Warning: Contains spoilers for Multiversus: Collision Detected #3! Superman can accurately be described as the most powerful superhero in any universe (be it many Death Battle Victories over DBZ’s Goku is proof enough of this), and Rick and MortyRick Sanchez has more than proven himself to be the smartest person in the multiverse. And now, these beacons of unparalleled power and incomparable intelligence are about to go head-to-head with the perfect first move.
In a preview for Multiversus: Collision detected #3 by Bryan Q. Miller and Jon Sommariva, DC’s greatest heroes team up with some of​​​​Warner Bros.’ most iconic characters to battle villains from across the multiverse. The comic series sent the characters on a multiversal collision course, with the likes of Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo and the Wicked Witch of the West finding themselves in the DC Universe. And now, another Warner Bros.-owned character also finds his way to the world of DC: Rick Sanchez.
Mayhem in the city of tomorrow! Metropolis’ newest city-wide battle has it all: Green Lantern, Hawgirl, a kid with a gem on his shiny round torso, a sprite-sized Dark Knight, and… the head. (It’s the thing where Brainiac’s code is overwritten by an inebriated scientist who can’t be bothered to hang around for the entire issue!)
As described in the issue’s official synopsis, Rick manages to overwrite Brainiac’s code and take complete control over the alien/AI supervillain. In true ‘Rick fashion’, the alcoholic super-genius even morphed Brainiac’s ship into his own face, letting DC’s heroes know exactly who was terrorizing them. Rick uses Brainiac’s tech to launch waves of deadly android drones at the heroes, a bold first move that soon gets the attention of the Man of Steel himself.
Rick and Morty’s Rick vs DC’s Superman: Who Will Win?
While Superman is arguably stronger than Rick Sanchez in terms of inherent power, Rick’s inventive genius makes him a worthy challenger, even without Brainiac’s tech. Over the course of Rick and MortyRick has done things like battle elder gods – including a ‘Zeus’ named Reggie and Lovecraftian old ones like Cthulhu – and taken down galactic (and even multiversal) empires, like the Galactic Federation and the Citadel of Ricks. Not only that, but Rick also has the superhuman ability to invent any weapon he needs at any time, even in the heat of battle.
Superman is certainly no slouch, either. Throughout his DC history, Superman has punched through dimensions, dragged an entire galaxy to a new location in space (when he was just a boy, no less), and exhausted an entire solar system with just a sneeze. Even putting aside his more impossibly impressive feats, Superman is still nearly indestructible, which would render practically all of Rick’s gadgets useless—even the ones he acquired after hijacking Brainiac. However, when fighting an opponent like Rick, the trick would be for Superman to land a fight-ending blow before Sanchez invented a weapon that would work against him.
Rick’s apathetic indifference could save the DC Universe
It’s safe to assume Rick doesn’t really care about the ‘VS battle’ at all
While Rick presents himself as a deadly threat to the entire DC Universe in the preview, the synopsis makes it clear that Rick “Couldn’t be bothered to hang around for the whole issue“. That means he probably just found himself in the DC Universe, took over Brainiac simply because he could, and then used his portal gun to go back home.
That would be the best case scenario, because if Rick really wanted to, it’s safe to assume that he would create a kryptonite weapon to kill Superman, destroy Earth from afar, and be back home in time for dinner. However, based on what fans know about Rick and what the summary offers, it is unlikely that he will do any of this, as he simply would have no interest in exerting himself so much for something so “positive”.
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Of course, there’s always the chance that Rick won’t stop the attack until he’s stopped, leading to a direct conflict with Superman that could go either way (indeed, super-geniuses have attacked Superman with kryptonite weapons before, to no avail) . However, fans will just have to wait for the full release to know for sure. Until then, they’re left with the perfect first move featured in this preview, one that could lead to DC’s Superman Battling Rick and MortyS Rick Sanchez.
Multiversus: collision detected #3 By DC is available October 16, 2024.