Hulk fans always want to see him duke it out with other superpowered heroes or villains.  It’s what makes the Hulk or any other superhero fun, for that matter.  In the early 80s, the two titans of comic book publishing, Marvel and DC, decided to treat their fans in a handful of rare collaboration.  These DC-Marvel crossovers are still some of my favorites. 

A Superman vs. Hulk showdown was a no-brainer.  Everyone wanted to see that and Marvel-DC delivered.  Despite what had happened (Superman pretty much won out), speculations are still abound on who would win.

There was one crossover that is not heavily talked about, Hulk vs Batman.  Perhaps because it didn’t make sense to begin with.  Batman fought the Hulk twice in the special issue of DC-Marvel crossover (DC Special Series #27).  Of course, the issue was not purely about Batman hunting down the Hulk or something to that effect.  The Joker had a lot to do with the encounters, tricking the Hulk into fighting Batman.

In the first round, Batman, after realizing that he would not be able to karate chop his way to victory, took down the Hulk by using enough sleeping gas that could knockdown a herd of elephants.  Of course, the Hulk did not breathe the gas willingly.  In fact, he was going to outlast Batman by holding his breath.  But Batman, one of Business Week’s ten smartest superheroes ever, one-upped the Hulk by kicking the Hulk in the solar plexus so that he’d be forced to exhale and breathe-in the sleeping gas.

I thought it was a fun little battle.  But the Hulk got the short end of the storytelling script.  After all, this was a guy who could hold up mountains.

Just for kicks.  I agree with this video on what will really happen in a Hulk vs Batman fight.

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