Although I'll point out that in melee, Iron Man is mostly reliant upon brute strength rather than skill or speed, which Batman has in spades.
Batman's got human-ish strength, depending on writer, bench press or dealift in the mid-hundreds of pounds kinda zone, Ironman has routinely thrown vehicles around, not really the same zone.
If it wasn't a cage match, more of a "they both have time to plan" scenario, what do you think?
Well both are dangerously genre savvy, if they both had prep time the answer would be 'who wrote the episode?' and probably a draw, it's something of a military catechism then anyone with half a brain, decent self-discipline, serious motivation, and some training could kill pretty much anyone, no matter how elite, if they wanted to and the other person wasn't specifically expecting it. So the answer in a real-world sense would pretty much be whichever moved first and didn't have any particular hesitation about killing or maiming the other guy. Which is why the Punisher or Jack Bauer sorts typically are very effective. With that in mind, these two effectively equally combatants (ya know, minus Stark's titular power armor) would mostly come down to who is the bigger bastard, which in most portrayals would be Stark.
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My friends say Iron Man would beat Batman
18/04/2012 07:18:05 PM
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Batman would win if whoever was drawing/writing the book decided so.
18/04/2012 07:54:18 PM
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Suvudu cage matches anyone? *NM*
18/04/2012 08:36:12 PM
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Not an actual determination, just an unscientific poll of fan opinion. *NM*
18/04/2012 08:46:57 PM
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I think Iron man would take Batman
18/04/2012 08:07:22 PM
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Well that does limit his options- a cage match.
19/04/2012 12:33:11 AM
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Re: Well that does limit his options- a cage match.
20/04/2012 04:44:11 PM
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Iron Man's armor kicks Batman's ass *NM*
18/04/2012 10:48:45 PM
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this was one of my thoughts
19/04/2012 01:57:12 PM
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Batman is prepared for EVERYTHING *NM*
19/04/2012 02:55:54 PM
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*snort* no one could be prepared for anything. *NM*
19/04/2012 04:25:09 PM
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Longterm scenario, Batman. He'd plan for when Stark is drunk and vulnerable, and he'd fight dirty.
19/04/2012 11:05:13 PM
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Now having seen the amount of damage Iron Man survives in The Avengers
20/04/2012 12:24:30 PM
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If Iron Man went rogue and Batman had to take him down, Batman would succeed.
29/04/2012 03:44:26 PM
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