Batman vs Wonder Woman
I used to sort of like Batman. But somewhere along the way, it started to seem that Bruce was a guy so obsessed with forever "fighting crime" that he didn't care about actually winning. He avoids the wrath of the law by not playing executioner, fair enough. But as a masked man with a secret identity, he's useless in a chain of evidence. Batman's intervention, in my estimation, makes Gotham harder to police. The Punisher might be preferable, because he consciously replaces the law, rather than just impeding it for his own neurotic reasons.
In this interpretation, Batman's the non-lethal version of serial killer psychology, trying to punch Joe Chill in the face by proxy over & over again.
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I once had a story idea that involved Diana (Wonder Woman) finally realizing what a perverse relationship Bruce had with crime in "his city," & going to Gotham to do what he couldn't. It would end up with Zsasz, the Joker, & a few other incorrigible killers dead at her hand.
I imagined her wiping out his rogues' gallery, him trying to confront her, & then her scolding him for the way he had handled things. Yeah, OK, you can point out Di's problematic relationships with Circe & the Cheetah. It wasn't really about Di as she's been written as much as it was about how I wanted a superhero to behave. It was a projection of my feelings about treating public menaces as if they were just wrestling "heels." (And would presumably follow a story where Diana finally turned Dr Psycho's brain into paste.)
Of course DC likely wouldn't publish it.
And as I think about it now, I think the idea should be refined. I still think Zsasz & the Joker are incorrigible monsters who should just be killed. But I remember that the Marston/Peter Wondy tried to reform her villains; the Ventriloquist, Killer Croc, & Two-Face would be great candidates for Reformation Island.
But of course, DC is not Stan Lee's Marvel. The various franchises probably shouldn't overlap to that degree. But when it comes to foes in Wondy's own book, there's a way I would want to write her that might surprise some people:
I don't want her to have a rogues' gallery. She should generally only face a foe once. After that, with few exceptions, that person should be reformed, incarcerated, or dead.
In this interpretation, Batman's the non-lethal version of serial killer psychology, trying to punch Joe Chill in the face by proxy over & over again.
...
I once had a story idea that involved Diana (Wonder Woman) finally realizing what a perverse relationship Bruce had with crime in "his city," & going to Gotham to do what he couldn't. It would end up with Zsasz, the Joker, & a few other incorrigible killers dead at her hand.
I imagined her wiping out his rogues' gallery, him trying to confront her, & then her scolding him for the way he had handled things. Yeah, OK, you can point out Di's problematic relationships with Circe & the Cheetah. It wasn't really about Di as she's been written as much as it was about how I wanted a superhero to behave. It was a projection of my feelings about treating public menaces as if they were just wrestling "heels." (And would presumably follow a story where Diana finally turned Dr Psycho's brain into paste.)
Of course DC likely wouldn't publish it.
And as I think about it now, I think the idea should be refined. I still think Zsasz & the Joker are incorrigible monsters who should just be killed. But I remember that the Marston/Peter Wondy tried to reform her villains; the Ventriloquist, Killer Croc, & Two-Face would be great candidates for Reformation Island.
But of course, DC is not Stan Lee's Marvel. The various franchises probably shouldn't overlap to that degree. But when it comes to foes in Wondy's own book, there's a way I would want to write her that might surprise some people:
I don't want her to have a rogues' gallery. She should generally only face a foe once. After that, with few exceptions, that person should be reformed, incarcerated, or dead.