10 Comic Characters Who Have Beaten The Batman

10. Superman

Especially after the alarmingly one-sided Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, it's a common opinion that, should he so fancy, The Dark Knight could beat the paste out of the Man of Steel. Thankfully, this isn't always the case, no matter what Frank Miller might have you believe.

Indeed, Superman has beaten Batman plenty of times, both in-universe (The Dark Knight #5, Superman/Batman #33, Action Comics #829) and out (Red Son, Lex Luthor: Man Of Steel), usually while one or the other of them is possessed, drugged or evil.

Batman's most staggering defeat comes in the pages of the videogame spin-off Injustice (in the comic of the same name), with alt-Superman breaking alt-Batman over his knee like a twig - and in the Batcave, no less.

Maybe he should have tried the old 'Martha' bomb.