User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Batman (Nolanverse) vs Red Skull (MCU)/@comment-143604-20130628223357

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 * Short Range- Red Skull. This version of Batman isn't near the hand-to-hand master as his fellow Batmen, and is really only profecient at dealing with the average street thugs and gangbangers in Gotham- routinely getting his clock cleaned close up against any foe important enough to get a name, be it Joker, Bane or Ra's. This being the first time Batman has ever encountered a superhumanly strong foe, getting in close will be an even more certain defeat for him, as Red Skull is effortlessly able to overpower Wayne close up and brutally take him apart. The surprise factor of the gauntlets may give a minor edge in a pinch, allowing Batman to escape from one close-up encounter before his death, but ultimately he's got nothing on the superhuman strength and brutality that Red Skull brings to the table close up.


 * Mid-Range- Even. The Batarang is a more versatile weapon, able to be used as a projectile, a melee weapon, a disarming weapon, a tool for distraction and more, however the Luger pistol is actually a lethal weapon, and a couple bullets from the handgun in a close to mid range will leave Batman in a pool of his own blood to drown in. I'm calling this even because the Batarang has more variable options, but Nolanverse Batman doesn't use them to their fullest potential, and Red Skull won't hold back or try to avoid a clean, letal shot to end the battle.


 * Long Range- Red Skull. The pistol is an automatic one-shot death, no matter where it hits. There's also absolutely no reason to believe that the Crazy Magic Superscience of the Tesseract, which is used to power the Pistol, would actually be effected by a simple EMP weapon, meaning that a great deal of Red Skull's equipment would survive an EMP shot, making the EMP potentially worthless, and the time it would take to aim and fire the weapon could easily be taken advantage of to auto-kill Batman.


 * Special Weapon- Red Skull. Red Skull's superhuman strength, durability, brutal and clever tactics and his discipline will make almost all of Batman's non-lethal tools near useless. Nolanverse Bats isn't that effective as a stealth warrior, which holds him back, and his Batsuit is fairly mediocre armor, not fully protecting him in close range and restricting his mobility a great deal. Red Skull's additional firearms, explosives and superhuman attributes are all far more effective and likely to win the battle than Batman's tools.


 * Deadliest Warrior- Red Skull. Red Skull is significantly stronger and wielding more dangerous and more useful weaponry. Nolanverse Batman is one of, if not the single, weakest incarnation of the character, and its easily clear in this match-up, where Red Skull steamrolls him in nearly every regard.