Would you agree that Nazis utilized ultraviolence frequently, from day one in 1925 or so to their defeat 20 years later, and that they made use of truncheons and fought against the same from start to finish? To stop a bad guy with a bat you need a good guy with a bat.

I can see how someone might make that assumption.

Also, please recall that Baron Blood was a vampire bat, and he was defeated by Man Bat. Full stop, I win.