Apocalypse

Apocalypse! Just say it. Apocalypse! It's a powerful, powerful name. Rightly suited for such a powerful dude. In his time (which is eternal by the way. Apocalypse is over 5,000 years old) Apocalypse has defeated gods, been worshiped as a god, and managed to make Angel less gay (probably the most impressive of his accomplishments).

Apocalypse has a lot of powers, which is odd for a mutant, but not odd for a mutant augmented by celestial technology. He is super-strong, invulnerable, capable of instantaneous regeneration, able to absorb and blast energy, telepathic, telekinetic, and has complete control over his own molecular structure, meaning he can alter his size, shape, and density at will. He is also immortal, immune to all disease, and can teleport. He's also a genius, in possession of technology far beyond anything currently in existence (which is actually pretty standard amongst super-villains).

With the ability to alter both his size and density, it isn't too hard to imagine Superman just flying into Apocalypse at super-speed and ending up a super-smear on his chest. That is typically how Superman fights, by just barreling headfirst into things. Not always the best strategy. It's the kind of strategy that gets you splattered against Apocalypse's chest. Even if Superman did manage to defy logic and inflict some minute amount of damage on Apocalypse doing so, Apocalypse would heal instantly anyway. It's sort of odd to have both invulnerability and a healing factor...

Or Apocalypse could take Supes down the old fashioned way, with giant fisticuffs and energy blasts. It would actually be to Apocalypse's advantage to leave Superman unsplattered anyway. Superman would be an awesome Horseman. Much better than Archangel. Archangel sucks.

Next Week: Black Vulcan