Iron Man vs. Ultron

Iron Man and Ultron have their first fight in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. In this fight, they’re about even until Iron Man goes in and completely blows Ultron up, with his tank missile.

In the comics however, Ultron is much more powerful and easily stomps Iron Man practically every time they meet.

Iron Man is nothing but a mere inconvenience to Ultron in the comics, as Ultron is someone who takes on entire Avengers teams and wins. Iron Man is usually just one of the bunch who get tossed around as he fights the real threats on the team.

There’s even been times when he’s controlled Iron Man’s actual body, and used his suits as a weapon. Unlike in the movies, Iron Man simply isn’t an actual threat to Ultron, but a toy.

Loki vs. Hulk

Loki and Hulk’s…interaction is more of a heinous crime than a fight, when they meet in the movie, The Avengers. Hulk simply thrashes him like a kid having a tantrum with a stuffed animal, and Loki is practically defenseless.

In the comics, at least the ones released before the movie, Loki still didn’t really fight Hulk much, but he did easily use him for his schemes and played with him as if he were a new toy. Whether it was teleporting Hulk to Asgard or making him transform to Hulk and then back to Banner, Loki pretty much had his way with Hulk.

While no explicit fights occurred, it was all but shown and implied, Loki would be the easy victor. Basically the opposite of what the movie shows.

Batman vs. Superman

Batman and Superman clashed in the would-be-iconic dud of a film that was BvS: Dawn of Justice. In the movie, Batman pulls off the impossible and actually beats Superman, having him at his mercy until he says the magic word.

In the comics, this isn’t even close and the obvious answer of “Superman wins” reigns true. Even in the Elseworld title that BvS references and tries to copy, The Dark Knight Returns, Superman is super weakened, Batman gets help with a Kryptonite arrow, AND has a suit built to fight Superman, and he still has to fake his death just to claim a ‘victory’ (where Superman’s the last one standing).

But in canon, Superman nearly kills Batman when they fight, as it should be, and as it’s shown in their fight in Hush. Poison Ivy controls Superman and the only reason he doesn’t kill Batman is because Lois Lane is put in harm’s way, which snaps him out of his mind control.

So unlike the movie, even when Bats has kryptonite, Superman remains victorious. Even when he doesn’t want to.

Thor vs. The Destroyer

In the first Thor movie, Thor gives The Destroyer a royal Asgardian Ass-Whooping that takes it out in a minute flat. The Destroyer is built up as powerful, but is treated like absolute fodder to Thor who dismantles it with ease.

But in the comics, The Destroyer is the ultimate weapon, made by Odin to fight nearly all-powerful beings known as The Celestials and Thor stands no chance in direct combat with it. The Destroyer has even picked up Mjolnir with pure strength (as it’s not worthy) and has moved all of New York by beating a downed Thor.

The Destroyer has even beaten Thor with his own hammer. While Thor made short work of The Destroyer in the movies, The Destroyer absolutely stomps Thor in the comics.

Hulk vs. Iron Man (Hulkbuster)

We all know of the awesome fight scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron where Iron Man took down Hulk with Project Veronica AKA The Hulkbuster. The two duked it out nearly wrecking the city in the process, and in the end, Iron Man wins with a sucker punch.

Well in the comics he has much less success. In fact, Iron Man is actually known in the comics for having his “-buster” suits ALWAYS lose, and Hulk is no exception. Iron Man does deserve a little credit however, as in World War Hulk, he initially has the Green Machine down and seemingly out…until Hulk gets angry at his attempt to kill Hulk (firebombing), and does what Hulk does best, SMASH!

Unfortunately, Iron Man’s efforts don’t always do so well, as a later Hulk tears up his Hulkbuster in one hit. The end result however, does remain the same, that Hulk busts the Hulkbuster.

Wolverine vs. Sabretooth

In Wolverine: X-Men Origins, Wolverine has a tough time beating Sabretooth…until he gets his adamantium claws and a bit of rage. Once he does, he beats Sabretooth so badly, that it’s not much of a fight, but a mauling. Sabretooth is completely at his mercy and doesn’t even get a single hit off.

In the comics, that dynamic tends to be reversed. There are times when Sabretooth loses or ‘jobs’ as the comic book community calls it when a character that shouldn’t lose, does, but most of the time he embarrasses Wolverine. There’s even established continuity that Sabretooth beats Wolverine down every year on his birthday, just for kicks. He even forces him to choose someone for Sabretooth to kill, and both choices are people Wolverine cares about deeply.

Sabretooth has taken on Wolverine while drugged, taken him on with help, and overall has the advantage on Wolverine in the majority of their fights. Never would he be destroyed as he was in the movies.

Dr. Doom vs. Silver Surfer

In the movies, Dr. Doom is briefly set free by Silver Surfer’s appearance. They have a small exchange that ends with Dr. Doom looking like he’s clearly out of his league.

In the comics however, while some may argue that Doom is STILL out of his league, he tends to have their exchanges look a little more in his favor.

Doom has it to the point that his mere Doombots can give Surfer a run for his money and nearly defeat him,. When the two actually meet, Doom is either stealing Surfers powers or treating him like a mere distraction/test subject and easily subjugating him.

Doom has even stepped in between Surfer and other, more powerful beings such as Thanos and is never out of his league when they meet. In fact, he always tends to win.

Falcon vs. Crossbones

In Captain America: Winter Soldier, Falcon and Crossbones duke it out before Crossbones even has his name or his powers (he gets those in Civil War, the next installment). In that fight, Falcon gets manhandled and even comments that he wants revenge once he gets his wings back.

In the comics, Falcon beats Crossbones somewhat offscreen while he serves his tenure as Captain America (or Captain Falcon as fans call him) while Steve Rogers is unavailable. Falcon has also beaten Crossbones under his normal moniker, and isn’t close to being manhandled like he was in that scene. Especially when you consider that Crossbones gets enhanced multiple times over by the time he appears in full garb, in Civil War.

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