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** ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'' has Supergirl vs Poison Ivy. The former is super-strong, invulnerable and has literally burning eyes. The latter controls plants. No contest.

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** ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Justice|DC Comics}}'' has Supergirl vs Poison Ivy. The former is super-strong, invulnerable and has literally burning eyes. The latter controls plants. No contest.


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** "ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth": When Brainiac decides to attack Systus 2 to turn its population into his slave army, his ship's beams quickly kill one quarter of the population. Systus' army responds by quickly launching one-hundred missiles, which are easily and even more quickly re-routed into their own cities. Systus 2 surrenders, and Brainiac remarks he has needed less fire-power than he calculated beforehand.
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** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'', ComicBook/LexLuthor is ambushed by one of General Zod's guards, during an EnemyMine with Superman. Luthor proceeds to use Green Kryptonite gas to choke the guard, burns off most of his skin with red solar radiation, and then puts a bullet through his head, gloating the entire time. The rest of his Superman Revenge Squad (composed of Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro) do the same to the rest of Zod's forces.

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** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'', ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is ambushed by one of General Zod's guards, during an EnemyMine with Superman. Luthor proceeds to use Green Kryptonite gas to choke the guard, burns off most of his skin with red solar radiation, and then puts a bullet through his head, gloating the entire time. The rest of his Superman Revenge Squad (composed of Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro) do the same to the rest of Zod's forces.

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** In the sequel story, ''The Doomsday Wars'', a Doomsday piloted by Brainiac effortlessly defeats half of the ComicBook/JLA1997 team, who had four of the Big Seven (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman) and the son of Darkseid, Orion, as well.



** In the sequel story, ''The Doomsday Wars'', a Doomsday piloted by Brainiac effortlessly defeats half of the ComicBook/JLA1997 team, who had four of the Big Seven (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman) and the son of Darkseid, Orion, as well (Superman and Batman were initially otherwise occupied- and Batman couldn't do much against Doomsday's raw power anyway- and Aquaman was monitoring things from the Watchtower).



* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead and all but one were old men.

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* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead (Atom and Hourman) and all but one were old men.
men (Alan Scott's ring protected him from Extant's attack).
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** The fight between Bane and Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' ends with Bane snapping Batman's spine.

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** ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'': The fight between Bane and Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' ends with Bane snapping Batman's spine.



** ''ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge'': Without the surprise factor and a device to send Supergirl into the Zone, the Chameleon Men can do nothing but whine impotently as Kara kick them out of the Legion's base.

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** ''ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge'': Without the surprise factor and a device to send Supergirl into the Zone, the Chameleon Men can do nothing but whine impotently as Kara kick kicks them out of the Legion's base.

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* There's really no other way to describe the "battle" between Superboy-Prime and the ComicBook/TeenTitans in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. The Titans never had a chance, Superboy included. In a subversion, [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Superboy}} wins anyway in a DyingMomentOfAwesome by tricking the less-experienced Prime into letting Superboy destroy the {{Macguffin}}. He lost the fight, but won the objective.]]

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* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': There's really no other way to describe the "battle" between Superboy-Prime and the ComicBook/TeenTitans in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.ComicBook/TeenTitans. The Titans never had a chance, Superboy included. In a subversion, [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Superboy}} wins anyway in a DyingMomentOfAwesome by tricking the less-experienced Prime into letting Superboy destroy the {{Macguffin}}. He lost the fight, but won the objective.]]


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** ''ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge'': Without the surprise factor and a device to send Supergirl into the Zone, the Chameleon Men can do nothing but whine impotently as Kara kick them out of the Legion's base.

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** Not to mention all the "Red Kryptonite turning Superman evil or unhinged" incidents. Did Green Fury/"Fire", hope he WouldntHitAGirl? Not on Red Kryptonite, ma'am! She got stomped.

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** Not to mention all the "Red Kryptonite turning Superman evil or unhinged" incidents. Did Green Fury/"Fire", hope he WouldntHitAGirl? Not on Red Kryptonite, ma'am! Kryptonite. She got stomped.


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** ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga'': When the Legionnaires intend to enter the Weber's World conference room, security chief Ontiir sends security robots to stop them. Superboy, Mon-El, Wildfire, Sun Boy and Colossal Boy not even break up a sweat.

