In Final Crisis, Darkseid was revealed to fear the New Gods' version of Death, as they represented a real possible end to the powerful villain's dominance in the DC Universe and an end to his evil reign.
Naturally wanting to save his cousin from Darkseid's clutches, Superman traveled to Apokolips along with Batman, and Bruce reprogrammed some of Darkseid's weaponry to explode.
Batman is a strategist. In Superman/Batman: Supergirl storyline, Batman threatened to destroy Darkseid and Apokolips by activating Darkseid's Hell Spores and would detonate them all at once if Darkseid didn't give up Supergirl and leave her alone.
To deal with Darkseid, Batman and the Justice League forged the Hellbat armor, equipping it with enough power to beat the god right out of Darkseid; that's exactly what Batman did. Following the death of Damien Wayne, Batman's son, the boy's body is stolen and taken to Apokolips.
Apparently, Darkseid only fights opponents he deems worthy, such as Superman, Batman or Orion. Indomitable Will: Darkseid possesses an extraordinary control over his emotions, despite his reputation of anger and hatred towards all living things.
Despite his arrogance and ego, Darkseid is capable of subtly acknowledging others for their power and skills, though in very twisted ways. In his own way, he acknowledged Batman as a key strategist and gifted thinker, which is why he brainwashed him into becoming his chief servant.
Green Lantern and Batman go to the center of the anti-matter universe and realize that Mobius was the one who created the Mobius Chair, and the Anti-Monitor is Mobius. The anti-Monitor forces the Flash to fuse with the Black Racer, and the fused Flash-Black Racer kills Darkseid.
In the Emperor Joker storyline, the Clown Prince of Crime used his stolen powers to defeat Darkseid. Here's how it happened. Despite being one of the most dangerous men on Earth, the Joker is outclassed by plenty of cosmic threats from across the DC Universe.
It's nothing short of a miracle Batman is able to survive an entire encounter with Doomsday. He can't rely on his brains to get him out of a fight with an unstoppable war machine, but his reflexes are enough to keep him alive, although by the end he's barely able to stand.
Both were created around the same time and both had similar looks, making comparisons inevitable. Debate has raged over who is the most effective of the two, and while both have cut multiple paths of destruction across their universes, Darkseid is by and large the scarier of the two.
Superman doesn't beat Darkseid because of how powerful he is; while that helps him survive the fight, Darkseid still outclasses Superman. Superman has learned to use his brains in battle against Darkseid, allowing him to win his battles against the dark god.
Marvel has several Superman analogs, and the most powerful is Hyperion. There have been several versions of Hyperion over the years, but the most formidable is the one who joined the Avengers and helped them battle against threats like Thanos and the Beyonders. That Hyperion would be able to defeat Darkseid.
There's no doubt that recalling the fate of his parents is Bruce's biggest fear and regret. No matter who kills Batman's parents in different media, it's the catalyst to the person he becomes. Bruce spent all his childhood and early adulthood scared of remember what had happened.
Batman worries about things like his loved ones dying, failing to save Gotham, or his successors becoming evil. Unfortunately for the Dark Knight, these fears have often manifested in reality, with Bruce Wayne having to face his worst nightmares and push his mental limits.
Over his life Batman has had many fears… As a boy he feared Bats. Batman's greatest weapon is fear, so what has been the most terrifying event the Batman has ever orchestrated against any villain? Batman has an enemy named lord death who has the ability to come back from the dead.
Darkseid's first wife, and perhaps the only woman he truly loved, Suli is also powerful in her own right. She married Darkseid against the wishes of his mother Heggra, who had DeSaad poison Suli. The loss shattered Darkseid and losing her helped shape Darkseid into the brutal conqueror he is today.
The Anti-Monitor. The Anti-Monitor is the only thing in the DCU that could be more powerful and more dangerous than Darkseid. The giant, universe eating Galactus rip-off — look, Thanos is a Darkseid rip-off, it happens — is responsible for the deaths of Supergirl (very sad) and Barry Allen (less sad, Wally's cooler).
His skin turned to stone, Uxas rechristened himself as Darkseid. At some point, he fell in love with an Apokoliptian scientist and sorceress named Suli, with whom he had a son, Kalibak.
Thanos exists in a realm Batman could not even concieve of. Batmans armours are not as good as Iron Man, he is equal in fighting skill to Captain America and they were easily defeated. Unless you think he can “detective the hell out of Thanos” it's quite obviously no.
The merciless Black Adam is incredibly well-trained and utterly ruthless, shocking and surpassing even Batman's martial arts skill. This sees him completely beat a surprised Caped Crusader, who only gets back up when Black Adam lets him.
As long-time DC Comics readers know, there's more than enough comic-book precedent for Batman beating Superman. Most famously Batman beat Superman in Frank Miller's 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns — a comic run from which Batman v...
