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[The Batman/DC] Is the Riddler smarter than Batman? SPOILERS for The Batman

So after watching The Batman this weekend, it kind of surprised me that Batman essentially lost. The Riddler accomplished almost all of his goals. Everyone is talking about this movie showing how good of a detective Batman is, but in the movie the Riddler is really just pulling his stings the whole time, and Batman just plays along by solving his riddles. He doesn't ever outsmart the Riddler.

Does anyone else have this interpretation of The Batman? In other Batman stories, is the Riddler shown to be smarter than Batman usually?
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Think of it this way, the Riddler had over a year to set up his plans and Batman had a few days to solve it. Twice he missed a clue, one of which was so open that it could've referred to any number of things and the second time was a relatively short time after his father figure almost died and relied on a very specific tool that only one guy knew about because his father happened to have a niche job.

As for how clever the Riddler is compared to Batman, he's generally supposed to be a much better cryptographer and detective. Batman has admitted that the only reason he can solve Riddler's crimes is because he compulsively leaves clues about the next crime.