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As great as Spidey is, he would find himself sorely challenged by the heroes and villains of DC Comics. They are often superlatively powerful, but the ol’Webhead has taken down powerful foes often. These ten DC characters are plenty tough, but Spider-Man could take them.
10) Doctor Light
Doctor Light is an old school DC science villain, first building a weapon that allowed him to control light. Eventually, the power became innate to him, and he’s gone through periods where he’s either the most pathetic villain ever or he’s a bull in a china shop in battle. However, none of that matters, because Spidey would take him. Sure, Light has the long range advantage, but Peter is smarter and his spider-sense gives him the ability to predict the villain’s attacks. He’d just have to get close enough for one shot, and he can easily do that.
9) Deathstroke
Deathstroke is one of DC’s most popular villains, and also one of its most formidable. The supersoldier has superhuman strength, agility, speed, and durability, as well as super-intelligence. He’s known for his ability to figure out ways to win, but Spidey is just too good for him. He’s faster, he’s stronger, and the spider-sense will put the fight in his favor. It would be a pretty good fight; Slade would be able to challenge Spidey, but when it comes right down to it, this is a rather easy fight for the Wall-Crawler. Even given all of the information on Spider-Man, ‘Stroke would still lose because he’s too prideful to push his advantage at times.
8) Cheetah
Wonder Woman doesn’t have great villains, but she has Cheetah and that makes up for it. Cheetah is strong enough to face off against the Amazonian heroine, which would put her strength-level way above Spidey. She’s also probably on par when it comes to speed and agility with him, if not faster. However, she doesn’t have the spider-sense or the webbing, and that’s going to be a big problem for her. Spider-Man can take a tremendous amount of damage and keep coming, all while slowing her down and knowing what she’s about to do next, which is going to allow him to get the lucky shots in that he needs. It wouldn’t be a pretty fight for him, but he’d win in the end.
7) Gorilla Grodd
Gorilla Grodd is one of the Flash’s most deadly villains, his extreme strength and telepathy making him a match for a man that can move at the speed of light. Spider-Man is vulnerable to mental attack, but he’s also known for his amazing willpower, which would let him vie with the savage gorilla. This is going to make a lot of difference in this battle. He can resist a lot of Grodd’s attacks, and is fast enough to tag the insane ape numerous times. It’s definitely going to be a challenge for the hero, but he’s faced off against enemies with greater power than him often, just like Grodd. Between his speed, spider-sense, and willpower, he could take out the villainous primate.
6) Ra’s al Ghul
Ra’s al Ghul is one of DC’s great assassins. He’s spent centuries building his power, going from a warrior to a master of warriors, and becoming one of the secret powers of the world. He’s mostly known as a Batman villain, but he’s taken on many of DC’s greatest heroes and teams, and is known for being able to outsmart nearly anyone he can’t beat. He’s basically immortal Kingpin, so Spider-Man has this in the bag. The Demon’s Head will definitely test the hero, but he’s smart and resourceful enough to get down to a one on one battle, and once that happens, Spidey has won.
