Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20161027005821/@comment-3221148-20161029215544

Nobody700 wrote: Kir the Wizard wrote: Kaestal wrote: Superman stays out of Gotham He once tried to help out Batman with that No Man's Land problem. Ended up turning an electric plant engineer into a turf lord, by purely good intentions.

It was more of, Superman is a round hero. He helps EVERYONE, while Batman is a stationary hero. He stays. I bet if Superman stayed, he could help. Problem is, Gotham is most likely not even a priority for him. For good reason, he stopped it from being destroyed by a weather machine during the comic. So it's more of someone staying an hour to help vs someone who will help from the start to the end. The point of that particular comic was to showcase Optimistic Superman vs Pessimistic Batman approaches to heroism. Batman warned him not to intrude the situation, and when he saw that, through his actions, he turned an honest man into the equivalent of a turf lord, Superman was exasperated and agreed to leave.

Superman's help is invaluable when Batman faces foes that are too overaching for a human to handle, but this whole mafia/balance of crime sphere is out of his expertise. Heck, Batman ended up getting the help from Luthor in the NoMan'sLand storyline, even though he had ulterior motives regarding his ownership of the new Gotham buildings.