This thread is hilarious.
I have spent a solid hour of last night reading this over and then sleeping on it before I made a response. The arguments in favor of Castle are "uh, he has a gun, and he has shot people before, so he would just shoot Batman and win". Anyone in favor of Castle care to explain how he is any different than the countless of sure-shot assassins Bruce has punk'd in the 7+ decades of experience? Hush? Deadshot? Bruce has beaten individuals like these in sprawling cityscapes in which you would clearly favor the sniper. In a sewer (in HIS domain), Batman has an even bigger edge. Batman has a faster reaction time, a far more innate sense of tactics, and is simply more experienced in this sort of combat situation.
I would also agree with the multitude of people arguing that Castle would be unable to shoot Bruce. The argument for those in favor of Castle have made here is "he can't dodge bullets, he can only dodge the people shooting them". I think you should try thinking before posting something this asinine. Yes, you are technically correct, he doesn't dodge bullets Neo-style, but his reaction time is such that whoever is shooting at him will never be able to hit their mark because he dodges "them" (their aim). The conclusion is the same - Punisher can't shoot the Batman. Disagree? Here's a nice tidbit I grew just for you: Batman dodged the Omega sanction. Only man to do it. Omega Sanction >>>>>>>> Bullets in basically every fashion (speed, accuracy, etc.).
Now, even if you are still high enough to believe Castle could actually hit Batman, the burden of proof is on you to prove he has the kind of firepower to actually penetrate Batman's armor - as far as I'm concerned, the countless shots Batman has taken like love taps seems to prove that even a shot that connects won't do much damage. I'm assuming you will make the argument that he has armor piercing rounds, to which I say that may be true, but I'm sure that if he does he keeps them in a separate clip, which would take at least a second or two to load into his gun. By that time he's KO'd.
I don't think anyone has forwarded the argument that Punisher could beat Batman in h2h, so I won't beat the dead horse on that.
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