In 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman. Less than a year later, Bill Finger and Bob Kane created Batman. About 4.5 seconds later, we think, people started arguing about who would win in a fight.
Over the past eight decades and counting, comic creators have taken the opportunity to challenge DC’s two most famous heroes, but it wasn’t until 2016 that we got finally seeing a proper big screen brawl. However, cinematic events are Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice he did little for silent debate.
In the spirit of celebrating both spreads Justice League Zack Snyder and a five-year anniversary Batman in Superman, we figured out that we could crack about it. We don’t intend to settle the argument, but it might be fun to try.
BRAINS NO BRAWN?
That’s really what the Batman vs Superman debate is all about. There is no question that Superman is stronger. In an outdoor street fight, it’s not a competition. Supes could smear bats into a thin package over a 10-square-mile area, then atomize the jelly without breaking a sweat.
He would not, of course, be the scout boy. That is, unless it was under the influence of some outside force (which has happened more times than is worth mentioning). In a direct fight, Bruce Wayne flies against a 10-ton elephant. Its only chance to sharpen the blades is largely due to careful design or technology.
Luckily for Batman, design and tech are firmly entrenched in his wheelhouse. In a case BvS, Batman (Ben Affleck) builds a self – powered mech suit for himself to go to toe with the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill). While the suit increases Batman ‘s strength, it is not specifically intended to be an offensive weapon. Instead, he protects Bruce from Superman’s attack long enough for him to execute other plans. However, one wonders how he even did that.
It is not certain what kind of suit it is and the creators have not made definitive statements about its construction. That said, the suit itself doesn’t seem to weaken Superman, so we may be able to throw a kryptonite alloy out the window. There is also no indication that it is using unearthed or unidentified materials. Instead, Wayne seems to have used lethal substances in modern ways. And that’s where things start to fall apart.
While the suit takes a bit of a hit, it should have fallen under Superman’s strength. In the trailer for The Talent of Justice, we see Superman rescuing the Soyuz spacecraft after an explosion on the platform.
The Soyuz weighs 7 tons (15,432 pounds) and, for Supes, carrying it looks as difficult as pulling a box of comics down from a shelf in the closet. It carries about 7,500 pounds on each arm and flies at the same time. And that’s not even his greatest strength.
Ice-breaking vessels are some of the most impressive vessels on the less exposed oceans. Even older models have very impressive weights. The first electric ice machine, the Ymer, went in at 4,330 tons, more than 600 times the weight of the Soyuz. Newer, nuclear-powered vessels can weigh up to 128,000 tons (256 million pounds). Even if we take the medium weight, we watch Superman, in this film, dragging about 65,000 tons over his shoulder like a still dog after a long walk.
A soon-to-be-seen newspaper headline suggests that Superman moved a tectonic plate preventing a natural disaster. The strength involved in such a trick would be incredible, but it is not necessary to even work it out for our purposes. Superman’s on-screen strengths are enough to show that even a half-hearted blow to Batman could have made a pound clean through his chest.
That suit could be made of damp cloth paper for all that matters.
KRYPTONITE
It is characterized by weakness for a reason. The Man of Steel, otherwise almost inconvenient for damage, becomes remarkably weak in the presence of radioactive pieces on its home planet. But is there really any equipment to make such an impact? He seems to be working for his enemies, evil (Lex Luthor) or just as wrong (Bruce Wayne) as they may be.
We know that Superman gets his power from the yellow sun of the Earth. Its cells, fundamentally altered by the appearance of a yellow star, are able to absorb solar radiation and convert it into incredible energy.
In the novel Starwinds Howl, Elliot Howl describes a process by which the nucleus of every living cell leaps out at one quantum level. The proteins and neutrons dissolve and expand the space between them. As a result, the organization becomes “harder, harder, more resilient.” This is, of course, a lot of hokum, but with the context, let’s face it.
In a short time, an organism that has developed under a red star finds itself altered at the cellular level when exposed to a yellow star. Not only is that organization stronger, it also has the ability to convert solar radiation into full-power energy. Subsequent exposure to kryptonite, in theory made up entirely, reverses this change, leaving the organism weak.
If kryptonite emits ionizing radiation, it could disrupt the cellular processes that allow it to convert from solar energy to supernatant. In the real world, ionizing radiation breaks down the DNA of cells, either killing them or modifying them enough to disrupt their normal processes.
Going back to Starwinds Howl, the author writes about inorganic materials from a Kryptonian source, saying, “it tends to develop unstable and invisible radioactive at the molecular level. a steady stream of isotopic grains that can have an invisible effect on their surroundings. “
It is a recipe for disaster. The same processes that allow Kal-El to achieve his incredible abilities also allow the shards of his home planet to severely disrupt the machinery of his cells. Once he is within the influence of our sun, parts of his home become the deadly poisons that not only neglect his lofty abilities but threaten his life.
That kryptonite should not exist on the fictional Superman Earth at all, given the distances and the probability that any part of its home planet would make the journey and the earth. However, that is also explained away as a result of a demonstration campaign used to bring Kal-El to Earth. Bad luck all around.
It is only this kind of poetic tragedy that allows Batman or any other enemy to neutralize Superman’s abilities. And it’s a good (or bad) thing too. This is the only way it is likely at all.