Who would win? (Comic book edition)

The Plutonian. He's just vastly more powerful.

A matchup that I think a Marvel vs. DC comic could have as a more accurate representation of powers than Hulk vs. Superman: Hulk vs. Doomsday

Doomsday. His entire schtick is constantly coming back to life stronger, having adapted to whatever killed him last time - he's a bit like SCP-682 in that way. Eventually, he'll come back strong enough to kill the Hulk. Or possibly just come back when the Hulk is Bruce Banner and crush his pathetic human skull.

Neutro vs G1 Optimus Prime.

I dunno- Hulk's whole schtick is that he gets stronger as he gets angrier, and Doomsday not staying down is bound to piss him off. Also, canonically, Hulk tops out (in terms of power levels) amongst the lesser cosmic forces of the Marvel U, so somewhere around Galactus level. My take is that they'd break whatever planet they happened to be fighting on long before they managed to do any real permanent damage to one another.

Also, in the old DC vs. Marvel, I was so very disappointed that Supey didn't have Doomsday flashbacks when he threw down with the Hulk- the two fights were close enough in time that Superman even still had the stupid 90s hair.

Oh, and G1 Optimus Prime at a walk. Neutro has no brain

Nemesis Kid vs. Lifeguard.

Hulk vs. Alex Mercer.

As of now:

Hulk: superhero

Alex Mercer: sociopathic dictator

This is supposed to be about comics, you know.

Anyway, Hulk. I figure Alex can possess the Hulk, force him to turn back into Bruce Banner, and then try to make him commit suicide, but that would make him angry, bringing the Hulk back out, and I'm not sure Alex can control the Hulk's rage.

Next up: Wonder Woman vs Predator (hey, there have been Predator comics).

Wonder Woman, all the way. She's got the skill and the power to take out the Predator easy.

Hm.... Stephanie Brown VS Kate Bishop

edited 2nd Apr '13 11:51:33 AM by LMage

Stephanie. Kate may be talented, but as far as I am aware she's not too good at hand to hand combat, where as Stephanie is a member of Batman Inc, she has to know how to fight!

Savage Dragon vs Hellboy!

Hm, the two blue collar super strong kinda demonic-looking superheroes? It's a tough one, but in the end probably Hellboy. Dragon would hold his own, but Red kinda has an advantage at (right) hand. Plus, the tail and the horns can come in handy in a scrap.

How about: Batman vs. Mindmistress?

Huh. That's a tougher one to call than I would have expected. If Batman has the extended Bat-Family with him, particularly Oracle, I'd say that he had a slim advantage (because I don't think even Mindmistress could out-hack Oracle), or if Mindmistress was overconfident and engaged him directly, then Batman, but if both of them had time to plan, then Mindmistress would probably take it.

Also, nobody responded to my earlier matchup of Lifeguard vs. Nemesis Kid (see that post for links to each of them).

Nemesis Kid is more versatile powerwise but Lifeguard spends hours of training in the danger room and works in the streets and slums so she is probably in better shape and more mentally adaptable so Lifeguard.

Dr. Strange vs Zatanna in a contest of wit and magic as they race from opposite sides of a chaotic maze of riddles where Lucifuge reigns!

Hm....While Zantanna is a lot more cunning and a lot more snarky, I have to go with Strange, since he could run laps around her for sheer experience and magical power.

Keeping in the vein of magic Superheroes! Dr Strange VS Harry Dresden (Yes, they where made into comics)

edited 2nd Apr '13 6:34:04 PM by LMage

Speaking of Hulk and Alex, their relationships with their respective characters matched. Hulk's relationships with Betty Ross, Rick Jones, and She Hulk are a match to Alex's relationships with Karen Parker, Bradley Ragland, and Dana Mercer.

Dr. Strange vs. Harry Dresden?

Doc Strange would call forth enormous mystic energies, preparing a magical onslaught that could be seen from space. Unfortunately, this would take longer than half a second, and Harry would just shoot him.

... it occurs to me that a lot of mystic duels involving Harry Dresden would end with that line.

Extremis Iron Man vs. Technis Imperative Cyborg.

Iron Man.

OK, so this Cyborg is a machine the size of a small planet. However, it was destroyed by the combined forces of the Titans and the Justice League, and Cyborg himself would have died if not for the actions of Beast Boy.

With the Extremis Armour, Tony can control a bunch of different Iron Man armours simultaneously. I would say that they average out to about the same strength as the League and the Titans.

So Tony can use a bunch of armours to distract Cyborg, while he himself finds the core and smashes it.

Ghost Rider vs Judge Fear.

I'm going to say Blaze would win out in this one, seeing as he's empowered by Satan himself.

Thing vs Captain America?

Hm....Captain. Ben's bright and strong, but's he aggressive and easily predicted. Captain is a master tactician.

How about....Nico Minoru VS Zantana.

Zatanna. Nico is immensely powerful, but she doesn't have Zatanna's years of experience and training- as good as the Runaways are, I don't think they'd last five minutes in the League. For that matter, I'm not sure that Nico has much experience fighting other casters, while Zatanna has loads. Honestly, I'm not sure the fight would last much longer than "Ruoy ffats si enim!"

