What YOU thought about the match:

Tyler Durden Writes:

This all depends just on WHICH Bruce Wayne you are talking about:

1-If we are talking about Bruce Wayne from the live action series(Adam West),Tony Stark gets owned.Adam West's Wayne was a revolutionary in the field of bussines and ecomnomics,proposing manegemts ideas that were too sophisticated for the '60s.

2-If we are talking about Bruce Wayne from the first series of movies,Stark gets in in a no-brainer.The Bruce Wayne from the first batch of movies did nothing but lounge around Wayne Manorand throw lavish parties.Sure he attended a bussines meeting in "Batman Returns" and toured around Wayne Enterprises in "Batman Forever",but that won't cut it against a seasoned pro like Stark.

3-If we are talking about Bruce Wayne from "Batman Begins"(Christian Bale),Stark bites it,hard.Bale's Bruce WAyne sucessfully removed an uptight asshole as the CEO of Wayne Enterprises,and ended up putting the very same person that made all of his gadgets in the position.Hell,he brought back the company from the ashes after he trained with Ra's Al Ghul!Stark barely has a grip on his own company.

4-If we are talking about Bruce Wayne from the new "The Batman" cartoon,he gets owned.This Wayne resembles more a pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves than a sucessful tycoon.

5-If we are talking about Bruce Wayne from the comics,he gets owned REAL hard.He failed to convince the Supreme Court of saving Gotham City during the "No Man's Land" saga,never really does much of bussiness.Now that I think of it,in the comics he never really does much of anything outside the costume but talk for a few panels,and then disappearing.Tony Stark SO beats him!

El Kabong Writes:

I'm sorry to say, that while I know very much about these two men as superheroes, my knowledge of them as buisnessmen isn't that wonderful. However, just looking at the surface, one would assume that Wayne has this one in the bag. I mean, he's BATMAN, for crying out loud! The very representation of cunning, planning and preperation in the comics world.

I wouldn't count Stark out, though. He is very, very good at overcoming adversity, and my friends, when Bruce isn't on your side he verily defines "adversity". After all, Tony has dealt with heart disease, Vietnam, getting replaced, alchoholism, and Avengers Disassembled.

At the end of the day, though, good old planning and wits will beat out trying hard when the chips are down. Bouncing back from his loss to Doom, Bruce Wayne wins the day.

The Comic Master Writes:

Let's break this down Wayne and Tony are both secretly Heroes so they have a lot of simmularities.

Batman hightech arsonal isn't as hightech as Ironmans though and probably less expensive. plus Ironman has gone through a lot more costlier costume changes (1point Tony).

Wayne Tech Funded the Outsiders, and may have funded the Justice League Stark may have helped fund The Avengers, and Force Works (Tie).

Wayne hasn't had a drinking problem though (1 point Wayne).

Stark Enterprizes is know for its acheivements in robotics, while Wayne entirprises is known for other things (in this situation point for Tony).

Some of Stark enterprises people know Tony's Ironman, I doubt anyone at Wayne Enterprises knows there boss is Batman. (In this case point to Tony since he trusts his staff more).

So in final score it looks like Wayne Enterprizes would be a minor stepping stone as Stark Enterprizes takes them over, then goes on to try and make Lex Industries history.

Peter Writes:

As of DC continuity right this very second, Bruce Wayne owns both WayneTech *and* LexCorp, and has more money that Tony Stark has ever seen in his life. No disrespect meant to Iron Man, but this isn't even a fight.

Razorback Writes:

Well i'm sure Bruce will take this on the "because he's batman, that's why" clause, as he usually does, but looking at it a bit more logically....

First, we compare...

TECHNOLOGY

Bruce's Wayne Industries creates gadgets which help Batman to be the terror of smalltime crooks and lunatics all over Gotham. He's produced suits of armor before, none of which can even come within spitting distance of the power levels of DC's top dawgs.

Stark Industries creates Gadgets that make the Iron Man one of the single most powerful superheroes in the Marvel Universe. They turn Iron Man into terror for cosmic beings. Somebody who can go toe to toe with the likes of Thor, and Incredible Hulk. And maybe, just maybe with a bit of strategic thinking, actually win.

Iron Man only just barely missed making it into the top ten most powerful heroes of all time list done a few years back. That says everything you need to know about the difference in technological advancement between Stark industries and Wayne Enterprises.

Now we Compare

FINANCES

Wayne Enterprises funds charities, civic services, and batman's low-to-mid scale(Compared to Iron Man's at least) technology.

Stark Enterprises funds charities, Iron Man's massively superior up to date technology, multiple specialized varieties of his own primary armor including War Machine, and Hulkbuster suits, the creation of hundreds of Gaurdian knock-off armors(Batman's best suit of armor is about equal to a single suit of Gaurdian Armor), dozens of old and now obsolete Armor designs, AND he Funds the Avengers.

Is there really any question who has superior finances?

Let's Compare

POLITICAL INFLUENCE

Wayne Enterprises is almost exclusively centered and focused in Gotham. While it fills many government contracts, it's just one corporation amongst many who does so. That's as Bruce Wayne. As Batman he's just another vigilante.

