Who would win in a fight between Darkseid v. Thanos?

Who would win in a fight between Darkseid v. Thanos and why? Please justify your answers. Based on looking at both characters abilities and past, I would have to go with Thanos on this one. I have my reasons, but I also want to see what others think.

Also, this is Thanos without the Infinity Gauntlet. That would be unfair.

They actually did fight once during the Amalgam crossover, but I can't remember who won.

I think the fight was called on account of the sky turning into blood.

Seems more likely they'd go a few rounds before discovering it was pointless, find they had a lot in common, and band together to destroy their enemies once and for all.

Truly? Whoever the writer wanted to win.

I want to find out who would really win. Just looking at the numbers, Darkseid would win. His Omega Beams wipe out anything they hit from existance, or in the case of Batman send that person back in time. I never understood that. Thanos would be "dead", but since he pi$$ed off Death herself, he isn't allowed to die. He would come back.

Another way of looking at it is that Thanos could probably figure out a way to reverse the Omega Sanction, and have Darkseid wiped out of existance by his own hand. Thanos is the man, which is why he was in the Avenger's movie. For that reason alone, he wins.

What?!?!

No Lord High Papal in your "big bald guys from comics" imaginary fight?

What?!?!

No Lord High Papal in your "big bald guys from comics" imaginary fight?

That doubles up the Starlin contribution, though, so unless you can come up with another Kirby contender to throw in we'll have to disallow that entry.

They wouldn't be so base as to engage in a vulgar physical battle. They would match wits in a cosmic game of manipulation using lackeys, heroes, villains, and cosmic entities as pawns in thier struggle for galactic power.

Each move calculated, covered by feints, bluffs, and outright cheating that they are never truly able to completely conceal or predict from one another. As the game progresses, plans, countermoves, and a few surprises as they become more reckless in their efforts to defeat one another and win the cosmic prize they are striving for.

Finally, the board is overturned by the rebellion of the pawns. Neither gains the sought for prize as the playing pieces defy them. They shrug, complement each other on a well-played game and agree to meet again for a rematch.

I would say Darkseid. Im not an expert but isnt Darkseid stronger, has better army, technology? Whos the stronger one on one matchup vs the avengers? vs the hulk? I lean towards the marvel side but based on the animated movies i would go with Darkseid.

Who would win in a fight between Darkseid v. Thanos and why? Please justify your answers. Based on looking at both characters abilities and past, I would have to go with Thanos on this one. I have my reasons, but I also want to see what others think.

Also, this is Thanos without the Infinity Gauntlet. That would be unfair.

George Perez!

Actually I think the OP missed the point.

Thanos would win in Earth 616. He has Death on his side, and his enemies (Adam Warlock especially) wouldn't want Darkseid. And if you add in the Infinity Gauntlet, yes, Darkseid becomes Darksmear.

Darkseid would win in Earth-7642, since he has all his powers and allies, and 616-Thanos' gauntlet would not work there. Nor would Death be on his side.

So it really depends on where and why.

Lobo would kick both their asses.

But what if Darkseid has the Anti-Life Equation?

But what if Darkseid has the Anti-Life Equation?

Every time he's actually gotten hold of it, things kind of went horribly wrong.

Grey Lensman wrote:

But what if Darkseid has the Anti-Life Equation?

Every time he's actually gotten hold of it, things kind of went horribly wrong.

Maybe that's one thing the bad guys have in common? Thanos and Doom both have been called out on subconsciously sabotaging themselves, maybe Darkseid does too?

If you wish for an unbiased result for this argument then you can watch an internet show called death battle they pitted the two against each other at there peak of there power show it was as balanced as could be and all the possibilities where considered.
Now if you want my opinion it would be Darkseid all the way for of the two Darkseid is the god, and Thanos is the one with the god complex who wants to be a god,
And to the comment made by Matthew Morris, Darkseid's defeat every time he has had the Anti-Life equation was due to the fact the Orion had something to do to stop or weaken him that or his own allies or plan was used against him, case in point the infinite crises story where not only his weapon to kill Orion was used against him but the Black Racer as well.

If you wish for an unbiased result for this argument then you can watch an internet show called death battle they pitted the two against each other at there peak of there power show it was as balanced as could be and all the possibilities where considered.

Now if you want my opinion it would be Darkseid all the way for of the two Darkseid is the god, and Thanos is the one with the god complex who wants to be a god,
And to the comment made by Matthew Morris, Darkseid's defeat every time he has had the Anti-Life equation was due to the fact the Orion had something to do to stop or weaken him that or his own allies or plan was used against him, case in point the final crises story where not only his weapon to kill Orion was used against him but the Black Racer as well.

small edit meant the final crises not the infinite crisis.

Their was a death battle that ran it. They even gave Thanos the gauntlet and said darkseid won. To be fair tho I think if thanos had played it smart he would of won in that scenario. Basically the point was darkseid just reincarnates after you kill him because he's actually a god like being's avatar in the form we are most used to seeing him in. For my own take here is the following big points for me. Now thanos probably should of just banished hi with the infinity gems and been done with it in that death battle.

Thanos is Smarter. Pretty much all of thanos power thanos himself gave himself at least apart from the Eternal stuff. Thanos is known to make master plans that out do celestial beings. Darkseid usually favors a more blunt approach so for brains Thanos

For raw power I have to give it to darkseid. Anyone who can last in a fist fight with Superman isn't playing around. I've seen a good argument that superman basically has infinite str he always has as much as he needs. In general DC characters are more powerful then marvel. Their was a theory that even made it's way into the comics that the DC universe itslf makes heroes more powerful. In a cross over between silver surfer and superman silver surfer found himself more powerful in DC and superman found himself weaker in marvel. You could also use this as a point for Thanos since he would probably be more powerful in the DC universe.

Thanos tends to avoid that kind of fights in general. He usually chooses to misdirect and NOT get into a fight with people like Super gladiator, Hulk, and Champion.

If we go by victories and planets conquered or destroyed I think Thanos has this one won. In fact their is a current comic right now that basically says Thanos eventually wins and defeats Everyone. killing the universe.

I don't know of a comic line where darkseid wins.

I also remember a cross over comic where Galactus tries to eat darkseids planet apocalypse. Basically after all the fighting was said and done darkseid coudln't do anything but slow down Galactus while Thanos however has fought Galactus and actually did some damage and the new one he even kills Galactus.

home field advantage is basically what matter more then anything IMO.

Overall I think Thanos with planning will win but if its slug out Darkseid almost every time.

I don't know if I'd call Death Battle "unbiased". In the redux of the Mario/Sonic fight, they found that Mario had survived a nuke while Sonic survived a black hole, and somehow that translated into Mario, not Sonic, having an edge in durability. Yet in the fight between Wario and King Dedede, they found that Wario had survived a nuke (same one as Mario) while Dedede had also survived a black hole, and this time, they gave the durability edge to the guy who survived a black hole.

I've noticed a few flaws but for the most part death battle is pretty good.

I remember reading that Thanos has a psychological flaw.
Every plan he makes includes a way to defeat him if his opponent is clever enough to figure it out.
It comes from his feelings of not being worthy enough to win.

Charles,

He might HAVE that Flaw, but I don't see Darkseid being...clever enough maybe to notice it. That's just me though.

*holds up his back that reads "Thanos Wins" *