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** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': Supergirl takes two seconds to trash a pack of robotical soldiers who attack her during her quest in a frozen alien world.
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLightningLad'': As the Legion of Super-Heroes is hunting down the remains of Zaryan's army, Superboy, Supergirl and Ultraboy spot a fleeing squad of warships. The trio tear through the ships as if they were made of paper, completely shrugging their weaponry off.

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** Superman and his family often don't get mentioned in these because it is simply assumed they gives them regularly; even so, they deserve mentions.



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** In ''ComicBook/GirlPower'', Supergirl faces off against Lex Luthor for the first time, but she is too young and unexperienced to pose a threat to him. Thus, Luthor quickly uses a Kryptonite blast to weaken her before beating her up easily.
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* ComicBook/CaptainAtom's thrashing of [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon'' was one brutal beatdown.

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* ComicBook/CaptainAtom's thrashing of [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon'' ''ComicBook/CaptainAtomArmageddon'' was one brutal beatdown.

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'''Tim:''' [[BadassBoast You lost the second I started]] ''[[BadassBoast trying]]''.

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'''Tim:''' [[BadassBoast You lost the second I started]] ''[[BadassBoast trying]]''.started ''trying''.


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** ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'':
*** Supergirl and Maelstrom's first battle ends up with Kara knocked out after managing to land only one punch.
*** When Maelstrom engages Superman, the latter puts the former in a chokehold and shoves her into a Boom Tube.

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** New 52 Superman has one with Apollo in ''Superman/Wonder Woman''. Apollo, backhanding Superman, boasts Superman cannot defeat him because he is a god. Then, he hits Superman with a solar blast. Supercharged with solar energy, Superman throws Apollo around.

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** New 52 Superman has one with Apollo in ''Superman/Wonder Woman''. Apollo, backhanding Superman, boasts Superman cannot defeat him because he is a god. Then, he hits Superman with a solar blast. Supercharged with solar energy, Superman throws Apollo around.


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** In ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'', most of villains interrogated by Supergirl are defeated within one panel. Dollmaker himself is no threat, being forced to resort to holding hostages when his murder toys are swiftly crushed.
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** ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'': When two mooks try to stop Superman from rescuing Jimmy Olsen, the Kryptonian superhero simply ignores their guns and tosses both of them off the boat and into the waters.

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** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': As soon as Supergirl cuts Insect Queen off from her minions, it becomes obvious the villainess cannot beat the Kryptonian hero in one fair fight. Kara pounds on Insect Queen to her heart's content, and is not even fazed by the only punch Insect Queen throws during their duel.

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** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'' ComicBook/LexLuthor is ambushed by one of General Zod's guards, during an EnemyMine with Superman. Luthor proceeds to use Green Kryptonite gas to choke the guard, burns off most of his skin with red solar radiation, and then puts a bullet through his head, gloating the entire time. The rest of his Superman Revenge Squad (composed of Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro) do the same to the rest of Zod's forces.

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** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'' ''ComicBook/LastSon'', ComicBook/LexLuthor is ambushed by one of General Zod's guards, during an EnemyMine with Superman. Luthor proceeds to use Green Kryptonite gas to choke the guard, burns off most of his skin with red solar radiation, and then puts a bullet through his head, gloating the entire time. The rest of his Superman Revenge Squad (composed of Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro) do the same to the rest of Zod's forces.


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** In ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', Batman intercepts a looter. When the crook ''actually'' pulls out and waves a knife in front of his face, Batman swiftly decks him.
--->[Batman's] words are spoken softly, and with contempt. Then, a single blow fractures the man's jaw...disarms him...and sends him sprawling.
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** Subverted in Batman and Robin; if you`ve read some of the confrontation between Tim and Damian leading up to this this one you probably expect another Curb Stomp Battle, but Damian actually seems to be doing pretty well during the first half of the fight before Tim gains the upper hand again.

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** Subverted in Batman and Robin; if you`ve you've read some of the confrontation between Tim and Damian leading up to this this one you probably expect another Curb Stomp Battle, one-sided beatdown, but Damian actually seems to be doing pretty well during the first half of the fight before Tim gains the upper hand again.



** In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'', Cassandra Cain had a number of battles like this. One of the best would likely be when Spoiler convinced her to spar together. The result was several pages of CurbStompBattle that left Stephanie bruised up and vomiting on the ground.

