Of all superhero franchises, Marvel and DC remain the biggest rivals and it certainly doesn’t help that they both created similar heroes who seemingly have the same level of genius and billions in their hands.
If Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man ever went up against his DC counterpart, the Dark Knight Batman, who would win in a fight? Who is stronger between Iron Man and Batman, really?
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Battle Between the Genius Billionaires
When Captain America was having a discourse over Iron Man’s superhero capabilities, Tony had an easy answer to the burning question, “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?” The latter said, “Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist.”
Stark may have inherited some of his riches thanks to his father, Howard Stark, but he had only grown richer and richer by the minute because of his intelligence in building weapons for Stark Industries.
Iron Man is quite resourceful despite having little to no source materials he usually needed in coming up with a weapon for Obadiah Stane.
Instead of simply following orders as any normal victim would, he conjured up a plan and created the first prototype of the Iron Man suit.
Since then, he’s stopped selling weapons under Stark Industries, in fear of more villainous purchasing of his merchandise. Thus, more of his energy was put into improving and enhancing his ever-evolving Iron Man suits.
However, what does this say about Bruce Wayne, though? Batman also created his own gadgets and suits, as he is known to be an expert scientist and engineer, much similar to where Tony’s titles fall.
One other thing that the Dark Knight has more leverage on, though, is his physical strength and endurance on the battlefield.
He is not just a man in a suit, he constantly trains his body, knowing full well what could call for him in battle if ever his gadgets and weapons end up malfunctioning.
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So, Is Iron Man Stronger Than Batman?
If you think about it, Tony Stark has the tendency to rely on his brains and the weapons he installed inside his Iron Man suits. So, when it comes to hand-in-hand combat and physical stamina, Bruce Wayne is here to win.
After all, Batman’s been described to be pretty unforgiving as he does whatever it takes, no matter how high the stakes are.
Bruce Wayne is no Mad Titan, but when Stark’s Iron Man suit easily got destroyed by Thanos’ hands, he was pretty much immobile out of shock.
The most he could do was fix himself and stop the bleeding from worsening his state. It is possible this is how the fight between the Iron Man and the Dark Knight would turn out.
However, if Iron Man were to win against Batman at some point, it would be because of what the Amalgam Universe introduced during the Marvel and DC crossover.
In this crossover, Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHIELD #1 by Chuck Nixon and Cary Nord, the comics reminded diehards of one key aspect that makes Tony better than Bruce: making the suits.
The comics had Tony making Batman’s high-tech gadgetry and Batman suit from scratch, considering that Bruce’s main strength lies in hand-to-hand combat on the field.
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