Hmm...interesting question...I've never really thought about it. I guess I kinda like most people as the power level that they are now, at the present. Sometimes Batman's omnipotence gets annoying, I have to say, but it has its place too. As I've seen it, ridiculous power levels are much less of a problem in the DCU than it would be elsewhere, and even elsewhere there are ways to write it well.
RockSP said:
I've never collected Wonder Woman's solo book so...hasn't she been a warrior(ess) for centuries? If so, how can Batman be better than her? One of the silliest moments from Kelly's run IMO was the sparring session between Bats and Wondy. How the #$% could Bats ever hope to keep up with her (unless she was just "playing" with him)?
Contrary to popular belief, post-Crisis Wonder Woman -- and actually pre-Crisis, too, as far as I know -- is not hundreds of years old; she's merely as old as she looks, which is 29. She's actually
younger than Batman, and has had less time than he to train.
Obviously, I agree that Batman would never, ever, ever win Wonder Woman in any physical contest because she's just too much stronger and faster than he is, but I could see him being a better martial artist than she is, or at least being her equal. Being strong isn't the same thing as being a skilled fighter. Now Wonder Woman comes from a martial culture which means she's been holding a sword pretty much right a bit after she could walk...but it's been shown that, as a child, she was actually rather flighty (literally) and would rather have been playing instead of training, especially since even as a child she was already superstrong and close to invulnerable. Compare that to Batman, who's been nigh-clinically obsessed with bettering himself physically since he was eight years old.
Weak sauce man.