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** In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'', Cassandra Cain had a number of battles like this. One of the best would likely be when one-sided battles. Spoiler once convinced her to spar together. The result was several pages of CurbStompBattle stomping that left Stephanie bruised up and vomiting on the ground.



* ComicBook/CaptainAtom's thrashing of [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon'' was one of the most enjoyable [[CurbStompBattle beatdowns]] in comic book history.

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* ComicBook/CaptainAtom's thrashing of [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon'' was one of the most enjoyable [[CurbStompBattle beatdowns]] in comic book history.brutal beatdown.
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** ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'': In a ContinuityNod to the [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/One_Punch "Batman punching Guy out" moment]] mentioned below, when the recently reincarnated Hal Jordan floors the Dark Knight with, as Gardner exclaims with glee: "One punch! ONE PUNCH!"

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** ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'': In a ContinuityNod to the [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/One_Punch "Batman punching Guy out" moment]] mentioned below, moment]], when the recently reincarnated Hal Jordan floors the Dark Knight with, as Gardner exclaims with glee: "One punch! ONE PUNCH!"



** ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'': Surprisingly enough, Parallax-powered Sinestro is no match for Hal in his pure-willpower form. Sinestro's constructs don't even affect Hal, and he can't stop the Earth-Shattering Kaboom of his base.

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** ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'': Surprisingly enough, Parallax-powered Sinestro is no match for Hal in his pure-willpower form. Sinestro's constructs don't even affect Hal, and he can't stop the Earth-Shattering Kaboom destruction of his base.



** Not to mention all the "Red Kryptonite turning Superman evil or unhinged" incidents. Did Green Fury (now "Fire"), the Brazilian superheroine, hope on WouldntHitAGirl? Not on Red Kryptonite, ma'am! She got stomped.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' Darkseid apparently kills Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, and Superman, after shedding some tears for his cousin, dons his red eyes of doom and gives Darkseid the beatdown of a lifetime. It helps that Superman uses a motherbox to teleport him and Darkseid to the Sun. It turns out that fighting a berserk Superman in the Sun isn't a good idea.

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** Not to mention all the "Red Kryptonite turning Superman evil or unhinged" incidents. Did Green Fury (now "Fire"), the Brazilian superheroine, Fury/"Fire", hope on he WouldntHitAGirl? Not on Red Kryptonite, ma'am! She got stomped.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'' Darkseid apparently kills Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, and Superman, after shedding some tears for his cousin, dons his red eyes of doom and gives Darkseid the beatdown of a lifetime. It helps that Superman uses a motherbox to teleport him and Darkseid to the Sun. It turns out that fighting a berserk Superman in the Sun isn't a good idea.
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** In the sequel story, ''The Doomsday Wars'', a Doomsday piloted by Brainiac effortlessly defeats half of the ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA team, who had four of the Big Seven (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman) and the son of Darkseid, Orion, as well.

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** In the sequel story, ''The Doomsday Wars'', a Doomsday piloted by Brainiac effortlessly defeats half of the ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA ComicBook/JLA1997 team, who had four of the Big Seven (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman) and the son of Darkseid, Orion, as well.

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** ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The Master of the Iron Hand tries to take on Shiva to defend a student and as revenge for his brother's death, only for her to effortlessly defend against his ultimate technique, break his arm, and use her signature [[TouchOfDeath Leopard Blow]] killing him without any effort at all.

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** ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': The Master of the Iron Hand tries to take on Shiva to defend a student and as revenge for his brother's death, only for her to effortlessly defend against his ultimate technique, break his arm, and use her signature [[TouchOfDeath Leopard Blow]] killing him without any effort at all.



** Speaking of Darkseid, when Doomsday fought Darkseid in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'', the beast {{No Sell}}s Darkseid's Omega Beams, then brings the despot to the brink of death.

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** Speaking of Darkseid, when When Doomsday fought fights Darkseid in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'', the beast {{No Sell}}s tanks Darkseid's Omega Beams, then brings the despot to the brink of death.


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** ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld'':
*** The story opens with Supergirl ''and'' Wonder Woman fighting a gang of bank robbers. The gang has clearly no chance to even inconvenience both heroines, and they are defeated as Kara and Diana are having a casual conversation.
*** Supergirl runs into Clayface right when she needs to let off steam after failing to save a little kid. Kara lets him land some few blows and then she grabs Clayface and drops him from the outer edge from the atmosphere.
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** ''ComicBook/TheHiketeia'': Wonder Woman delivers two to Batman with their first counter being little more than just Diana one-punching Bruce across the street after he attempts to barge into her house despite being warned not to.

