10 Heroes Who Could Beat Superman With Ease

By any standard, Superman remains the gold standard of power inside the DC Universe and across pop culture at large. Yet the Man of Steel’s long history is dotted with defeats, and a growing roster of inter-company champions now believe they have the tools—and the temperament—to send him back to the bench. From Gotham’s greatest detective to a British street judge who never removes his helmet, here are ten proven heroes who could topple the last son of Krypton.

1. Batman No hero has studied Superman longer. Armed with kryptonite weaponry, red-solar traps, and a mind that never stops calculating, Bruce Wayne has already forced Clark to submit in past encounters. Batman’s real edge, however, is foresight: contingency plans exist for every Justice League teammate, and the World’s Greatest Detective always stays one move ahead.

2. Deadpool The Merc with a Mouth once slaughtered the entire Marvel Universe by stealing powers and tech on the fly. Give him Batman’s utility belt, a Green Lantern ring, and an unkillable healing factor, and Wade Wilson can keep coming back—each resurrection armed with a new, increasingly absurd way to exploit Superman’s vulnerabilities.

3. Invincible Mark Grayson’s Viltrumite strength scales upward after every brutal loss. Where Superman’s power curve has plateaued, Invincible keeps climbing, trading blow for blow until endurance and adaptation tip the fight in his favor.

4. Squirrel Girl Doreen Green’s unbeatable track record includes cosmic heavy-hitters such as Thanos and Galactus. Her narrative invincibility—rooted in comedic, off-panel victories—makes her a statistical lock against anyone, even the Man of Tomorrow.

5. Wonder Woman As a fellow Leaguer, Diana knows Superman’s timing and weaknesses. Her magical arsenal, divine heritage, and warrior training let her exploit Clark’s susceptibility to mysticism while matching him in raw combat skill.

6. Dream of the Endless (Morphius) Inside the dreamscape, reality bends to Dream’s will. Rather than trade punches, the Sandman simply drags Superman into a realm where solar-powered muscles mean nothing and nightmares finish fights before the first punch is thrown.

7. Billy Butcher The anti-hero from The Boys has built a career hunting super-humans far crueler than Superman. Whether armed with Temp-V or sheer cunning, Butcher’s willingness to cross moral lines gives him the element of surprise against an opponent who still believes in fair play.

8. Hellboy Superman may outmatch Hellboy in a straight brawl, but the Right Hand of Doom thrives in occult battlefields where magic, not muscle, decides the outcome. Once the fight moves onto Hellboy’s mystical turf, Clark’s invulnerability fades against curses he cannot comprehend.

9. Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff’s reality-warping hexes target Superman’s well-documented weakness to magic. At full power she has erased entire species; rewriting one Kryptonian out of existence would barely tax her.

10. Judge Dredd Mega-City One’s top lawman lacks flight or heat vision, yet his tactical brilliance and limitless ordnance—think kryptonite bullets and city-wide containment protocols—level the playing field. Dredd’s refusal to quit, no matter the foe, makes a final verdict inevitable.

Superman’s cape will always symbolize hope, but hope alone does not win every fight. Against these ten heroes, the odds shift, strategies diverge, and the Man of Steel finally discovers what it feels like to be the underdog.