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** Perhaps some of Captain America's most controversial battles are his battles against Spider-Man. In almost every encounter, Spidey ends up getting beaten around like a ragdoll while his inner thoughts reveal how he thinks Cap is better than him in every way. This is in light of the fact that Spider-Man possesses strength, speed, reflexes, and even a precognitive spider-sense that far surpass Captain America's power stats. Not only that, it's arguable that Spider-Man is at least as experienced of a fighter as Cap, having fought against dangerous supervillains and criminals since he was a teenager. But whenever they meet up, Captain America always ends up making Spider-Man look like third-rate sidekick material.

* Heroes aren't the only ones with [[Popularity Power]]. Dr. Doom has become a villainous equivalent of Batman who can defeat anyone(given enough "prep time"). Despite being the villain of the story, the good doctor has gained [[Draco in Leather Pants|an immense following of fans]] who believe he's capable of defeating anyone and anything, including the most powerful beings in the comic books multi-verse. Given enough time to study opponents, it is said that Doom could defeat Thanos, Galactus, Magneto, Hulk, Thor, Darkseid, Superman, Batman, Silver Surfer, Jesus, and even the almighty Rubik's Cube. It really is an almost endless list.

** However fan-wank can't save him from [[Squirrel Girl]]. While he does have buttons on a control panel to unleash various robot soldier designed to defeat his specific foes (fire-proof for the Human Torch, spider-sense jammers for Spider-man, gamma absorbers for the Hulk, etc.) his button for her is one that opens a panic room that he flees into.

* And of course, there's that one Elseworld where [[The Punisher]] wipes out all the [[Marvel Comics]] heroes. All of them. Even [[Thor]]. Yep. Many were killed offscreen and given [[Hand Wave]] explanations. And the one who finally brings him down? [[Daredevil]]. (Not by beating him or anything, mind you, just by making him feel sufficiently guilty that he commits suicide after killing DD.)