Is Batman more popular than Superman?

[Oakshana]

Hiding godlike powers for funsies is more relatable than having a secret you don't want others to know?

He said "...as a person".

[Amaterasu65]

Ever since I was a kid, Batman appealed more to me than most other superheroes. Even the bad guys were more appealing imo.

Batman by a huge margin, Superman is kinda shallow.

[Adam Jensen]

Batman because Supes is super lame.

[sam86]

Well, I'm no closer to being a billionaire-ninja-supergenius orphan with PTSD than I am to being an actual alien with Superpowers...so I don't really find either one of them very relatable.

Clark Kent, as a person, is more relatable than Bruce Wayne.

there is still a chance that someone win a lottery, and his parents die while they were taking him out for cinema, and train brutally
but there is 0 chance that u are born alien in first place

[Egomaniac]

there is still a chance that someone win a lottery, and his parents die while they were taking him out for cinema, and train brutally
but there is 0 chance that u are born alien in first place

That just covers "Orphan with PTSD" and "Billionaire" (assuming the lottery was for a billion dollars). It doesn't cover mastering every fighting style on earth and obtaining PHD+ levels of education in every field of science in less than 15 years.

[ItsRainingMetal]

Superman is just a lame cheesy character.

[Egomaniac]

Hiding godlike powers for funsies is more relatable than having a secret you don't want others to know?

I was talking about Clark Kent as a person. He's got a regular job, he has to pay his rent every month, etc. Bruce Wayne has none of that.

[3DTyrant]

And one of my favorite things of Batman, he has a back up plan against every other hero.

And as the meme goes, he even has a back up plan for when he doesn't have a plan, plan.

He has a plan for when he doesn't have a back up plan for when his plan fails because his backup plan failed becasue he couldn't use his plan.

OT: I personally like Batman more, becasue unlike Superman, he has more than one weakness."Oh hey, you're trying to kill me? Yeah, good luck with that. OH NO, A GREEN SPACE CRSYTAL, MY ONLY WEAKNESSSS, NNNOOOO!"

[Lochton]

He has a plan for when he doesn't have a back up plan for when his plan fails because his backup plan failed becasue he couldn't use his plan.

OT: I personally like Batman more, becasue unlike Superman, he has more than one weakness."Oh hey, you're trying to kill me? Yeah, good luck with that. OH NO, A GREEN SPACE CRSYTAL, MY ONLY WEAKNESSSS, NNNOOOO!"

Somehow, there's 22 types of kryptonite in total, in his 'lore'.

[3DTyrant]

Somehow, there's 22 types of kryptonite in total, in his 'lore'.

I did not know that, not really read super hero comics beyond Spiderman when I was a kid.

[Lochton]

I did not know that, not really read super hero comics beyond Spiderman when I was a kid.

Nor did I know. Just when you mentioned 'green rocks' it just popped to me and got me curious how many. Heh.

[Leyre]

Wasnt a kryptonite who turned superman gay?

[Grapemask]

Pretty much agree with what a lot of people have said.

Superman is such an impossible character to like because his flaws are all artificial. He's a supreme, unkillable god that needs artificially introduced mechanics to make him interesting again. You have to wait for the plot to give you something to worry about.

Batman, on the other hand, is a supremely flawed character that has had to work to make more of himself. There's always a component of danger even when nothing is happening.

[bledgor]

Superman may be born mary sue, but man do the writers push batman into mary sue.

Beings that can destroy planets yet somehow Batman can always fight them?

I don't like either of them.

Last comic I enjoyed reading was Spawn, but sadly that is among one of the worst adaptations ever shit out by Hollywood.

Edit: You know thinking about I also enjoyed Fantastic Four comic (especially the whole Reid Richards vs Dr Doom aspect, they were so enjoyable). Yet again a fuck awful adaptation. Why can't Hollywood get any of the comics I like right .

[Viikkis]

Superman is like the most boring super hero ever.

[Deleted]

batman got better villans i mean joker nuff said. also a more sinister tone to the comics and series and movies

[Halicia]

Even when he's been de-powered, he still fights for what's right.

That's a huge distinction from someone that has never had powers.

Tankman > Superman.

[Mormolyce]

Bit of an odd question, you should've asked which one each person prefers rather than which is actually more popular.

I think it's pretty obvious Batman is more popular these days.

Batman is more popular.

Probably because he is just a normal person.

Well I wouldn't call him normal.

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Superman is like the most boring super hero ever.

The funny thing is that the original Superman was wildly popular because he was a straight up fun escapist fantasy figure and basically anything could happen in each issue.

[Varvara Spiros Gelashvili]

Superman is boring just like Thor their enemies are what keep me reading not them.

[Viikkis]

The funny thing is that the original Superman was wildly popular because he was a straight up fun escapist fantasy figure and basically anything could happen in each issue.

When Superheroes were a new thing he was really succesfull yeah but people grew tired of the invincible and perfect heroes so when Stan Lee started creating more humane heroes with flaws but a good heart (like Spider-man) heroes like Superman started to lose their appeal.