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But I like the idea of opening up the battles to any line, any character. I would suggest using the Poll feature when you start new threads, as it will make it easier to keep track of the voting.

Here's my take on this battle and why:

I'd say Wolverine wins in a first encounter. Wolverine's too quick and aggressive to give Bats enough time to really use his detective skills and figure out how to take Logan down. Now if Bats planned it out, got intel on Wolverine, then yeah Batman would probably figure out some way of containing or incapacitating him.

And I'm not sure what the strength of Batman's knock-out gas is, but it may not affect Wolverine as much as say, a typical DCU street thug (Batman's normal target for those). Logan's healing factor may only let him get a little light-headed instead of getting knocked out.

Which brings me to Bat-Explosives. Batman would have to be lobbing some heavy-grade explosives to knock down Wolverine. But that begs the question: why would Batman carry something like that on a regular basis? Does he typically carry around Bat-Grenades now?

Also, Logan has had literally decades more fighting experience than Batman (based on their origin stories, not their comic debuts). Batman's reflexes and tactical mind may be at peak levels, but Wolverine's reflexes are superhuman and is at least on equal footing regarding tactical prowess.

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Instant, the moment Wolverine brings out his claws, Batman would know. He isn't called "The Worlds Greatest Detective" for nothing.

How? Seeing a man pop out 2-foot-long claws from his gloved forearm doesn't conclusively prove that the guy has a metal skeleton (or even a metal-coated skeleton). If anything, Batman might conclude that Wolverine has cybernetic arms.

I do think it's possible that Batman would figure something's up with Wolverine's body if he manages to land a punch on Wolverine and practically breaks his hand doing it. But even still, that doesn't necessarily mean that Batman will immediately know he's got a metal skeleton, or that it can be affected by magnetism.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not doubting Batman's phenomenal detective skills. But the problem that I have with this particular scenario is that I don't see Batman having enough time to use them effectively. Given enough time and research, I'm sure Bruce would find a way to win. That, unfortunately is not the case here.

Batman may be the world's greatest detective, but Wolverine is the best he is at what he does.