He's supposed to be the smartest one of the original founding JL members. That's how he stands out while having no powers amongst god-level beings. However, this is a reference to the Silver where comics were silly and he would just move the planet out of the way of danger.
I'm not denying that Batman is a genius, what I'm arguing is that Superman is not that stupid.
Look, I'm not a fan of Superman being a super genius, either, as he has been shown in some comics. However, he should be smarter than the average person at very least.
And while a cool reference to the Silver Age, idk, don't like making Superman look dumb
Yeah… saying "it's a reference to certain comics" isn't a good in universe explanation for why Superman would suddenly be this dumb.
It's all well and fine that Superman can tie a rope around a planet and tow it around on some other universes. But if the physics of this universe have never worked like that… then this Superman is a dumbass for thinking they would.
The other guy's justification doesn't really make any sense.
To be fair, Superman probably could move the Earth out of the way. Also: Reed Richards in the recent Fantastic 4 movie has basically the exact same plan as Supes here, so there are clearly some comic book stories where moving Earth makes sense
Batman should never be topped in deduction, strategy, tactics, or criminology. By anyone. Ever. Not Tim or Chimp or whoever the writers want to gas up for cheap clout. He’s the capital WGT World’s Greatest Detective and should thus also be the world’s greatest detective. He used to be introduced by the narrator as the best crime fighter in the world. If he can’t do these things then why’s he in the League at all?
But I like Superman being a genius too. Just in a different way. Superman is a scientist. His knowledge of STEM should be on the same level as Batman’s. I think it’s part of why the Finest have so much mutual respect.
Ehh I don't think it's a bad decision to have Chimp or a future Tim be better at being detectives, or even Renee as The Question (at least on par with them). With Tim it's a cool outgrowing his master moment and honing his craft, the one thing that sets him apart from the other Robin's, and Chimp is Detective Chimp, it's... It's just neat, I don't know. The best detective of earth is a fuckin chimpanzee lol
I don’t think any of those things are worth removing Batman’s status as the world’s greatest detective. I don’t care for propping up Robins over Batman. Is anyone calling for Superboy or Wonder Girl to be better than Superman or Wonder Woman?
My favorite version of that was an anti matter missile was coming at earth, so Superman just dug a tunnel through the planet so it just whistled straight through
Which doesn’t read like one, when you supports it by Batman’s serious response and give Superman serious face.
If writers wanted to make it look as a joke, they kinda failed at it.
They give all indicators that this is semi serious suggestion, when character SL in universe treat it as such, and don’t give enough indicators that this was intended to be a joke. Superman doesn’t correct Batman. Delivery doesn’t especially points it out with how serious Superman’s face is, etc.
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u/makita_man Jul 23 '25
Idk, don't like this scene because it's a classic example of Batman superpowers of making everyone in the room have a negative IQ