Batman v. Spider-Man

The Weekly Standard has a great article by Travis D. Smith assessing the comparative super characters of Spidey and Batman. Really worth reading. Here's the link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/batman-v-spider-man_690831.html
I would like to summarize the main points here:

Batman is an elitist liberal modernist. He has visions of changing the world. He is a relentless technophile, mastering everything, has changed every cell phone in Gotham to a spying device so he can monitor evil everywhere. He sleeplessly opposes evil. He has no loving relationships, though he enjoys the company of the glitterati. He is wealthy, beyond imagining, all of which he seems to have inherited. He is a humorless utopian with a dark presence, because if he succeeds in opposing evil, it may extend to tyrany of Big Brother.

Spidey is a traditional everyman, emphasizing the duty and fundamental importance of good character. He helps everyone, even his enemies. He tries to live up to his uncle's expectation that "to whom much is given, much is expected". He isn't trying to change the world. He's trying to do good in his spare time, struggling with the rest of us. He ekes out a living selling photos of himself which are usually used to indict him as a villain. His good humor is unrelenting and endearing. He's a mensch.