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>Superman doesn't work in half the the stuff Batman works in. It's not about "setting"; it's about genres. Superman only works in a couple while Batman works in all of them.
People don't seem to believe or understand when I say this, but Superman started out as, and works best as a subversion of the pulp action hero Batman is based on. That's why most Superman stories don't work. People either want or expect a Batman story starring Superman, and if you do that then it's stupid, but if you don't write that then the audience just ends up confused because it's what they expected.

Superman could have as much flexibility, but writers barely even know how to write a good Superman comic as is.