but has he beaten him more times?
Thats a good question that I dont have the answer to myself.
But after reading 23 pages of this thread nobody has posted a modern fight that Superman won while he was in control of himself.
The closest Superman win was one in which a "Future" Superman came back in time ,acting all emo and out of normal character, pulled a sneak attack and beat on Batman.
Which only proves what I've been saying.
Superman ,as he has been written over the past 20+ years, has not beaten Batman as he has been written over the past 20+ years.
Only under outside control or under extreme emotional conditions has he come close to beating Batman.
Now if anyone has other examples I'm more then willing to examine them.
and batman's not as tuff as he wants every1 to think. he wouldn't kill you or nothin,
He is willing and has planned to kill Superman if the need arises.
Not only that but durring the Armageddon 2001 story arc a future Batman did in fact "KILL" a future Superman that went bad.
and he wouldn't break your arm if he didn't need to.
Thats questionable.
There have been times that he broke arms when the bad guy gave up.
and superman has killed before when he's had to so he knows when not to be nice.
He's never come close to going that far with a non powered human.
but since you keep bringing up what's in the heroes character, remember;batman actually getting in a fist fight w/ some one who he calls his friend is more out of character than superman not holding back in a fight.
Just as I said you need to do some research on the characters in question.
Batman has been known to get into fist fights with those he calls "sons".He has gotten into fist fights with all 3 of his Robins.
Granted he may have held back a bit because he knew they were acting out but it doesnt change the fact that he faught them.
So its a hell of a lot more in character for Batman to fight those he calls friends.I can even remember a few times when he punched out Jim Gordan and one time he fired a "gun" at Jim Gordan.
Again he help back but he still did it.
So tell me......when was the last time that Superman punched a "un-powered" Jimmy Olson or fired his heat vision at ether Lois or Perry White????
Better yet when was the last time Superman rased a hand to hit ether Ma or Pa Kent.
If Batman is willing to fist fight or fire guns at friends and family I say he would be willing to fist fight a friend.
And more to the point Batman created plans to defeat and or kill the entire JLA.
He created the "Brother Eye" satalite program to spy on and track every super-human that he's aware of.
He created the "Omacs" to counter,defeat and kill every superhuman if needed.
You need to learn a bit about the character of Batman before you try to speak on whats in or out of character for him.
if superman had a good reason for fighting batman he'd end it as quickly as possible, so he wouldn't go easy on him
Looks like you need to research Supermans character as well.
Superman had a good reason to fight Batman in "The Dark Knight Returns" but he failed to end it quickly and even I would say that Superman was holding back....and it lead Superman to defeat.
but if push came to shove and batman did something like try to use kryptonite or anything that whould tip the scale in his favor, superman would do whatever he had to to end the fight right there and than.
Again Superman failer to do so in "TDNR" he also failed to do so in the Armageddon 2001 story arc under those same condistions you just posted.
and if you think supermans to nice to defend himself than you really don't no superman at all.
What I do know is that Superman has failed to do what you just suggest he would do on every encounter with Batman.
So let history be the judge of that.
so don't give us this bs about superman being to much of a nice guy to actually finish a fight w/ batman.
It is not bs...its evidence of history.
cuz if he had reason enough to fight batman he'd have reason enough to end the fight as quickly as he could w/o killing batman
Again he hasnt done it before when having a good reason to fight Batman.
edit- oh, and batman would be thinking of a way to end it w/o killing superman as well.
I'm sure he would but at the same time he wouldnt shy away from doing what he felt he needed to.
so if you think supermans unwillingness to kill batman gives batman some kinda advantage you don't know batmans character at all.
You have already proven not to have an understanding of these characters.
Batman has trouble with the Joker, Two Face, Catwoman, Penguin etc.
Superman has trouble with Darkseid, Doomsday, etc
how long would batman last against Supermans villains vs. how long would Batmans villains last against Superman
Thats completely irrelevant.
We're talking about how the characters would deal with each other not the others rougues.
And by the way, Batman pretty much defeated Darksied by threatening to destroy Apocalypse.
batman has also defeated Metalo a few times.