The third installment of Tournament Smashers has arrived!

Batman had been patrolling the streets of Metropolis while Superman was away. (See Broly vs Superman for details) It had been a pretty uneventful day. The usual bank robbers, but nothing that he couldn’t handle. He had been about to call it a day when he saw a man in a bright costume standing on a roof.

Batman shot out his grappling hook and swung over. “Hello Batman, I’m here on official buisness from Washington,” the man stated as he held out his hand. Batman didn’t extend his in greeting. Shaken, the man let his hand fall to his side. “My name is Captain America, and by order of the President I’m bringing you in,” Cap stated. The wind seemed to blow a little more fiercely.

The eerie silence chilled Cap to the bone. “Don’t resist Batman, it’ll just make it harder on both of us,” Cap said as he took out the hancuffs. Batman quickly struck his fist out, but Cap had been expecting that and sidestepped the blow. Of course, Batman didn’t become the legend he is today by twiddling his thumbs! He threw a solid roundhouse kick aimed at Cap’s head.

Cap ducked, but he noticed a round shaped object. “No,” Cap exclaimed as he jumped from the building as the object blew up and smoke filled the air. Cap managed to grab a flagpole and hurled him self through the air. The sky grew dark as Cap noticed Batman gliding towards him. “You’ve forced my hand,” Cap said as he threw his iconic shield at Batman. Without so much as a blink Batman caught the shield and smashed Cap with it.

Cap got hurled through a window and hit the ground. “You’re pretty good Batman, but you don’t have army training,” Cap said as he got up. Batman threw the shield, but Cap caught it. “You’ll regret that,” Cap stated as he started running towards Batman. “I don’t think so,” Batman said as the shield started zapping Cap.

“I was careless he thought as he noticed an electronic gadget on the shield. Cap tore it off and tackled Batman. They fell out the window and hit a car. Fortunately they were only 2 stories up, but the fall still took the wind out of Batman. “Surrender,” Cap yelled as he threw Batman to the ground.

“I don’t surrender,” Batman declared as he threw a batarang. Cap had read the reports and knew that some batarangs would explode on impact, so instead of blocking the batarang he simply dodged. Cap jumped off the car and attacked Batman with a flying kick. Batman caught his leg and threw him against a wall.

Cap got up with lightning speed and threw his shield at Batman. Batman ducked and released a net from his left hand that engulfed the shield. “Still think you can win,” Batman inquired as he reached into his utility belt. “With me, anything’s a weapon,” Cap said as he grabbed a convenient trash can lid and threw it at Batman.

The explosive disc Batman had just grabbed was wrenched from his hand. It blew up in the air, scattering dust all around. “Now’s my chance,” Cap thought as he ran in. The two of them exchanged many blows. Any ordinary human would have passed out long ago, but these two are far from ordinary! Finally, the smoke cleared and only one was standing.

Cap was on the ground, barely conscious. “Go back to Washington,” Batman stated as he shot his grappling hook into the air. His Batplane came out from behind a building and latched on. It flew off into parts unknown. “Looks like I lost my first battle,” Cap thought as he picked himself up and started to head back to Avengers mansion.

Batman got off at the Daily Planet. Clark Kent still wasn’t back. “That’s odd,” Batman had thought since the explosions had stopped in the direction Superman had gone. Deciding he’d better check it out, Batman got back in the plane and flew off. After all he was 1-0, who could stop him now?

The End