Top 10 Villains Who Can Defeat Superman
Superman is an invulnerable beast.
Generally, his physical powers give him the ability to defeat almost any foe, or at least
outlast them.
But some have used their wit and brains to overpower his power and brawn.
So today we’re counting down villains capable of defeating the man of steel.
We’ll be focusing on more of the villains from Superman’s rogue gallery this time
around, but a few familiar faces from the Marvel universe make an appearance.
So let’s jump in!
10 Silver Banshee What’s one way to knock down the man of
steel?
Use magic.
He aint got shit on you then.
Her magical scream sucks him of his strength, and while Superman when facing of against
her has found ways of taking her on in the past, the fact remains - that if she were
to scream long enough, it could severely incapacitate him.
9 Joker Alright so this one makes our list for his
emotional manipulation of superman, therefore defeating him and making him throw all of
his values out the window.
Yes, I’m talking injustice.
Its one thing to beat the pulp out of someone, it’s another to ruin them from the inside,
destroying everything they once loved and making their heart turn to black stone.
Yes.
That sounds like a defeat to me.
8 Mystique The first of quite a few smart villains on
our list who would outsmart the man of steel as their main tactic, Mystique would trick
him SO HARD.
Shapeshift and Pretend to be Lois.
Kill him with kyrponite.
Pretend to be Jimmy Olsen.
Kill him with kryptonite.
Pretend to be Batman.
Kill him with…well I think you guys get the idea.
7 Lex Luthor He might not have the brawn necessary to defeat
the man of steel, but dude is hella smart.
He’s like whoa, Superman has a weakness and it’s kryptonite.
So like, maybe I should use that against him since it makes him weak and maybe playing
up a superhero’s one weakness is like, you know, beneficial when trying to defeat him.
Yeah, that seems like a good idea.
He uses kyrponite against Clark often, and even uses it for one scheme where he basically
gives him cancer from it after he finds a way to cure for cancer.
6 Brainiac Similar to Luthor, here’s an alien genius
who uses his brains to take down his enemies.
Their first encounter in the silver age left him protected from the man of steel behind
some deflector shields.
Later on he whips up inventions and robots capable of taking on Clark’s strength.
He’s also part of a bunch of conspiracies to get rid of Clark.
5 Mister Mxyptlk Mix-el-plix This rogue does not need kryptonite in order
to defeat Superman.
What can he do?
Manipulate reality, he’s not bound by three dimensional laws, and can alter things with
magic.
And Superman’s brawn and powers just aren’t a match for the imp.
He once destroyed the world and then just reversed it.
So if he wanted to, he could just alter reality and Clark’s existence in the progress.
Luckily for Superman, he’s more keen on being a playful trickster rather than a mortal
enemy.
So he’s not REALLY that evil.
4 Apocalypse The worlds first mutant.
And guess what?
He packs more than just a punch.
Let’s take a look at his capabilities.
Genius level intellect.
Great.
So he already can outsmart Clark.
Telekinesis.
Telepathy.
Both pretty solid.
Matter Transmutation.
Self molecular manipulation.
Immortality.
Godlike strength, stamina, speed and reflexes.
And Energy manipulation.
Need I say more?
3 Thanos Capable of energy manipulation and telekinesis?
Yeah, Thanos could probably whip his butt.
He’s of mutant-eternal heritage.
Death has bestowed him with a ton of power, and he can absorb and project large quantities
of cosmic energy.
And manipulate matter.
While the man of steel could give him a run for his money for a while, Thanos is just
way more excelled in his abilities, and when both he and Clark are built to outlast, it’s
Thanos’ additional powers like matter manipulation that would make him the victor of the fight.
2 Galactus He’s the destroyer of worlds.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Galactus could easily destroy Superman if, you know,
can destroy galaxies.
Also, here is what he can do: reality warping, energy manipulation, matter manipulation,
life-force manipulation, size manipulation, soul manipulation, basically all of the manipulations
except maybe emotional manipulation?
But by that point I think clark’s got more on his hands that worrying about being mind
fucked with.
Galactus can also use telekinesis, telepathy and teleportation.
So, good luck Clark, good luck.
1 Doomsday He makes our number one spot for actually
killing the man of steel and it being, well, kind of a really big deal.
This spike grey hulk with a fun little ponytail defeated the man of steel during the Death
of Superman arc back in 1992.
The two punched each other a bunch of times and killed one another, but then superman
returned later being like YO GUYS ITS COOL I WAS JUST IN A KYRPONTIAN COMA WHICH MAKES
ME LOOK LIKE IM DEAD BUT IM NO PSYCH.
And Doomsday was like well dude I’m still alive too, just tied to a meteor flying into
outer space, no big deal, you’ve just kind of ruined all hope I had of maybe having a
normal life after killing you, whatevs I’ll deal.
Thank you, spiky grey hulk with a ponytail, for your part in ruining death for all us
readers out there.
Bam.
There we go.
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