10 Comic Book Villains Humiliated By Batman

10. Kalibak - Batman & Robin (New 52)

Batman had gone toe to toe with the New Gods on two occasions prior to the New 52 - in Cosmic Odyssey and Final Crisis respectively - but this time he came with a vengeance.

In the wake of Damian Wayne's death in the finale of Batman Inc., Bruce happens upon R'as al Ghul attempting to resurrect his son in a Lazarus Pit, along with his former lover Talia. He prevents the Head of the Demon from bringing them back to life, as they would emerge as R'as' servants, but before he can repatriate Damian's body Glorious Godfrey Boom Tubes into the location, snatches his dead son right from his grasp, and heads back to Apokolips.

This leads Batman to deploy the Hellbat armour and venture all the way to Apokolips to retrieve his son. In the process he ends up fighting Darkseid (already once the subject of a Bat-themed humbling) and Kalibak, the Lord of Apokolips' faithful son.

Neither were evidently concerned at the prospect of Gotham's protector showing up to ruin their plans, and the image of the Hellbat armour wreaking havoc in Apokolips is sure to have stuck with them for a long time afterward.