Batman vs Colossus

Started by bluewaterrider8 pages

In the meanwhile, regardless of the response I get, it would probably be a good idea to establish what Batman's M.O. in battle against opposition of superior force or number actually DOES in a city. Doing so should simultaneously help establish what Batman typically carries on him as he goes from rooftop to rooftop.

Batman versus the Legion should make a good start, establishing that Batman carries around these smoke bombs we've all been talking about. Waid's Brave and the Bold #5 if memory serves ...

Wolverine did cut the Hulk in their first fight. He was just healing so fast it went unnoticed. The blood drawn in that fight was used to make the Gamma Corps.

WWH's hide was, as noted on panel, harder to cut.

Legion versus Batman. Confirmation, pellets were smoke bombs.

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
But isn't this what you're doing? I'm showing you something from the most recent actual COMIC that Colossus was shown in, sans being Colossusnaut or Phoenix Colossus, and YOU are the one telling me what you think [b]"should" be right, based on Colossus's appearances in yesteryears. You're not going by what the comics themselves today are actually saying, are you?

Maybe the following might work:

Tell me what YOU think Batman would have to do in order to score a win here. You're telling me Colossus will thunderclap, though he hasn't done so to anyone's solid recollection in his entire history, to disperse Batman's gas and smoke.
You tell me that Colossus is fast even though Cyclops, pursued by pretty much the entire X-Men team of his time, was able to elude Colossus and everyone else with a set of busted ribs, which, by the way, he was only able to inflict on Cyclops because Cyclops was caught off-guard, thinking the X-Men were his friends and teammates as always, AND was pulled in by one of Storm's suction drafts. You tell me that Colossus is perfectly capable of leaping to great heights, even though I personally have never seen such a thing and even though no one on the pro-Colossus side can remember seeing that either.
Elsewhere you decry what you call "ABC" logic, "if character x can do the following, character y similar to character x can do the same" yet here are using the rationale that because other people in Colossus strength class have thunderclap and leaping feats, such should be well within Colossus reach too.
This despite such NOT being in character for Colossus (since the character has never, to most anyone's knowledge done these things), which the forum versus rules say should be a primary consideration.

You're moving the goalposts too much. I get the distinct impression that you would even argue at this point that a collapsing building (such took Colossus out on our light-gravity moon back in the original Dark Phoenix saga) would leave Petey unaffected.

Prove me wrong. Give me a reasonable comic-book based measure of force Batman needs to reproduce in your mind to score a knockout on Piotr. Make it justifiable and not arbitrary.

We'll see if we can plausibly match it given Batman's M.O., his standard gear as the OP stipulated, and the setting of New York City and go from there. [/B]

No, I'm telling you what the AVERAGE is, in accordance with the rules of the forum. You don't get to pick one comic that suits your position; you go by averages. That's the rules of the forum and that's how we do things, and have done for a while now.

-I honestly don't think Batman can win without some sort of outside assistance.
-Nobody said Colossus was faster than Cyclops; just that Colossus is fast; as he has enhanced reflexes that allow him to move in his metal body as quickly as he could in his normal body without any sort of hindrance.
-When did I say Colossus could jump really high? Please point me to that post.
-That isn't what I'm doing at all. That's your assumption. I genuinely remember seeing him thunderclap a ways back, and I've been looking for the scan for a bit now. So no, not ABC logic.

I'm not moving any goalposts. At all.

A collapsing building really shouldn't affect Colossus in his current state, no. Not after two solid upgrades.

I don't think Batman can do it without higher yield explosives or some sort of means by which he can change Colossus back to normal.

In general, I don't think Batman CAN win, given the stipulations.

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
Wolverine did cut the Hulk in their first fight. He was just healing so fast it went unnoticed. The blood drawn in that fight was used to make the Gamma Corps.

WWH's hide was, as noted on panel, harder to cut.

Stiltman, no offense, but, did you actually READ the first fight these 2 had together?

What you're talking about is actually a retcon and supports the point I'M making, i.e. that sometimes characters with previously high levels of invulnerability and strength actually get DOWNGRADED, to judge by how they perform against their peers.

Here, take a look at some panels from the actual Hulk #181 comic the first fight against Wolverine took place in, and perhaps you'll understand:

Originally posted by StiltmanFTW
As a Juggernaut, yes.

Ok, that narrows it down enough for me to find it, thanks!

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
Stiltman, no offense, but, did you actually READ the first fight these 2 had together?

What you're talking about is actually a retcon and supports the point I'M making, i.e. that sometimes characters with previously high levels of invulnerability and strength actually get DOWNGRADED, to judge by how they perform against their peers.

Here, take a look at some panels from the actual Hulk #181 comic the first fight against Wolverine took place in, and perhaps you'll understand:

Yes, I did.

It is a retcon, yeah. And Logan's claws that were only diamond-hard then are indestructible now.

Now no offense to you, but many members, including me, don't appreciate your multi-post attachments.

Originally posted by Bentley
Ok, that narrows it down enough for me to find it, thanks!

AvX: Versus mini, Piotr vs. Spider-Man.

