Comments on: What Other Match-Ups “Have” to Happen?

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:39:45 +0000

Wonder Woman vs. Poison Ivy?

Really, any scramble of DC Silver Age-y opposites would be awesome. GL vs. Reverse-Flash … Batman vs. Cheeta … Superman vs. Sinestro … Flash vs. Bizzaro

By: Michael Shook

Michael Shook — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:19:46 +0000

How strange that both the stories are extremely similar… Superman delirious and being talked down by either character. It made sense in the Swamp Thing story (being that the malady was plant-related), is there a similar connection in AC #600?

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:42:39 +0000

While I know it happened during Acts of Vengeance, I’d like to see Magneto vs. The Red Skull, again.

By: Graeme White

Graeme White — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:14:40 +0000

Joker vs the Heckler guest starring the Creeper

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:04:15 +0000

“Squirrel Girlâ€™s powers donâ€™t work that way. ”

is the internettiest sentence I’ve read all week.

By: dhole

dhole — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:40:22 +0000

I remember an episode of the 90′s Spider-Man cartoon having Lizard battle the Scorpion and thinking, “Why has that never been done before?” It was very cool.

To my knowledge, it still hasn’t been done in the comic (but I could be wrong).

That Spider-Man series had some creative ideas (I also liked Punisher concluding Green Goblin was really the Peter Parker because Peter disappeared whenever the Goblin fought Spider-Man; that was good, too, has that been done in the comic?).

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:34:12 +0000

The Swanmp Thing srtory, which was a DC Comics Presents Team-Up, used a Kryptonian plant-virus, with Swamp Thing managing to “talk down” Superman via the virus itself.

The Man-Bat story from Action #600 had Superman delirious with Kryptonite radiation exposure, and Man-Bat simply taks Superman down with, uh, talking.

By: Rene

Rene — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:27:31 +0000

“Actually, I believe that was Swamp Thing. Turns out thereâ€™s a Kryptonian plant virus/thingie thatâ€™s the cause. Love that issue. Alan Moore, or am I wrong????”

Michael, they’re different stories, with some similarities between them.

The Swamp Thing story by Alan Moore one was DC Comics Presents #85.

The Man-Bat story was by John Byrne and (I think) Mike Mignola, and appeared in Action Comics #600.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:33:13 +0000

“Squirrel Girl v. Galactus
Squirrel Girl v. Mephisto

Both at the same time, just to be fair.”

Squirrel Girl’s powers don’t work that way. Galactus and Mephisto going at her at once would give them LESS of a chance of winning, because the odds would be stacked that much more against her. If you want to beat Squirrel Girl you’ve got to send in someone like Paste Pot Pete.

By: Michael Shook

Michael Shook — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:50:05 +0000

Rene: “Superman has fought Man-Bat in the John Byrne-years. If I remember right, Superman is temporarily insane, and Man-Bat is the hero.”

Actually, I believe that was Swamp Thing. Turns out there’s a Kryptonian plant virus/thingie that’s the cause. Love that issue. Alan Moore, or am I wrong????

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:49:34 +0000

And I donâ€™t think the scuffle between Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus in Marvel Knights Spider-Man was incidental, it was a pretty big part of Mark Millarâ€™s plot.

The reasons for the scuffle were, yes, but in effect it was simply a deus ex machina to save SDpidey and MJ…one interrupted by a lightning bolt from the gods such that, in addition to Ock being semi-mindless from brainwashing, was hardly an epic clash between two of Spidey’s most dangerous foes.

By: Gopher

Gopher — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:09:21 +0000

Rob suggested “Ambush Bug vs. She-Hulk (or Howard the Duck)”

So how about H.E.R.B.I.E. and Howard the Duck babysitting Franklin Richards playing with his new found friend Ambush Bug (in his longest teleport yet?

By: Bat2supe

Bat2supe — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:13:12 +0000

Fantastic Four vs BULLSEYES

By: Rene

Rene — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:56:29 +0000

Superman has fought Man-Bat in the John Byrne-years. If I remember right, Superman is temporarily insane, and Man-Bat is the hero.

And I don’t think the scuffle between Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus in Marvel Knights Spider-Man was incidental, it was a pretty big part of Mark Millar’s plot.

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:02 +0000

“The Red Skull was the villain of the horrific X-crossover M-Tech”.
This crossover was horrific because…?

By: JG

JG — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:52:24 +0000

Multiple Man vs. The Collective Man

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:40:35 +0000

Tim Drake versus Lex Luthor.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:15:36 +0000

A full-power Juggy vs. full-power Blob, sadly, would not be the “immovable object meets unstoppable force” thing internet memes would have it. Blob’s been uprooted or moved way too many times, going all the way back to his first appearance (where Cyclops can topple him with optic beams).

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:29:15 +0000

This post reminds me how whenever WWWF-style fights are discussed, the fight I first say I’d like to see is Spider-Man vs Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:10:52 +0000

I would like to see:

Static vs. Black Lightning

Ambush Bug vs. She-Hulk (or Howard the Duck)

Invincible vs. Spider-Man

Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) vs. Iron Man