Superman is a very powerful superhero: he has such abilities as icy breathing, laser vision, the ability to fly and very great power. This article talks about comic book characters who sometimes managed to emerge victorious from battles with this superhero.
10. Lex Luthor
This character defeated the Man of Steel several times, but finally failed to defeat the superhero. This person is a politician, scientist, businessman, he has a very developed intellect. Thanks to an outstanding mind, he managed to cause Superman a lot of problems.
This antihero often uses kryptonite, with the help of which he manages to get to the Man from steel. The villain mixes kryptonite with his costumes and the latest technology. To achieve his goal, he teamed up with other enemies of Superman, cloned a Man of Steel, but luck still circumvented him.
9. Green Lantern - Hal Jordan
Kryptonite is Superman's weak point, which is the most famous, but it is very difficult to find. But the Green Lantern had a ring with which it turned out to create such material on their own. Hal Jordan wanted to re-create the universe and decided to destroy it first, but he was able to stop it.
8. Batman
All comic book lovers know about the confrontation between the Dark Knight and Man of Steel. Batman is inferior to Superman in almost everything, but not in intelligence. The cunning detective managed to find out about Superman's many weaknesses. Thanks to Batman’s penchant for various latest technologies, he was able to create a costume that matches the power of this famous superhero. Nobody managed to get out of this confrontation as a winner, but Superman was very much respected by Batman. It was Bruce Clark who trusted to deal with himself in the event that it would already be impossible to control himself.
7. Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is a boxer who managed to defeat Superman. When aliens invaded our planet, they demanded a battle with the strongest fighter. Ali and Man of Steel acted voluntarily, but the first of them stated that Clark's origin is alien, and therefore he cannot speak out against the invaders. However, it turned out that in the end, Ali and Superman fought each other. For the battle to become equal, the Kryptonite had to lose his abilities, so he fought with his opponent on the planet with a red sun. Ali managed to knock out the whole spirit out of Man from steel. Then they joined forces to defeat the alien invaders.
6. The Joker
Superman managed to defeat one of Batman's main enemies. The Joker does not have any special superpowers, but he has a very important trump card: insanity. The Joker managed to defeat the Man of Steel several times, and he did it mentally, not physically. The Joker got the opportunity to change reality at will, and he made Superman put in Arkham hospital. This madman could not completely break the Man of Steel, but he arranged such "surprises" that Superman then could not come to his senses for a long time.
5. Captain Marvel / Shazam
A man of steel is vulnerable not only to kryptonite, but also to various magical influences. Superman has a hard time every time he fights with some magic-wielding enemy. Shazam (Captain Marvel) is as strong as the Man of Steel, but he has an important advantage over Superman: powerful magical lightning bolts. Shazam very often defeated Superman due to his magical abilities, however, magic greatly depleted him, so he could not achieve the final triumph.
4. Flash
This superhero thought that his super speeds would be enough to defeat the Man of Steel. However, everything turned out to be much more complicated than expected. Flash failed during the first battle. When the battle took place a second time, Flash maximally accelerated and hit Superman so hard that he went into orbit. Flash did not at all want to take Man from the steel of life, but he proved that he was quite capable of competing with him.
3. Mongul
This is one of the most serious enemies of a superhero. To open the World of War with the help of Superman, he made prisoners Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane. The Mongul fought the Man of Steel more than once, but Superman won only once. At the same time, the superhero lost so much strength that after the battle he fell unconscious.
Against Superman, Mongul used a plant of alien origin, which was called Black Mercy. It wound around the victim, immobilized her and provoked unusual dreams. In his dream, the Man of Steel saw that he had not departed from Krypton. Robin helped him free himself from the control of Black Mercy, after which Mongul himself experienced the effects of the dangerous plant.
2. Wonder Woman
Superman and Wonder Woman are not at odds with each other, as both are opposed to villains, but they are equal in ability and ability. Once, when the mind of Man of Steel began to control Maxwell Lord, Wonder Woman wanted to stop him. As a result, a very epic battle took place between the king and the queen of the comic books. The superheroine eventually managed to free Superman from extraneous influence: she broke Maxwell’s neck.
1. Doomsday
The goal of this antihero is always the same: to destroy Man from steel. The reasons for Doomsday's hatred vary across story arches. Destruction is all that Doomsday can do. Superman prevents this creature from destroying everyone and everything.
The battle between them turned out to be very epic: after it, everyone thought that Man of Steel had perished. However, then it turned out that he simply fell into a very deep sleep. Doomsday is an antihero who is in itself uninteresting, but he is nevertheless a very worthy opponent of Superman.