Ok he's one of the best martial artists dectives and non powered super hero in the DC Universe but that makes him far from as untouchable. I can't stand people giving excuses saying this was bad fan fiction.

Um not exactly seeing as Batman was being a @$$ throught most of the miniseries that got what he deserved.

Let me add in what Stewart said when he stood up to him was true if you are not afraid of Batman and not buying he's nothing more than man.

He had the ignorance to think he was going to contain Jordan when he has the most powerful weapon in the universe which isn't running out anytime soon.

Its not so much that, its the fact that the creator all but admitted he was a Batman hater. The whole mini was filled with Batman getting punked by damn near every GL in the Universe. It was pay back time for Batman's famous jaw jacking of Guy Gardner. If Hal took of the ring he'd get his ass whooped. 90% of all GL's are useless without their rings.

I think some people just use that as reasons why we should hate Hal, he never should of been made, someone should kill him, yada yada yada.

Gambler says:

"Its not so much that, its the fact that the creator all but admitted he was a Batman hater. The whole mini was filled with Batman getting punked by damn near every GL in the Universe. It was pay back time for Batman's famous jaw jacking of Guy Gardner. If Hal took of the ring he'd get his ass whooped. 90% of all GL's are useless without their rings. "

And Hal is one of the 10% that aren't useless without their Rings.

Batman deserved it.

yeah he did deserve it, and i love batman. he was being an ass, and that IS how batman would have been. It wasnt just the writer expressing hatred.

What do you mean how Batman would have been?

Besides Stewart, Jordan, I didn't see Kilowog punking him, along with Rayner, and Gardner unless you count you see that one punch line as kind of a post mocking rubbing in Bats face before going into battle.

They mean that's how he would have acted.

Kain Echnida says:

"Batman deserved it. "

Firestormnuclerman says:

"Ok he's one of the best martial artists dectives and non powered super hero in the DC Universe but that makes him far from as untouchable. I can't stand people giving excuses saying this was bad fan fiction.Um not exactly seeing as Batman was being a @$$ throught most of the miniseries that got what he deserved.Let me add in what Stewart said when he stood up to him was true if you are not afraid of Batman and not buying he's nothing more than man.He had the ignorance to think he was going to contain Jordan when he has the most powerful weapon in the universe which isn't running out anytime soon. "

basically, and sorry to trivialize this, but who cares?

it's Batman being punched... it's not as if it hasn't happened before, Batman isn't perfect, no matter what Batman fanboy's would like you to believe...

Batman has been sucker punched plenty of times before by people with less training than Hal, so why do people fixate on this one fight?

it's just another punch, it's not like Batman has never been hit, kicked, shot, broken or whatever before

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To sum this all up, it's really not that serious... Batman getting sucker-punched is not that big of a deal.

Bad writing.

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Batman deserved it.

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Ya know I always wondered why the GL ring didnt choose Batman instead of Hal.

Batman with a yellow ring could beat Hal with his ring.  I agree I dont think Hal John or Guy can hang with Bruce with out their rings.

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Its not so much that, its the fact that the creator all but admitted he was a Batman hater. The whole mini was filled with Batman getting punked by damn near every GL in the Universe. It was pay back time for Batman's famous jaw jacking of Guy Gardner. If Hal took of the ring he'd get his ass whooped. 90% of all GL's are useless without their rings.

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If you want bad writing it's Batman defeating Circe. Correction It's atrocious writing because DC has gone overboard with Bats winning.

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Bad writing.

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What was this from?

Green Lantern Rebirth.

@firestormnuclerman: i think that it was bad writing. I think rebirth as a whole was excellent but that instance was bad writing. cringe worthy really. batman is a master of every martial art on the planet right? Hals got as much a chance hitting him as bats has of bruising Superman. I think its safe to assume basic boxing is one of those arts that's he's mastered. anybody who ever boxed can tell you that your main goal is to avoid getting hit. So Hal, who no doubt has some combat training from his time in the airforce, is nowhere near batmans level when it comes to h2h. if Hal can land a punch on batman, then he should be able to do the same to slade,R'as, Talia, Shiva, Cassandra, Selina etc. im not saying that Hal is useless without his ring, but against batman and without a ring he has 0 chance.