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** ''ComicBook/TheHiketeia'': ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheHiketeia'': Wonder Woman delivers two to Batman with their first counter being little more than just Diana one-punching Bruce across the street after he attempts to barge into her house despite being warned not to.

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** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'': Locus is so powerful, the Wonder Twins order the League to retreat from the planet that she is on. They don't and a Curb-Stomp Battle ensues in her favor.

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** ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'': Reactron is a trained soldier, but he is nothing but a snivelling coward without his Kryptonite-powered armor. When Thara turns into Flamebird, Reactron quickly learns his Kryptonite is useless against a goddess as Thara makes quick work of him.
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** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Supergirl faces up to SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, who can usually fight toe to toe with Superman. Kara goes berserker and beats him up so brutally that Lobo decides to play possum.

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** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Supergirl faces up to SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, who can usually fight toe to toe with Superman. Kara goes berserker and beats him up so brutally that Lobo decides to play possum.
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* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead and all but one were old men.

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* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead and all but one were old men.

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** During the first ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Vs. Film/{{Predator}}'' mini-series, Batman's first encounter with the alien hunter is so lopsided that the only thing that saved Bruce from being the creature's next trophy was the Batmobile.

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** During the first ''Franchise/{{Batman}} ''Batman Vs. Film/{{Predator}}'' mini-series, Batman's first encounter with the alien hunter is so lopsided that the only thing that saved Bruce from being the creature's next trophy was the Batmobile.



** [[spoiler:The ''VideoGame/{{Injustice|GodsAmongUs}}'' dome is destroyed by Telos, claiming it to be a failed experiment. Superman didn't stand a chance]].
** [[spoiler:Electropolis versus Parallax. They get in a hit or two, but basically they have no chance against a man who once destroyed the universe and remade it. He wipes them out]].
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** [[spoiler:The The ''VideoGame/{{Injustice|GodsAmongUs}}'' dome is destroyed by Telos, claiming it to be a failed experiment. Superman [[spoiler:Superman didn't stand a chance]].
** [[spoiler:Electropolis versus Parallax.Parallax]]. They get in a hit or two, but basically they have no chance against a man who once destroyed the universe and remade it. He wipes them out]].
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** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'', Kara wrenches [[BigBad Krem]]'s mercenary's sword from his grip and knocks him out with a single punch. Ruthye noted Kara looked like she was swatting a bug.
--->'''Ruthye:''' I was not as uninitiated to battles as you might assume due to my youth and the gentle reputation of my gender. [...] But until that day, I never saw anyone so unafraid of death that they understood in their heart and belly a simple and perfect truth— There was no one alive stronger than them.



* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead and all but one were old men.

