01 of 06 The Top Five Greatest Batman/Superman Fights DC Comics In March of 2016, Warner Bros released Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Despite all of the attention the gets paid to the big screen, this is far from the first time that Batman and Superman have gone toe-to-toe. Here are the five greatest comic book fights between the two superheroes.

02 of 06 5. Batman (Vol.2) #36 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Danny Miki DC Comics During the “Endgame” storyline, the Joker has used his Joker toxin to turn Batman's Justice League teammates into crazed versions of themselves, complete with sickening Joker-like grins. Batman uses a special armor to defeat all of them, but he finds himself in a difficult situation with Superman – Batman's armor had prepared itself well against Superman (including gauntlets with microscopic red suns in them) but not for an insane Superman, so Superman's reckless disregard for everyone around him ultimately leads him to getting the jump on Batman. He destroys the armor as he pulls Batman into outer space. Luckily, Batman kept a rubber pellet laced with Kryptonite dust in his helmet – he chews it up (“Kryptonite gum,” as Alfred calls it) and spits it on Superman's face, winning the battle.

03 of 06 4. Superman: Red Son #2 by Mark Millar, Kilian Plunkett and Walden Wong DC Comics Superman: Red Son was the story of what would have happened had baby Kal-El landed in the Soviet Union during Joseph Stalin's reign instead of Kansas. Superman grows up to become the leader of the Soviet Union. He begins a friendship with Wonder Woman. Superman slowly turns into a tyrannical leader. Eventually, Superman's closest friend, the head of the KGB, along with Lex Luthor, the United States' answer to Superman, train a young boy whose parents were killed for printing Anti-Superman literature. This young man, Batman, captures Wonder Woman to lure Superman into a trap. When Superman arrives, Batman floods the area with red sun lamps, eliminating Superman's powers. Batman plans to leave him trapped in an underground cell irradiated by red suns, but Wonder Woman breaks free and destroys the lamps. Batman kills himself rather than let Superman capture him.

04 of 06 3. Batman #613 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee and Scott Williams DC Comics During the “Hush” storyline, Poison Ivy has taken control of Superman's mind, but unlike the insane Superman of “Endgame,” this Superman is fighting Ivy's control, so that gives Batman an advantage, which he presses, using the Kryptonite ring that Superman had entrusted him with for just such an occasion. As Batman thinks, while he decks Superman, “Even more than Kryptonite, he's got one big weakness. Deep down, Clark's essentially a good person...and deep down, I'm not." Eventually, he keeps Superman off balance long enough for Catwoman to bring Lois Lane into the mix, helping to break Superman free of Poison Ivy's mind control.

05 of 06 2. "The Trust" by Alex Ross and Chip Kidd DC Comics In a special story included in Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, Ross and Kidd tell a compelling story of Batman being forced to do something he has always refused to do since he saw his parents murdered in front of him – use a gun. Superman trusted him with Kryptonite to use if Superman ever went nuts and that trust overrides his distaste for guns, leading him to shoot a Kryptonite dart to take down Superman when the Man of Steel goes on a mysterious rampage. Ross' stunning life-like painted artwork makes the fight really stand out.