A related thing comes up in comics fandom (though not so much the writing): discussion on power levels and the plausibility of Who Wins In A Fight, crossing from bit-of-fun to utter seriousness. And writer Kurt Busiek has time and again had to tell people that the answer to Who Wins all depends on What's The Story, because if you want a story where Spider-Man fights against impossible odds against Magneto and wins, the power levels don't matter, Spider-Man's winning. And then we're just discussing the execution and if the writer got you to believe it.