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* ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is effectively the ruler of over three quarters of our planet's surface (and he's also not above pointing it out himself when people start giving him lip). He not only commands an army, but it's also usually portrayed as being both magically and technologically superior to that of any surface nation: head to head, he could probably defeat the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps if they decided to invade Earth. If all the armies of the surface went up against the military might at Aquaman's command, it would be a very short battle in the sea kingdoms' favor.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** The fight between Bane and Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' ends with Bane snapping Batman's spine.
** Jean-Paul Valley, taking up the Mantle of the Bat, paid Bane back during their rematch. Once [=AzBats=] severed Bane's PsychoSerum pump, that was it.
** ComicBook/{{Robin}}s Damian Wayne and Tim Drake have had a strained relationship ever since the former was introduced, sucker punching Drake out of jealousy. After years of teasing the hostility between the two, they finally had it out in ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' #14 and Damian got the ever loving crap beaten out of him.
---> '''Damian:''' I will not lose to you.\\
'''Tim:''' [[BadassBoast You lost the second I started]] ''[[BadassBoast trying]]''.
** Subverted in Batman and Robin; if you`ve read some of the confrontation between Tim and Damian leading up to this this one you probably expect another Curb Stomp Battle, but Damian actually seems to be doing pretty well during the first half of the fight before Tim gains the upper hand again.
** Batman gets one handed to him by Reverse-Flash in ''Comicbook/TheButton'', being unable to successfully stall him even for a minute. Of course old Reverse Flash gets his arrogant ass vaporized by [[spoiler: Doctor Manhattan]] moments later when he decides to investigate the bauble Batman had found a while back.
** ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The Master of the Iron Hand tries to take on Shiva to defend a student and as revenge for his brother's death, only for her to effortlessly defend against his ultimate technique, break his arm, and use her signature [[TouchOfDeath Leopard Blow]] killing him without any effort at all.
** In ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'', Cassandra Cain had a number of battles like this. One of the best would likely be when Spoiler convinced her to spar together. The result was several pages of CurbStompBattle that left Stephanie bruised up and vomiting on the ground.
** ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'': After Batwoman arrives on the scene (due to working on the same case), ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, unsure of her affiliation, decides to quickly incapacitate her, assuming she doesn't have much fighting experience. She ends up being very, very wrong.
** In issue #2 of ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'', Barbara Gordon decides to enter an MMA tournament as part of her new training. After spending a week honing her existing skills toward the sport, she enters her first bout... but she gets distracted during the match and gets KO'd with a single punch.
** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} was captured by Shrike, a rival with a grudge who claimed to be one of the best assassins in the world. When it was finally time for Nightwing and Shrike to throw down, the former completely ignored the latter and kicked his ass with his back turned.
** Dick Grayson's run-in with Cassandra Cain's Batgirl (after a BigDamnHeroes moment where she bailed out Robin) went no better:
--->'''Batgirl''': "Your arm is broken, you're bleeding to death. I'm untouched, haven't... broken a sweat. I know what you are going to do next and it... ''bores'' me. You are going to the hospital, will you be... standing up or lying down?"\\
'''Shrike''': (charges forward with blade in good hand) "''[=GRAAAAHHH!!=]''"\\
'''Caption (Batgirl's thoughts)''': ''He chose lying down.''
** During the first ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Vs. Film/{{Predator}}'' mini-series, Batman's first encounter with the alien hunter is so lopsided that the only thing that saved Bruce from being the creature's next trophy was the Batmobile.
* ComicBook/CaptainAtom's thrashing of [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] in ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon'' was one of the most enjoyable [[CurbStompBattle beatdowns]] in comic book history.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** [[spoiler:The ''VideoGame/{{Injustice|GodsAmongUs}}'' dome is destroyed by Telos, claiming it to be a failed experiment. Superman didn't stand a chance]].
** [[spoiler:Electropolis versus Parallax. They get in a hit or two, but basically they have no chance against a man who once destroyed the universe and remade it. He wipes them out]].
** [[spoiler:Deimos versus Parallax. Hal kills him in an almost casual manner]].
* In ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the battle between [[spoiler: the world's greatest superheroes and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]]] shouldn't even qualify as this with how badly the latter wipes the floor with the former ones. [[spoiler:The heroes don't even stand a chance against him and the only one who even deals a bit of damage against him is Captain Atom, and even that is rendered moot when he rebuilds himself and he himself goes nuclear and takes them all out.]]
* A non-violent variation occurs when Superman and Franchise/TheFlash face off in a genuine test of speed. Turns out the Flash likes to hold back when they race for charity in order to keep things entertaining for the folks at home. When it comes right down to it, he leaves Supes in the dust.
