If there's one thing to know about Superheroes, it's that their disputes tend be action-packed, dramatic, and usually choc-full of wanton property damage. That needs to be the case with my fight between the Lion and the Unicorn.
To begin with, I had a look at a few comic-book brawls. These two spreads, illustrated fantastically by Ivan Reis, are from the recent Justice League comic event 'Forever Evil' written by Geoff Johns, in which evil versions of the Justice League arrive from their ruined world to take over ours. Here, Black Adam (ironically a villain himself) is attempting to confront the villainous Superman counterpart Ultraman. The moves and fight depicted here involves a lot of strangling, charging and punching (and ultimately ends with Adam's jaw being crushed).
I also thought it best to mention the rivalry between DC Comic's powerhouse names, Superman and Batman. Both are extremely different in terms of character, powers, and personality. It only fits that the two would clash frequently throughout comic book history, and the constant rivalry erupts in Batman: Hush, written by Jeph Leob. During the story, Superman is controlled by the plant pheromones of Poison Ivy, who forces him to attack Batman. However the Dark Knight wins the day and frees the Man of Steel (in contrast to how the cover below by Jim Lee appears to portray it). The fight is one of several major standoffs between the two over the years.
At this point, I envisioned the Lion winning the fight between the two, so I decided to use Jim Lee's Batman: Hush cover (above) as reference to illustrate an idea of how it could end. Of course I will not use the exact same pose as Lee's illustration in the final, but I only used it as reference to show an idea of how it could end.
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