Hmm... how about this one? Fully-empowered Phoenix II (Rachel Summers) vs. the Green Lantern Corps.

Considering the level of threats the Corps has dealt with, I'd have to give it to them. In Emerald Knights, they manage to defeat Krona. Krona, who has been shown as absurdly powerful enough to defeat freakin' GALACTUS off-panel in JLA/Avengers and use his hollowed-out corpse as his new citadel. Sorry, Phoenix, but I think you lose.

Who would win, Thor or Sodam Yat?

edited 19th Apr '13 5:27:24 PM by resetlocksley

I block of sugar lasts longer in a bucket than the same amount spread out. With that logic Phoenix wins easily.

On the other hand the Green Lanterns have a living planet so I guess they would win, they are not coming in small pieces. Ion's another cosmic being right?

Argentina vs Mexico, who will win the intercontinental championship? Cybersix vs Mistico!

I'm not familiar with those characters...but I just had a great idea I had to post.

Who would win, Flashpoint Batman or The Dark Knight Returns Batman?

Here's one for ya'; Sentry vs Superman? Mind you, I hate the Sentry like some of us hate Florida, but I think it'd be an interesting match-up. And to make is just a bit more interesting, I'm proposing two variants; Sentry vs Post-Crisis Superman, after his power-down, and Sentry vs Pre-Crisis Superman, when good ol' Supes could carry around entire strings of planters with a chain-link. In either case, who do you all think would win?

Cybersix beats Mistico because he has cybernetic powers, while Mistico is just a dude in a mask who doesn't belong here.

Flashpoint Batman beats TDKR Batman, because they seem to be equally old and smart, but Thomas is willing to kill.

Post-Crisis Superman beats Sentry. When Sentry fought Hulk, they were perfectly evenly matched, and ultimately tired each other out so they reverted to their human forms.

Now, in Marvel vs DC, Superman manages to defeat Hulk. This indicates that Superman is stronger than Hulk, and is therefore stronger than Sentry. Hence, Superman would beat Sentry.

This necessarily means that pre-Crisis Superman would also beat Sentry.

Now for a match-up!

Batman vs Terminator (there have been Terminator comics).

A few rules:

• The law of narrative causality does not apply, so Terminator doesn't lose just because he's a villain.
• If your argument is "Batman wins because he's (the goddamn) Batman", Terminator wins.
• Terminator does not know that Bruce Wayne is Batman, but he can find this out.
• Batman has no time to plan. Since Terminator comes from the future, Batman can't anticipate his arrival, and the machines tend not to announce themselves days or weeks in advance to give their victims a chance.
• To reiterate: Batman does not have any time to plan.
• That said, there is nothing to stop Batman from adapting a contingency plan he might reasonably have set up in anticipation of a different problem to deal with Terminator.
• Batman can call on any member of the Batfamily who were based in Gotham just prior to the reboot. All other superheroes in the DCU are busy with other things for the duration of this encounter.
• The Terminator is a T-800. If you think Batman would win, consider what would happen if Skynet sent a T-1000 or a T-X instead.

H'okeh: with the caveat that the Terminator doesn't manage to kill him on first sight, Batman. Couple of simple reasons: Batman's likely to find Termy first, as Ah-nold's likely MO for finding the Bat is to shoot up the neighbourhood until Batman comes after him. Given that Batman is fully capable of listening to the Police Band (and this is hardly the first time that the GCPD has faced down with a cybernetic villain... Mr. Freeze, anyone?) That should allow good old Pointy-Ears time to have at least a rough idea of what he's facing.

Secondly, if Batman can't pull some sort of EMP generator/grenade out of the utility belt (debatable, since as noted, he's definitely faced down robotic/cybernetic enemies before), he still has what he calls the 'Science Fiction Closet', where he apparently keeps all his leftover Thanagarian, Fourth World, Kryptonian, and various and sundry other super-science widgetry.

And finally, if the Bat-family is around, the Terminator is up against what amounts to a ninja clan with super-science. Yes, he's dangerous with his super-strength, immunity to pain, and near-perfect aim, but... he's pretty much hosed, even if he did manage to pick off a Robin or two.

So... a three-way matchup for the next one: Spider-Man, Alfred Pennyworth, and Harry Dresden in a three-way snarkoff. Winner is the one who first makes one of the others choke on their soda/tea/beer and/or is declared the victor by the other two.

I have no exposure to Dresden, but between Pete and Alfred Alf wins hands down. There's just no greater master of "unaffected snark" in comicdom - even if his quips might not always be funnier, he'd be able to hold out indefinitely.

Also, Man-Bat vs The Lizard - in a science off that inevitably becomes a Jekyll & Hyde brawl.

edited 30th Apr '13 6:55:50 PM by KnownUnknown

I would say The Lizard. Not sure why, but a quick Google search gives me that sort of impression.

New one: Judge Dredd VS Marshal Law.