Stark Enterprises is, and has for a long time been deeply connected in the government. Stark has supplied them with many weapons and technologies, and has worked very intimately with the government in both his identities. He has many levels of security clearance.

Is there really any question who has superior political influence?

Bruce's only advantage is that strategically he's smarter. But not by a large enough margin to cancel out Tony's technological, political, and financial advantages. Bruce has a small headstart in Strategic Brains, but tony has a huge headstart in the other three categories.

Tony's battle with the bottle is resolved for the most part. As resolved as such a battle can ever be. It doesn't enter into this. If anything it's made him a stronger man for this showdown.

Even Experience-wise Tony has the advantage. Very few, if any Batman storylines have ever focused on a corporate battle. Only one in fact, which I dont beleive they ever even resolved adequately if I remember correctly. He's so pathologically obsessed with being Batman he leaves Wayne Enterprises almost exclusively in Lucius Fox's hands. It's ironic really. He could do more good as Bruce Wayne than he ever could as Batman, but he's too blinded by his obsession to realize that.

Tony Stark has a VERY active hand in Stark Industries. He understands the power he has as Tony Stark is in many ways far greater than the power he has as Iron Man, and he puts it to use every single day. He's had more than a few corporate take over storylines in his day.

ButBruce will take this, because he's Batman.

bannerman Writes:

Sheesh, I can't imagine Stark winning against Wayne in this contest at all. When Tony Stark outwits (not outflies or outdrinks) someone of Luthor's caliber, we'll talk.

How many times has Stark lost his fortune/gone broke/had to start over? Lost count? How many times has Bruce lost all his money?

*crickets chirping*

Look Tony is a fleepin' genius when it comes to technology, no doubt about it and the man builds armor like Bruce makes the ladies swoon. But when it comes to straight up corporate smarts, I've yet to see for myself Tony outmaneuvering the competition.

Bruce on the other hand has a record that speaks for itself.

Warprince Writes:

Wayne wins this one. If it was Iron Man vs. Batman I might have a different opinion. But this isn't a "Who can bash the others face" sort of contest. Wayne and Stark have both played the millionare playboy part, wine, women, and cars. Big difference? Wayne's is an act. I know Tony's cleaned up his act in recent years, but Bruce is different. Bruce Wayne doesn't exist. He is Batman's mask, and Wayne Enterprises is mearly Batman's bank account. I'm not sure how good a business man Stark is, but Wayne is better. He can run his company in such a way that even the people running it don't know whats going on. As for how their powers factor, Iron Man isn't much use unless he decides to blow up WE, meanwhile Batman is a detective/ninja industrial espionage should be easy. Besides, Wayne has already outmanuvered Luthor several times. How many times has Stark Enterprises got the drop on Doctor Doom?

The Green Man Writes:

Okay, let's break this one down.

Tony Stark -

- built his company from the ground up, thanks to his own inventiveness

- supplies his own tech

- lost his company and had to build it up again from scratch several times

- built Avengers HQ

Bruce Wayne -

- only inherited a fairly small amount from his parents, so he also had to build his company up

- supplies his own tech, most of which needs constantly repairing/replacing (for example, the Batwing gets destroyed once a month) and yet nobody ever notices the huge amounts of money that go into Bat-products

- never loses his company. Ever. As said, right now Bruce owns WayneTech, LexCorp (yeah, Lex freakin' Luthor's old company), the Daily Planet, at least half of Gotham, etc etc.

- as I said, after the earthquake, WayneTech pretty much singlehandedly rebuilt Gotham City. How much money do you think it takes to rebuild a city, and *still* be the wealthiest person in the Universe afterwards?

Sorry guys, but this is what we in the industry like to call a curbstomp. Tony's queuing up at the unemployment office by the time this is over, I tells ya.

Diggs Writes:

First of all, let me just say that whoever wins this is going to be so rich and influential, they'll get their own representation in the UN. Like the Trade Federation and the Galactic Senate (ah, Star Wars. Is there anything I can't relate to you?).

Now, the fight. Let's take a look at our competitors. Bruce Wayne is, undoubtedly, a savy business man. Anyone who can create all the Batman technology, donate a ton of cash to charity, and still manage to be a mega-millionaire has to know a trick or two. But you have to think: how often is Wayne Corp even mentioned in any Batman media? It really seems like they threw in the thing as an afterthought. He doesn't seem to do an awful lot of managing.

Now, what of Tony Stark? Like Batman he creates lots of technology for his other persona, Iron Man, and still manages to be super-rich. But, he also sells all this technology to the military and whatnot. And we all know that the military pays alot of money to keep this stuff away from scientific research. Probably his biggest liability is that he is constantly losing the company. I mean, come on, DC, it got old after the third time.

All in all, it will be very close. In the end, though, I'm going to have to go with Tony Stark. He may lose the company from time to time, but at least it's mentioned frequently. So, after a long struggle resulting in the takeover of Wayne Corp, he'll hire Bruce as a lowly factory worker and then get Lex impeached by putting Congress on his payroll.

Zeta Writes:

This is a rather simple call.

Paranoia and obsessive compulsive disorder handily defeat chronic alcoholism.

The former two are actually useful in the business world. The latter? Not so much.