Fresh off of Iron Man I've been randomly reading up on some superhero histories via Wikipedia. Turns out Batman's original inspiration for being a batman is incredibly lame! It made me laugh, at least. Of course the character has been updated to be a bit more... well it's still a guy in a bat suit so it's not realistic, but at least a BIT more grounded in reality.
I do at least like the notion that Batman is mentally unstable. And I guess you'd have to be to go out every night and rough up hooligans without superpowers. It's kind of embarassing, though, that Tony Stark is probably as rich as Bruce Wayne and can build a whole power suit and Batman's stuck running around in typical armor. However, unlike Iron Man, Batman actually knows how to handle himself in a fight. If Iron Man got caught without his power suit he'd be screwed. Poor drunk Tony Stark.
Of course the nerd in me wants to clarify that Iron Man did receive martial arts training later and is formidable outside of his suit now I still maintain that Batman could easily take him if neither of them worse suits. But of course Batman is insane and has received way more martial arts training than is possible. However, he hasn't learned Drunken Master style... that I'm aware of.
Drunken Master style... now THAT is insane.
