10 Most Embarrassing Moments For Comic Book Villains
7. Darkseid Is... Very Good At Underestimating Batman (Final Crisis)
Of all the various Crises to have penetrated the fabric of the DCU, Final Crisis has to be the best. Written by Grant Morrison and published in 2008, FC reintroduced Darkseid with a bang, placing the anti-life equation in his possession and forcing the world's heroes to hop across the multiverse in an effort to stop him.
But while Superman was off-world fighting the vampiric embodiment of evil (seriously, it's terrifying), Batman was leading the resistance on Earth. Captured early on by Kalabak, the Dark Knight eventually breaks free and arms himself with a God-killing projectile, one that was used to kill Orion at the very start of the event.
Darkseid, on the cusp of regaining all his powers and seemingly unfazed at the sight of a human, let alone one with the skill-set of Batman, merely berates the Dark Knight once confronted. Sensing a moment of opportunity, Bats fires his weapon, mortally wounding the tyrant and planting the chink in his armour needed for the rest of the Justice League to finish him off.
Lesson #1 of supervillainy: never underestimate Batman.