Batman utilizes whatever resources are available in seriously overmatched situations. He demonstrates foresight even when he's facing short time deadlines; i.e. having had virtually no prep.
He demonstrates a great deal of skill at operating unfamiliar technology, too ...

(Note that he steals Braniac's flight ring before fleeing the Legion, does not try to escape them without giving himself the best chance to actually succeed with whatever action he's decided on)

Petey catches Batty Boy by the cape and sits on him until he cries "uncle"

How is this still open, Batman has no chance at all

Originally posted by pym-ftw
How is this still open, Batman has no chance at all

If Batman fights like an idiot, I agree, and agree absolutely.

If Batman fights as he does against Superman or the Legion or the White Martians, however, i.e. respecting the power of his opponent or opponents, utilizing the resources at his disposal, and actually using his environment (in this case New York City) to exploit any known or good theoretical weaknesses of his opponent, then, no,
I disagree, he has a chance of at worst stalemating and at best actually disabling or knocking Piotr out.

How?

Piotr is nearly as skilled, nearly as fast, equally as experienced, and his capable of disabling Bruce with even just a glancing blow.

Piotr is also immune to nearly all of Bruce's attacks, but none are really more than a stalling tactic


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The Nightmare of Solomon

Originally posted by pym-ftw
Piotr was nearly killed by Pyro, when he was first frozen with liquid nitrogen and then blasted with intense fire.

other way around

pyro can increase the temperature of his flame, and he needed to to make colossus incandescent (normal flame can't do that), and it took like 4 trucks full liquid N to douse him to the point of blistering from the rapid temperature drop

this was also a young colossus, too.


-Pr-
Before two amps, iirc.

Well, fortunately, and presumably AFTER his 2 amps (assuming both are pre-2010, or at least pre-2011), it doesn't seem to take such extreme amounts of hot and cold material to do that to Piotr.

Witness the amount used by Karima in X-Men Legacy #243 to make him gasp out in pain and nearly end his career anew before being saved by Hope Summers. Karima was about to literally break Pete after the stress of this technique weakened his armor.

Piotr could have dropped her in the third panel if she didn't have superhuman stats

Batman does not have that level of durability
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How will bats find a heat source of 2500°C and keep Petey exposed to it for long enough for him to melt? Even thermite would not get that job done.

Originally posted by Mshinu
How will bats find a heat source of 2500°C and keep Petey exposed to it for long enough for him to melt? Even thermite would not get that job done.
Would that even work with his Juggernaut amp?

^no juggernaut amp should have a HF

But this is pre J-amp

Originally posted by Mshinu
How will bats find a heat source of 2500°C and keep Petey exposed to it for long enough for him to melt? Even thermite would not get that job done.

I'm not suggesting that Pete will be exposed to enough heat to melt.

It's not either heat OR cold by itself that has caused armor weakening with Colossus, it's the COMBINATION of hot then cold that has done it. Cold following the heating of his armor in the case of both Pyro and Karima here.

Also, this fight is, again, taking place in New York City.
And Batman carries explosives on him, if Superman/Batman #11
(or whatever issue has him fighting those Doomsday clones)
is any indication. Blow up a car or vehicle. The explosion has a good chance of knocking Petey out. The blaze that will result is quite close to that melting point Karima suggests, too.

Here, check out the flame temperature of some of gasoline's components. You might be surprised at how hot they get:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_flame_temperature

At any rate, keep in mind that heat all by itself is not what I'm suggesting will do the trick. Colossus didn't get up to melting point when Karima attacked him. But he got hot enough for the liquid nitrogen that followed to do some damage.
And it didn't take so much as a sixth of a truck tanker full of the stuff, either, let alone the 3 or four full tankers people claimed earlier for Pyro.

Originally posted by bluewaterrider
I'm not suggesting that Pete will be exposed to enough heat to melt.

It's not either heat OR cold by itself that has caused armor weakening with Colossus, it's the COMBINATION of hot then cold that has done it. Cold following the heating of his armor in the case of both Pyro and Karima here.

Also, this fight is, again, taking place in New York City.
And Batman carries explosives on him, if Superman/Batman #11
(or whatever issue has him fighting those Doomsday clones)
is any indication. Blow up a car or vehicle. The explosion has a good chance of knocking Petey out. The blaze that will result is quite close to that melting point Karima suggests, too.

Here, check out the flame temperature of some of gasoline's components. You might be surprised at how hot they get:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_flame_temperature

Those are theoretical values. The heat you get from an actual flame of say, propane, is much lower. A burner with a proper mix of oxygene fed directly into the flame would maybe reach 1/3 of those values. I happen to have done acutual measurements on this as part of my work is running a fire lab. The heat also drops VERY rapidly with distance from the ignition point.

At any rate, keep in mind that heat all by itself is not what I'm suggesting will do the trick. Colossus didn't get up to melting point when Karima attacked him. But he got hot enough for the liquid nitrogen that followed to do some damage.
And it didn't take so much as a sixth of a truck tanker full of the stuff, either, let alone the 3 or four full tankers people claimed earlier for Pyro.

Again, how will bats do it?

Gasoline fire burns around 1k F
Diesel burns at about 300F

2500c is around 4500F

Your argument is invalid