Resolved: In a fight without prior preparation, Batman would certainly defeat Spider-Man.

Though you seem to be a decently-educated man of Marvel; and your first set of arguments, well, i'll call them mediocre at best. Batman, being my favorite SUPERhero, would take your spider-diseased boy and whip him like the robin style sissy he is. Spiderman may have attained a superhuman ability, but they do not give him significant advantage over defeating Batman. Your "first" argument gave nothing in regards as to HOW those superhuman abilities could win the battle. Yes, you're right when you mention how Batman is an olympic-level fighter. Before his little mutation deal, spiderman was some punk kid photo boy who got pushed around and picked on in school. His knowledge of fighting and tactical weaponry are slim to nothing, except of course what he learned in school. Batman is, as homer simpson stated in the monorail episode (i had to throw this in for a little laugh), a scientist. He is a black belt in martial arts and has NATURAL strength. Spiderman's "intellect" that you speak of was learned at a basic college level. Batman also went to school sir, so im gonna have to give ur comment the BS tag. 'Abuses his billions of dollars on gadgets'? Come on! First, don't exaggerate so loosely with money. His millions go towards his company, making Gotham a better city to live, and aiding him in his crime fighting. ANNND he isn't the creator of most of those gadgets; he improvises most ideas on items already created or in use (i.e. the batarang is the boomerang in bat shape, his grappling gadgets were in use by various military branches). Name some of these spiderman 'devices' that he has created that he would ALREADY have in stock to fight and defeat batman. I'm not too familiar with the unique fighting style that you're giving spiderman credit for; i suppose his cute little stickies on his feet and hands can grab on to walls and he can do a flip here and there, but that doesn't give him the power to outwit nor over power the dark knight. The spider sense is also flawed. Spiderman can't predict multiple attacks, nor can he even fully react to the attacks that he DOES sense or he would never be hit nor hurt. Now i'm gonna digress for just a second as to what you said in your last two sentences: 'Taking these four points into account, our favorite web head would mop the floor with the Dark Knight any day of the week. I now stand ready for my opponent's case.' What the heading of the debate stated was that Batman would certainly defeat spiderman. You just said, with the case that you gave, that spiderman would be the one to defeat Batman. What i've stated logically goes against most of your arguements of spiderman winning. Batman, with all his traps, gadgets, fighting skills, and intellect would be able to eventually outwit his young, naive opponent. Batman even had robin around for a brief period to be able to study and learn those queer acrobatic moves that spiderman would eventually pose on him. Batman could also call upon the bats as the distraction and also has his sick vehicles such as the batwing or the batmobile (not that dumb frickin tank). enough for now....but ill be back