** It's a Retcon. Those races were between UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} versions of those two characters back when Superman really could keep up with the Flash. There had been one official ComicBook/PostCrisis race between Wally and Superman but, while Superman had been reduced in power, so had Wally and Wally only barely won. It was only when Barry returned at his full power level that it had to be explained that clearly, Barry must have been holding back during all those races (which is odd given that some of those races did have serious stakes and weren't just for charity.)
** Franchise/TheFlash versus Quicksilver is basically a joke ever since Wally got his full powers back in the early nineties. In their first fight, Wally was owning Pietro until he had to stop to save some kids and Pietro jumped him. But Pietro had a moment of conscience, giving Wally more than enough time to drop him.
--->'''Wally:''' He who hesitates... is lost.
** In one of the early races, both Superman and the Flash learn that a group of mobsters are manipulating the outcome of the charity race in order to make money on bets. Not only do the two heroes ruin the betting pool, they team up to administer the more usual type of curb-stomp on the mobsters.
** A bit more balanced in their encounters in ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers''. The Speed Force (Wally's power source) doesn't exist in the Marvel universe so the winner of the match depends on which universe they're fighting in even after Wally starts packing a Speed Force battery for his trips to the Marvel U.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'': In a ContinuityNod to the [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/One_Punch "Batman punching Guy out" moment]] mentioned below, when the recently reincarnated Hal Jordan floors the Dark Knight with, as Gardner exclaims with glee: "One punch! ONE PUNCH!"
** ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'': After starting the "Out of Time" arc off having his Power Ring destroyed, with only a few tiny shards embedded in his arm remaining of it, Simon and Jessica are thrown back in time and Simon has to spend the majority of the arc feeling helpless and relying on Jessica for pretty much everything. Come the climax of the arc, the first Green Lantern fledglings take the battle to the Volthoom of the past, who curbstomps them all, completely killing 3 of them.
** ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'': Surprisingly enough, Parallax-powered Sinestro is no match for Hal in his pure-willpower form. Sinestro's constructs don't even affect Hal, and he can't stop the Earth-Shattering Kaboom of his base.
* There's really no other way to describe the "battle" between Superboy-Prime and the ComicBook/TeenTitans in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. The Titans never had a chance, Superboy included. In a subversion, [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Superboy}} wins anyway in a DyingMomentOfAwesome by tricking the less-experienced Prime into letting Superboy destroy the {{Macguffin}}. He lost the fight, but won the objective.]]
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
** Played for laughs with Batman and Guy Gardner in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': "One punch! ONE PUNCH!"
--->'''ComicBook/BlackCanary:''' Batman ''belted'' him-- and I ''missed'' it?! [-Oh God, I'm depressed.-]
** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'': Locus is so powerful, the Wonder Twins order the League to retreat from the planet that she is on. They don't and a Curb-Stomp Battle ensues in her favor.
** ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'' has Supergirl vs Poison Ivy. The former is super-strong, invulnerable and has literally burning eyes. The latter controls plants. No contest.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Superman and his family often don't get mentioned in these because it is simply assumed they gives them regularly; even so, they deserve mentions.
** Several times during ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 her Post-Crisis series]]'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} fights an evil Superwoman. At the beginning of ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'' the villain seems a serious menace, but when they fight for the second time, Supergirl stops holding back and trashes Superwoman until she's pleading for mercy. Superwoman would engage Kara again at the end of ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'', only to get trashed off-panel.
** In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', Lex Luthor attempts to trap ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into a time-loop. Unfortunately for him, Superboy's mind has been accidentally swapped with his older counterpart, who is not only experienced enough to beat teen Luthor's tricks but also ''pissed off'' because of all crap future Luthor will put him through. Lex is literally and promptly beaten to the ground.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Lex Luthor declares he'll beat a depowered Superman with his bare hands. Superman only needs two punches to knock him out.
** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Supergirl faces up to SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, who can usually fight toe to toe with Superman. Kara goes berserker and beats him up so brutally that Lobo decides to play possum.
** ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay'' has Superman vs the Elite. To educate the Elite, a new group of violent and cynical superheroes who want to kill him, Superman gives them such an insane beating that the last one standing really believes Superman has crossed his sacred line and killed all of his teammates. Then Supes proceeds to show said last man standing exactly how powerless normal people feel when reckless metahumans treat them as their playthings. [[spoiler:Supes doesn't actually kill ''any'' of them, but rather knocks them out using various methods, meaning that while taking all of them down seemingly effortlessly, ''he was still holding back''.]]
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'': Right after coming back "from death" and regaining his powers, he easily curb-stomps Cyborg Superman, who had killed thousands of people by destroying Coast City while he was gone. Superman punches straight through his chest, impaling him on his arm. Then vibrates his arm at super-speed, disintegrating the wretched android.
