Not Batman, but since we're talking superheroes and class
Now that I think about it, I think I understand what Quesada and the writers got "wrong" with Spider-man. Yes, he's supposed to be an everyman, but not a moral everyman, but a member of the working class. That *is* what often (but not always, depending on the writer) bugged me with a lot of Spidey-stuff. (where they went out of their way to make him a brilliant scientist, pulitzer-prize winner etc.) I think it takes something away from Peter's working-class roots.
There seems to be this idea that only the rich/educated/powerful can be superheroes (most are either millionaires without day jobs, or brilliant scientists: IE: members of the elite) Peter, while a brilliant scientist and a nerd, isn't in the stage where he is *acknowledged* as such. Thus he's still a working-class guy. He's kind of a refutation of the idea that you have to be rich and powerful to make a difference: All you need is drive, determination and being bitten by a radioactive spider.
That's not to say that he's *alone* in this. But he's clearly the most prominent "working class hero".
And I think that's what Quesada & Co was trying to articulate when talking about MJ (although I think the usual american inability to talk about class set in, too) in that a supermodel really is from a different class altogether (although MJ the struggling actor ala. JMS or something similar could have easily been done as well, and with less problems)