just because they're superheroes doesn't
mean they can't be beaten welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we'll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
superhero defeats it's the rematch all
new york has been waiting for but once
more the thing is being badly beat for
this list we're looking at the worst
losses suffered by a superhero either at
the hands of a villain or another hero
we are not including incidents where the
hero failed to save someone close to
them however and instead focusing on
personal defeats number 10 bullseye
kills Elektra we're kicking things off
with a nasty death in one of the most
grisly superhero scenes ever drawn
wanting revenge against daredevil
bullseye decides to go after his
superhero girlfriend Elektra Elektra is
more than capable of holding her own in
a fight but bullseye is merciless and
the best assassin in the Marvel Universe
after a brutal battle
bullseye ends up impaling her with her
own side
of course like any good superhero
electric doesn't stay dead for very long
but this was a tough defeat for both her
and daredevil number nine the Hulk
defeats the thing it could be argued
that this is the greatest superhero
battle of all time with two guys that
define the word heavyweight going
toe-to-toe seeking revenge on the
Avengers the Hulk travels to New York
where he's confronted by the Fantastic
Four the only one who is truly a match
for the Hulk is Ben Grimm and the two
engage in a vicious destructive fight
and beaten the thing eventually
collapses and the Hulk continues after
the Avengers while the thing would
pursue him this was the first time he
was soundly defeated in a fair fight
number 8 Aquaman loses his hand the
young prince will be yet another
innocent victim of the surface dwellers
aggression you may be familiar with a
darker version of Aquaman that impales
enemies with a sweet hook however in
order to gain that hook he had to lose a
hand to the villainous Karev Diaz
Charybdis steals Aquaman's power to
communicate with fish and explains his
plan to poison the earth and the two
engage in a fistfight with Carrodus
eventually forcing Aquaman's hand into a
river full of piranhas
number seven crossbones assassinates
Captain America it's difficult as this
is to accept Captain America is a
fugitive from shield the Civil War
storyline was tough on several major
characters in the Marvel Universe but no
one expected the death of Captain
America after surrendering to Tony Stark
Captain America was arrested
unfortunately caps troubles go from bad
to worse
his imprisonment didn't put him out of
the reach of the Red Skull who hires
crossbones to assassinate the hero on
the steps of the courthouse he kind of
feels personal crossbones puts bullets
through the back of his neck and stomach
killing him sorta number six Batman
defeats Superman Clark this is between
you and me for years people had been
debating over who would win in a fight
Batman or Superman in the Dark Knight
Returns however Frank Miller put all
those debates to rest if it isn't me
it'll just be someone else really who do
they send after you pulling out all the
stops donning a powered exoskeleton suit
and armed with a synthetic kryptonite
Batman confronts Superman in the same
alleyway where his parents were murdered
No
with all of these advantages batman is
able to defeat Superman and then fakes
his own death to escape the government I
want you to remember the one man who
beat you number five Ozymandias
outsmarts the watchman this represents
the culmination of a dream more than two
thousand years old the dream now is
should arguably one of the greatest
comic books sorry
graphic novels of all time Watchmen ends
it's brilliant saga with an unexpected
twist
retired Crimebuster Adrian Veidt also
known as Ozymandias turns out to be the
mastermind behind the deaths of several
masked crime fighters
Veidt reveals his genius plan to the
remaining Watchmen and then proceeds to
defeat them all when they confront him
in his secret lair
Fite succeeds in murdering thousands of
people and lays the foundation for a new
world order you have an idealized
mankind but you've deformed it
mutilating it that's your legacy number
four the Joker kills Jason Todd Wow
that looked like it really hurt Jason
Todd may have been losing popularity
among fans but that didn't make his
brutal death at the hands of the Joker
any less impactful revealing his
identity as Robin Jason is handed over
to the Joker by his estranged mother dr.
sheila Heywood the Joker and his gang
proceeded to savagely beat Robin and
both Robin and his mother are killed by
a bomb before Batman can rescue them
while Jason would eventually return the
magnitude of this defeat was felt across
the comic book industry
geez number three magneto rips out
Wolverine's skeleton
let's point those claws of yours in a
safer direction Wolverine is one of the
toughest superheroes out there and a big
part of that is his adamantium plated
skeleton unfortunately this makes him an
easy target for Magneto and his ability
to manipulate metal
while magneto tries to avoid harming
mutants whenever possible his patience
wears out and he decides to make an
example of Wolverine in front of the
rest of the x-men using his mastery of
magnetism magneto rips the adamantium
out of Wolverines body carrying him to
pieces in the process
Wolverine obviously survives although
this defeat left him discouraged and
broken for quite a long time so much for
being a survivor
number two Bane breaks Batman's back
serious mistake the Joker twoface
Riddler and the penguin have all
challenged Batman
several times over the years but none of
them can hope to defeat Batman in a
fight the absurd counter on deception
powerful agents to the uninitiated but
we are initiated believe Bruce the
muscle-bound bane however after figuring
out Batman's identity waited at Wayne
Manor for the Caped Crusader to return
exhausted from fighting criminals all
night long Batman was easily beaten by
Bane who snapped his back and left him
broken then I will break you this is not
only arguably the greatest defeat ever
suffered by Batman it is one of the
biggest defeat suffered by any superhero
I was wondering
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Oh your money before we unveil our
number-one pitch here are a few
honorable mentions number one doomsday
kills Superman Batman may have defeated
Superman but doomsday is the one that
killed him
yes Superman would return but this was
the first time in history that Superman
left the battlefield
feet-first after an epic battle doomsday
and Superman hit each other with such
force that the to simultaneously kill
each other Superman dies in Lois his
arms and the DC Universe gets a little
bit darker arguably setting a bad
precedent for future superheroes to die
and then return there is still no
denying the shock that this left on
comic book fans everywhere
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