The Batman fans always couch things in terms of how BATMAN does things. Do these other superheroes make a habit of letting their enemies research their weaknesses, stalk them, and beat them in a surprise attack?

Of course not. I'm merely setting up a fair fight. Batman loses in a fair fight. But if you give Batman the advantages of:

- he gets time to do his research
- he gets to build/buy whatever he needs to win
- he chooses the venue
- he chooses the timing
- he gets to plan a surprise attack

no wonder he wins the battles then. The odds are stacked way in his favor.

But give any of the heroes cantball (or anyone else listed) those same advantages over Batman and he's completely toast.

With those same advantages, anyone could beat Batman (and a lot of other super heroes).

Batman is just a normal dude. One well-planned surprise attack and Batman gets hit with a .44 slug in his skull and he's dead.
Anyone with super strength could kill Batman with one surprise blow to the skull.

You can't give Batman time to research, stalk and surprise attack his opponents. Even if that's how he rolls. Because if you do, clearly the whole scenario is being set up for him to win, and what's the point of that?

This is why I keep saying it should be a fair fight. And unfortunately for the Batman fans, he gets handled in a fair fight.