@firestormnuclerman: well as gambler said, the reason some people don't like it is because it was written by Johns and he's apparently a self proclaimed Batman hater, though I have yet to see a quote or video of him saying it. But idk, Im a Batman fan and it didn't bother me really that much. Plus I'm not convinced Johns goal is to punk Bats, he wrote Earth One Batman which is supposed to be really good.

So Batman can go head to head with the best assassins in the world--blind--by predicting their moves. Yet, Hal Jordan sucker punches him... Okay, I hope the next rando car thief doesn't try that because it could spell the end for batman--the guy who has trained in every martial art and can't afford to be caught off guard in a melee by a normal dude.

Except for the aliens like Kilowog and humans like John Stewart (former marine), and Guy (he knocked out an alien with one punch no ring) they would still get beat, most human green lanterns and some alien would get the living sh** knocked out of them if they didn't have their rings on and they tried to fight Wayne.

@extremis:

it is not

@extremis:

in fact now that I think of it he showed batman in the worst light possible. he was a complete failure in earth one. and now that I know the guy hates batman it makes a lot more sense

Johns hates Batman. He doesn't get the character.

@sog7dc: oh idk, like I said I never read it so that could be true. But I still suspect some Johns haters could be in our midst...

@sog7dc: oh, and do you have any examples as to what contributed to this complete failure in Earth one?

Oh so what if Hal got a punch in? Good Grief I'm sure I can hit Bruce Lee if he wasn't expecting it, doesn't mean I can beat him in a fight.

@extremis:

none of his gadgets worked. he could barely beat up Alfred. (yes I said Alfred) he barely bet the bad guy in the end. don't get me wrong I think there was a good book underneath some of the....crap (for lack of a better term). there was never a moment where you felt like batman was batman. I felt like I was watching a spoiled brat dressed up like a bat be a jerk to the only person who cares about him (Alfred). I like some of the concepts but the execution was just awful.

I'd rather be punched by Hal than Stephanie Brown....*sigh*

it goes without saying that Hal would lose to Bruce in a ringless fight. Even despite his JLA,JSA,GLC,and USAF training. but i wouldn't go so far as to say that Hal would be able to hit those character because they're supposed to be better fighters than Bruce (with the exception of Catwoman and Talia)

ive seen batman spank R'as. and ive read on here about him beating the others. so that's why I wrote their names in as well

yes but i dont see how that would extend to Hal.

@sog7dc:

if hal can hit bruce with a sucker punch. then he should be able to do the same to those other characters (assuming theyre all on bruce's level) with relative ease. my whole point is that Hal couldn't do that. so hal shouldn't be able to hit bruce with a sucker punch either. batman reads muscle movements to see how his opponent is going to attack him. but he cant see someone with far less training getting ready to punch him? and he knocked bruce to the ground if I remember correctly. so aside from him even landing a punch that he shouldn't hve landed. he was able to knock down someone physically superior to him in every way. I think we're forgetting that bruce is peak human and hal is just in good shape

doesn't Hal have a GL ring that grants him super strength and speed? you're saying with those, he could never possibly hit Batman?

@avenging_x_bolt:

it grants him that if he wills it. in this particular situation in "Rebirth" he wasn't using any power from the ring. he just hit him straight up.

and how do we know that for sure? i dont ever recall it specifically stated

@avenging_x_bolt:

if u notice throughout the book whenever theyre using their rings they glow. and hal just turned around and punched him.

ahh yes. i forgot about that. i dont know, i still believe that Hal could land one on Batman if the circumstances were right. If Batman can take on white Martians hand to hand, don't see why Hal couldn't sucker punch aa peak human.

Good grief! The level of Johns/Jordan hating is virtually leaking out of my screen.

Batman has been punched by far less capable beings than Jordan. It's just a shame that some readers have a very selective memory.

@sinestro_gl: yes yes well said. Why is it so impossible to believe that Hal could punch Bats? What, Batman can't get hit now because he would see it coming!? He's not flippin' psychic! Thats why it's called a sucker punch. Hal didnt sit there and wait for Bat's notorious "prep", he just turned and punched him. Man, now I understand why Batman fans are so hated on here.

@firestormnuclerman: Geoff Johns hates Batman and rights him like a clown. Thats the only excuse there is.

@methos: that's so true I mean I can tell you I'm one of the BIGGEST batman fans out there but he gets punched all the time. I can't believe I'm saying this but batman is just a human. But a BA one. (: