what happened and actually look at the narration Something you either didn't notice, or decided it best not to mention.
Talking about his fight with Nightwing in the previous issue, "He reminded me that Superman's powers come from the Sun. But I've been spending all my time in the dark. So here I am." "I feel...FULL. I fee RESTORED." He doesn't say he feels "overcharged," he doesn't say, "I feel more powerful than normal." He says "full" and "RESTORED." Pretty clear that the writer intended SuperBat to be back to normal levels. The best you could argue is that he was a little more powerful than normal, but nothing noticeable. And if it wasn't noticeable, then obviously it's not what you're trying to argue.
Now, you argue Batman's skill, and Batman "nearly got rocked." Let's take a look at the fight. As you can see, prior scan did have him punched at the end. To continue--
As you can see, he's actually pretty ok there. And he was sucker punched. Hard to argue "nearly rocked" when narration and on-panel art indicate he's fine, just knows he's been hit pretty hard. And I recall you trying to use this to argue Wonder Woman is stronger than Superman, by saying Batman said it's the hardest punch he's ever taken, bringing-up him being hit by Superman before as well as Darkseid. Yet, he only concludes it's Wonder Woman after saying he knows Clark is powerless, so looks like he's saying Superman hits harder to me. Anyways, I somewhat digressed. Let's continue.
Looks like he's taking her punches just fine when he's actually aware of her. And your argument about Batman's skill?
Doesn't look particularly skilled to me. In fact Superman one-shot Primaid(who Wonder Woman couldn't KO) with a similar blow. No, it doesn't really look like Batman is using much in regards to Martial Arts, nor is he amped beyond Superman's normal levels. The better argument about this compared to Superman is Batman outright says he's not pulling his punches like Superman would.
Oh, and Wonder Woman not only lacks Kryptonian-level durability, but Kryptonian-level strength. At least if that Kryptonian is Superman.
Originally posted by bluewaterrider
If you're going by interviews, and think they supercede what is written in the books, you owe Carver an apology, for even P.R. can back up that Rucka said the following, regardless of what may or may not have been released in a later follow-up magazine to Wondy 219:
“We now have a situation where Kal has no reason to hold back at all – EVERY governor is off. He’s going to kill Doomsday, period.Diana doesn’t want to kill Kal, though – that’s the last thing she wants to do, because Kal is not the problem. The problem is in Max, and she has to stop Max, one way or another. So, the fight is between two opponents who are at very cross purposes – [b]Kal is hitting her with everything he has
, and Diana has to do everything she can do to survive that, and move on from that, and get to Max. It’s a pretty grueling fight.”
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I don't know if it's you're just ignorant of carter, or you're aware but are using that as an excuse to bolster Wonder Woman. But either way, you don't want to go there. In fact, the writer also cited Wonder Woman only had a chance due to Superman's mindset, and the comic itself shows that. So another reason you don't want to go there.