In most incarnations of Batman, his character is two-fold. There’s Batman the vigilante and Batman the Superhero. Batman the vigilante is the man who works alongside Jim Gordan to solve The Joker’s, Riddler’s, Black Mask’s or The Penguin’s crimes. This is the man who is “The World’s Greatest Detective” and among the world’s best martial artists. He uses his instincts, cunning and his fists to solve crimes, promote justice in a corrupt city and instill fear in those who commit crimes. Batman has been this man since the first “Detective Comics” was published ¾ of a century ago. Although the greatest detective angle wasn’t addressed much, Christopher Nolan’s Batman captured this incarnation very well.
Batman the Superhero is the man who is essentially the Justice League’s Lex Luthor. They are both men who possess immense wealth, intelligence and power and might be the two best tacticians on Earth. Although neither man has any traditional physical powers they have the technology (both have power suits that have stood up to Superman) and the advanced minds to counter, if not neutralize, every Super-powered being. Batman in “Tower of Babel”, “The Dark Knight Returns”, “The Dark Knight Strikes Again”, “Kingdom Come” and any other storyline where he utilizes intricate contingency plans to take out power houses like Superman and Darkseid represents this facet of the character. Batman developed this facet in order to be useful to the Justice League and ultimately be the anti-Superman (Brain vs. Brawn). Although many Justice League super villains could defeat Batman (when he doesn’t have a power suit) in a brawl, it most likely would not get to that point because Batman has a contingency plan to take you out. The same thing could be said about Lex Luthor (Always found it interesting that Superman’s greatest foe and greatest ally were so similar).
Because this Affleck incarnation of Batman will have the ability to fight Superman, they would be wise to incorporate both incarnations of the character. In order to successfully do this, the movie would probably need two villains. I think it would be cool to see Black Mask become the main crime lord of Gotham and then have Batman the vigilante take down his operation. This leads to a desperate Black Mask who then buys the android A.M.A.Z.O. to kill the Batman. AMAZO, who possesses the powers of many of Earth’s Superheroes, would cause Batman to utilize a power suit other advanced tech and display his tactician skills by resorting to the contingency plans he had in place to defeat the superheroes AMAZO copied. This would establish Batman as a vigilante/detective, one of the greatest superheroes and could even introduce Project Cadmus as a possible Justice League Villain.
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