** Not to mention all the "Red Kryptonite turning Superman evil or unhinged" incidents. Did Green Fury (now "Fire"), the Brazilian superheroine, hope on WouldntHitAGirl? Not on Red Kryptonite, ma'am! She got stomped.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' Darkseid apparently kills Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, and Superman, after shedding some tears for his cousin, dons his red eyes of doom and gives Darkseid the beatdown of a lifetime. It helps that Superman uses a motherbox to teleport him and Darkseid to the Sun. It turns out that fighting a berserk Superman in the Sun isn't a good idea.
** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'' ComicBook/LexLuthor is ambushed by one of General Zod's guards, during an EnemyMine with Superman. Luthor proceeds to use Green Kryptonite gas to choke the guard, burns off most of his skin with red solar radiation, and then puts a bullet through his head, gloating the entire time. The rest of his Superman Revenge Squad (composed of Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro) do the same to the rest of Zod's forces.
** New 52 Superman has one with Apollo in ''Superman/Wonder Woman''. Apollo, backhanding Superman, boasts Superman cannot defeat him because he is a god. Then, he hits Superman with a solar blast. Supercharged with solar energy, Superman throws Apollo around.
--->'''Superman''': [[LampshadeHanging You hit me with sunlight?]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner You don't know very much about me, do you?]]
** At the start of ''The Death of Superman'', the monster Doomsday is attacked by the entire Justice League (sans Superman). When Supes showed up, the League was shattered. Keep in mind, Maxima was one of the members at the time, and she's practically a GenderFlip version of Superman.
** In the sequel story, ''The Doomsday Wars'', a Doomsday piloted by Brainiac effortlessly defeats half of the ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA team, who had four of the Big Seven (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Wally West Flash, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman) and the son of Darkseid, Orion, as well.
** Speaking of Darkseid, when Doomsday fought Darkseid in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'', the beast {{No Sell}}s Darkseid's Omega Beams, then brings the despot to the brink of death.
** During that time Superman was dead, there was the moment where the Cyborg Superman shows his true colors, shooting the Eradicator in the back, then shooting him in the head. He doesn't give him a chance to fight back.
** Near the end of ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'', some few dozens of heroes are facing up to three billions of Daxamites (a Kryptonian offshoot). The Legionnaires and their allies do their best, but they can't triumph over such an army.
--->'''Narrator:''' "Battle, however, is an unlikely word for such a one-sided affair".
** ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'':
*** As soon as she is away from Kryptonite, Kara pummels to the ground the army of mercenaries sent against her by [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Simon Tycho]].
*** Reign is crushing the US Army as carving a trail of destruction across New York until Kara arrives to stop her.
** In ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'', it takes Hal Jordan two minutes and fifteen seconds to get the Royal Flush Gang knocked out and tie up. He insists he took so long because he just ate a Reuben.
** ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'':
*** When Supergirl finally meets the criminal gang called The Visitors face-to-face, she blasts their weapons out of their hands, wraps a steel beam around them, and is ready to punch them into oblivion. She only stops because her mother talks her out of it.
*** Once his weaponized sled is destroyed, Klax-Ar is simply punched across America.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'', the two titular heroes have been manipulated into fighting each other as irrational madmen. When the USAF is deployed to stop their crazy and destructive rampage through America, they predicatbly achieve nothing except for getting shot from the sky by two even angrier heroes.
** Subverted in ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge''. The "fight" among Supergirl and a group of Starfire's bank robbers involved Supergirl staying put and swinging her arms as the crooks slammed themselves uselessly into her super-tough body... But then her invulnerability abruptly vanished, and one crook got a lucky blow to her head which knocked her out.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Back in the Golden Age random gangsters and {{domestic abuse}}rs would try to kill Wonder Woman when she confronted them despite her actions in WWII and her powers being well publicized. It never worked out well for them and the only times their freedom from incarceration lasted beyond the first two panels of their attacks was when Diana had hostages and bystanders to protect before taking them out.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Pretty much all the White Magician's fights against criminals and "villains" are completely one sided in the Magician's favor, because he can control the stolen Star Labs tech they're using to be a legitimate threat and he generally uses it to kill them outright when their tech "tragically malfunctions" during the fights.
** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': During their first real fight the Duke of Deception is [[spoiler:only stopped from killing Diana due to the intervention of the gods. She was unable to harm him]] and left near death by the encounter.
** ''ComicBook/TheHiketeia'': Wonder Woman delivers two to Batman with their first counter being little more than just Diana one-punching Bruce across the street after he attempts to barge into her house despite being warned not to.
** During the ''ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity'' storyline, the Horseman of War sends a battalion of animated war tanks after Supergirl, who disposes of them without breaking a sweat.
* In ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' the fight between Extant and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. By the time he was done, two were dead and all but one were old men.

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