Everything's Super

As Marvel's expensively assembled Avengers power their way into UK cinemas there's but one question on every comic book fan's lips:

Who would win on the big screen if Marvel's Iron Man, Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, Thor and Hawkeye ever had to face off against that other intrepid band of superheroes?

Yes, we're talking DC Comics' Justice League of America, featuring Batman, Superman (Henry Cavill, below, as the latest Man of Steel incarnation), Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Green Lantern and Aquaman.

The general feeling is that the DC lot would probably shade it. "Superman would have the beating of Thor, Wonder Woman at least matches the Avengers' other big gun, the Hulk, and Batman probably has more smarts than his opposite number, Iron Man. That leaves three Avengers without super powers against the fastest man alive, a galactic policeman, a hugely powerful alien and the King of Atlantis," notes a perceptive Guardian reader.

One thing is for certain: it would make for not only one of the most entertaining but also quite definitely the priciest movie spectacles of all time. Bring it on!