Batman can defeat anyone when given time to plan

Premises of defeat include any of the three, or being unable to fight any longer in general Batman 's moral code exempts him from one (batman would not kill hulk because of his morality) To your rebuttal, well yes. But that is a very broad statement, as there are an almost infinite number of different conditions, and not all conditions would benefit hulk. "Would Batman be able to present enough sedative gas in a limited amount of time to create that critical knockout needed to revert the Hulk?" Yes as defined by the fact that batman has time to plan, he has time to study hulk and figure out how much sedative would be necessary to take hulk down. Also so it does not become an issue, most likely due to batman having time to plan, batman would ensure that the battle take place some where enclosed and dark, such as an underground subway or a sewer system. "If Batman fails at this the Hulk would be unpredictable, Batman would have to get into the effective range of Hulk's thunderclap in order to sedate him correctly" Batman is able to handle himself very well against unpredictable opponents, as proved in his battles against killer croc, clayface, and the obvious joker. Batman would only have to get in range if the sedative was applied via injection through a syringe. However batman is more versatile. Should the sedative be in pill form, batman can equip a blow gun to and target hulks mouth when he yells in rage, Or of course he could possibly just simply throw it 'down the hatch'. Also, as seen in the crossover comic, batman could use a gas sedative. By staying within an enclosed area, and using a mixture of smoke screen and sedative gas, batman could trick the hulk into breathing in the sedative As for the thunderclap, simple, Batman need only quickly get behind hulk, as the effects of the clap do not expand like a shock wave all around hulk, but rather causes damage to that in front of him. In a location enclosed, hulk may be able to thunderclap gas out of the way temporarily "(sleeping gas) would have a different affect on The Hulk, not considering healing factor, but considering the larger lung capacity" Again this is addressed in the 1970's comic and addressed by the fact that Batman can attack Hulks nerves. Watch at about 2:10 batman attempts to use gas on hulk, but hulk holds his breath. Batman in turn lands a strong kick into hulk's solar plexus, effectively knocking the wind out of him. "since the Hulk has a longer reach he could easily pummel Batman" By your logic batman could never defeat any supervillian that is taller than him. You fail to realize that while Hulks brute strength may come in handy to something large and equal to his size (or a slow moving and nagging god :P) but when compared to someone agile like batman, it simply won't work. Batman can easily dodge the hulks punches to get close enough in to land a blow and get out of range. "Even though Bruce Wayne (Batman) is a master of stealth, mastering stealth will do you no good against a creature that also has the attributes of superhuman sight, superhuman smell, superhuman hearing" Where are you getting the superhuman sight, superhuman smell, superhuman hearing? But should I simply not have known of these powers Batman uses a mixture of smoke bombs to hide both vision and smell, and hearing is as simple as throwing a sonic batarang down, or simply throw rocks to distract hulks hearing. "You say Batman's advantage may be intelligence and planning, the failure in this statement is the inability to consider Hulk's unpredictability and sheer anger....... Which may mean no matter how much planning Batman puts into the battle he doesn't enough experience against superhumans of Hulk's magnitude to know their psychological mindset, Hulk's multiple personalities and unstable psyche are too unstable and unpredictable for Batman to hinder." As I stated before, an unpredictable opponent is still nothing to batman, see any of the mentioned villains. As for the 'not enough experience against superhumans of hulks magnitude' you avoid the fact that batman has time to plan for the hulk. And secondly batman has fought many adversaries even greater than hulks magnitude, including solemn grundy (A villain that becomes stronger every time he is killed), Clayface (can change his shape and size at anytime) and darksied, and is the only recorded being to dodge darksied's Omega beam (http://www.youtube.com...) something not even superman could do. As well, batman can detect an opponents next attack based on muscle movement, given hulks large attacks, this leads to some predictability when it comes to batman knowing what to avoid. Now 2 of your ways in which hulk could defeat batman depend on hulk being able to grab batman In the 1970s comic, hulk is able to grab him. You imply he can, and given batman's agility, and his time to plan, he knows to stay out of range except when neccesary. Even if hulk could grab him, batman is again able to target areas to essentially make hulk 'flinch', in this instance he uses a 'cup clap' to disorientate Hulk and thus let go of batman before he gets the chance to crush, punch, or jump with batman. And if batman is launched into outer space (based on discussions hulk can only jump from sea level to low orbit, meaning there is still some present gravity, thus meaning batman would start to fall. Now when this happens, batman can free fall until the point at which he can use his cape to glide or parachute down to safety. And Hulk began able to punch him has been addressed being as batman could dodge. Plus batman has survived punches from characters like superman and Solemn Grundy, both of who's strength is close and or equal to hulks, and in both cases batman continues fighting. Thus should batman be hit just once, it most likely would not kill him. And just to remind you, that is if hulk could hit him. "Another crucial thing to look at is how effective Batman's weapons can be against the Hulk....... The high tensile strength of the Hulk's skin allows him protection from most modern artillery such as bullets, grenades, shells, and rockets. He can withstand concussive blasts, impacts from super-powered villains, and extreme high and low temperatures. He was once deep frozen by Ice Man for an extended period of time with no ill effects. He has withstood the vacuum of deep space a multitude of times along with the huge pressure of the ocean floor. Given that the Hulk can withstand bullets, grenades, shells, and rockets. All of Batman's weapons would be useless against his skin. Accelerated Healing The Hulk has probably the quickest healing factor than anyone in the Marvel Universe, including Wolverine. Wounds that would be deadly to most other heroes takes just a short time for the Hulk to recover. Another factor to consider is Hulk's RHF (Regenerative Healing Factor), any damage done by Batman's weapons would almost heal instantaneously. Again useless......." You're forgetting that batman isn't using these weapons also. He knows penetrating his skin will be hard or impossible, so batman's wont be using these weapons against him. Thus saying they would do nothing against him is meaningless. Its true but batman is not using them against hulk. Though you bring up the point that Batman could freeze him. As shown in batman arkham city, Batman gains technology developed by Mr. Freeze. Given time, Batman could adjust the concentration of ice that need be used on hulk to freeze him. And as you said it worked for an extended period of time, so thus hulk would be unable to fight and thus defeated. Sources -http://www.screwattack.com... -Official Batman Encyclopedia - http://www.comicvine.com... -Batman vs. the incredible hulk (comic) -http://batman.wikia.com... -Various Justice League episodes