User blog comment:Tomahawk23/Punisher (Frank Castle) Vs. Bane (Nolanverse)/@comment-5232784-20120814010556

Okay, lets go over a few things...

1. The Mini-Uzi is a mean machine, but the MP5K is used by special forces units (SAS) and is of, I would guess, a higher quality. My edge goes to Punisher

2. Sawed off double barrelled shotguns can leave a bloody mess (Mobsters used the Lupara, which was (Not always, but often I think) a sawed off double barreled shotgun. However, the Punisher's Remington Model 870 will have more rounds and more suitable for combat situations. Edge Punisher

3. Special weapons: M60s were, I have learned (Based on talking to a Vietnam vet who goes to the same church I do) very popular. However, the RPG, though only having one shot, can destroy a tank, and its blast serves as a powerful psychological weapon. M60's can kill a whole lot in a short time, bu the RPG can do so with one shot. The Edge is Bane's

4. Melee. The M4X combat knife looks like a Bowie on steroids. Its blade must be a tad difficult to overcome, but the Katana/League of shadow's sword will have longer reach: Bane gets this

5. Physicality: In the comics, without venom, Bane can lift 1500 lbs above his head, about 1 and a half what Batman can press. Las says that he has peak human strength in the film, and I do not see why we should not use the comics stat here. Whether you lift 1500 with the aid of weightlifting techniques/training (which would make Bane about 3 times stronger than an Olympic weightlifter) or by using brute strength alone (weightlifter's lifting involves 60% strength and the rest based on agility, speed and technique. If Bane does this through strength alone, he is horrendously strong, for all intents and purposes superhuman). Combine this with expertise in martial arts and hand to hand combat techniques, Bane is the perfect warrior. Frank Castle trained in extensive hand to hand combat techniques too during his time in basic training with the Marines recon and then during Vietnam but he often fights more with his bug guns than with hands and feet. Bane broke Batman, arguably the best martial artist in both the comics and the Nolan universe. If this gets hand to hand, it will not last long: Bane!

Bane has the advantage up close while Punisher has the advantage (sleight) with weaponry, and its better to kill someone from a distance than up close and personal; someone stronger or better skilled at martial arts can still fall prey to bullets fired from someone nowhere near their league physically.

I vote...Punisher (but it is a sleight vote: if anyone can write something to convince me otherwise, and if allowed, I may change my vote.