Resolved: Ironman is better than Superman

I apologize. I meant for my case to be in my rebuttals. I will not make the same mistake. Also as I am typing from a cell phone, I ask you forgive spelling and grammar issues. Rebuttal 1: I will concede to my opponent that Superman is a better icon. But my point stands. Being an icon does not automatically make you a better superhero. Santa is an icon. So is Jesus. My opponent says we need to look at these characters as a whole. Superman does have this whole "Mr. Perfect" attitude down but again, it doesn't make him a better superhero. We need values of justice and freedom but how exactly does Superman represent this? I can see his moral compass always pointing north, but what has he done in the name of freedom? Iron Man saves people around the world. My opponent has not answered my question as to why Superman only patrols one city Rebuttal 2: When there is an emergency, Clark Kent runs into a phone booth rips of his clothes and here comes Superman! He's has a different look and a different personality. Can we really say that that's Clark Kent up there fighting? Clark Kent is a reporter. Why? A waste of talent! My opponent mentioned people starving in Africa. Tony stark has paid for thousands of miles of intelli-crops to be planted for no charge. What has Clark Kent done? What has superman done to help these starving people? Rebuttal 3: My opponenet perhaps misunderstood me. Iron mans suits requires absolutely no maintenance. He and the suit are one. He IS Iron man. He even has an under Armor that is stored in the hollows of his bones. Your argument about his suit being high maintenance is completely outdated. My opponent also ignored the case of the 30 or so diiferent varieties of kryptonite. Also the fact that Superman needs contact with kryptonite is false, as the show smallville routinely shows that just being in the same room as kryptonite renders him powerless and weak. My argument that a five year old could beat him up still stands. You asked me make make a case, here it is. Contention one: Iron man is more heroic My opponent keeps wrapping Superman in the flag and yelling "America America!". You see this all the time in Hollywood movies, especially the ones by Micheal Bay. But who is better for America? Iron man was the primary defense contractor. While on a trip to visit our troops he is kidnapped and told to make weapons. Instead he builds one of the most complex pieces of technology from a cave. He escapes, and the moment he gets back home, he wastes no time in shutting down the weapons part of his company costing himself billions of dollars . Because he saw young Americans being killed by his life's work. But he doesn't just stop there. When he hears his weapons are being used to kill villagers in the middle east, he straps himself in an untested piece of equipment to save the lives of people he has never met. You asked mentor look at the characters in their entirety. Fine. Let's take away the Iron Man armor. Let's also take away Clark Kent's powers. Who is going to make this world a better place now? That's the thing about Superman. He was born with his powers. Without them he is useless. Iron Man made himself into what he is. This is a billionaire playboy putting his own life at risk. Imagine if Kal-El was sent to earth and was on the same level as everyone else. Would he be a hero? Contention 2: Tony Stark relates more to the audience. My opponent says that Superman is morally perfect and it's what humanity should strive to be. And he is absolutely correct. But lets be honest, who is this perfect? Who can relate to being a sinless and pure person. Even Martin Luther King Jr, a great American, valued freedom, regularly cheated on his wife. Ask yourself, truly ask yourself, what would you do if you had billions of dollars? I can hear the " I'd give it to charity". You're a liar. You'd probably give some to charity. But most people are going to be just like Tony Stark. We're going to gamble away millions of dollars and not care, we're going to sleep with who we want. I'm not saying no one is going to be responsible but everyone or just about everyone will fall into that human trait of "if you've got it, flaunt it." Superman represents who we would be in a perfect world world. Tony stark represents who we are.