DC vs Marvel – Round 3

Lex Luthor vs Captain America… this is either going to be genius or deeply stupid. Let us drop them on the battlefield like two very angry action figures, yeah?

Lex Luthor walks in thinking he is fighting some sort of sparkly nationalist mascot.

Captain America walks in thinking he is about to punch a bald accountant.

Then Steve realises Lex is basically: Batman + Jeff Bezos + childhood abandonment issues + a power suit with laser fingers.

And Lex realises Steve is basically: a refrigerator-sized boy scout with the bone density of a tank who refuses to break the rules even when it is wildly inconvenient.

So the fight begins.

Round One: Strategy vs Righteousness

Lex absolutely tries to monologue. Of course he does. He has been waiting his whole life to monologue at a symbol of decency.

Cap interrupts by throwing the shield.

Lex: “Rude.”

Cap: “Could say the same about world domination.”

This is the tone.

Round Two: Tech vs Muscle

Lex suits up in his iconic green mech armour because he does NOT fight fair. Cap has zero powers beyond “my joints do not creak” and “my ethics are weaponised.”

So he is dodging plasma blasts like he is back in Normandy, except the guy firing at him now smells like industrial-grade arrogance.

Round Three: Captain America Does the Impossible Thing Again

Lex’s usual strategy—outthink, outbuild, outspend—runs into a brick wall named Steve Rogers.

Tech can overwhelm almost anyone… except a guy who can throw a shield hard enough to break a tank and refuses to die on principle.

Cap does not have to beat the armour. He only has to get close enough to beat the man inside it. And he can. Because Steve has fought robots, gods, aliens, men with swords for arms, and whatever the Winter Soldier was on Tuesdays (love you, Bucky!).

Lex is dangerous. But he is also a man who folds like a sad paper crane when someone punches him directly instead of engaging the murder-suit first.

Outcome: Captain America wins.

But it is a slog. Steve ends up scraped, bruised, and annoyed that he had to listen to Lex’s philosophy for more than thirty seconds.

Score Card

Power:

Lex: 8.5 (with suit)

Cap: 8 (peak enhanced human with shield)

Winner → Lex (raw power)

Emotional Messiness:

Lex: 10 (“I hate Superman so much I built my entire personality around it”)

Cap: 5 (“I miss my century”)

Winner → Lex

Banter:

Lex: 7 (smug, verbose, dramatic)

Cap: 4 (“Son—”)

Winner → Lex

Function Outside Niche:

Lex: 6 (still a genius, still a billionaire jerk)

Cap: 8 (still deadly with no powers—he is military trained)

Winner → Cap

Fight Winner:

→ Captain America

Because integrity + hand-to-hand + stubborn miracle flesh beats one angry industrialist in a fancy tin can.

Cap advances to the next round.