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Hey i have read both marvel and dc since a kid and i love 'em both. Hulk and Superman are both strong beings, but there is no argument-Superman would win! Even without all the other abilities, superman would still beat hulk. Superman is almost invulnerable, whereas hulk's skin could be easily penetrated by superman! Now there is an argument that since Doomsday and superman went at it that hulk could also go at it with the man of steel, but its not the same: If hulk and doomsday went at it, the fight wouldnt last a minute, Doomsday would slaughter Hulk-even with hulk's "the madder iget, the stronger i get" deal. Lets face it, hulk does get stronger but only to a certain point (he can only get so mad anyway). there will never be a point where Hulk could get strong enough to move mountains.
Comparing both movies and comics, Superman would be the Winner. Another reason is that the Hulk is not some normal being that Superman wouldn't kill (Superman's morals=weakness). Superman could still pierce the hulk's chest and rip out his heart even an hour into the battle.
On a Side note, Superman and Doomsday both die, with only Superman coming back. Or in a different story they both come back from the dead, and later, Superman finally kills Doomsday in another battle.
But any way, it would still be interesting to see Superman and Hulk go at it (even though hulk would be screwed).
Superman versus Hulk. There's no definite answer when it comes to comparing 2 giants such as these. Nonetheless, lets try to compare these anyway. Before we can even start to debate who would win a fight between these immortals; we have to assume that both of them are going to have a go at each other relentlessly i.e. without any second thought(s). In other words we will have to rely on some basic assumptions before we can even start to argue. Firstly, since this is an argument to decide who is stronger, we can't let the suphero's morals get in the way since they only limits the character's true strength. I know the whole crap about how personality defines a superhero and all, but not in this case, where the fight is for survival. Secondly, let us assume that both- Superman and Hulk- have completely lost their ethical inhibitions and are only focused on killing each other. Having these 2 basic assumptions established, lets go on to decide who might have the upper hand. And we have to leave out the idea of having Kryptonite involed in the battle because that is clearly a weakness of superman's strength and that would be putting him at a disadvantage rather than placing him in a fair situation to start off with. And this logical progression equally applies to the the idea of reddening the sun or using the red krypton ring against Superman or something equally absurd. On that note doesn't it make one wonder about how really vulnerable superman is. Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that we should argue this battle on fair grounds of reasoning.
Firstly, in a fight, the 2 most important elements to win a battle rely on brains. Regarding brains Superman has the upper hand. But beware that superman isn't smarter because of some misconception of Hulk being on par with the thinking ability of a 5 year old- because through the comic editions, movies and cartoons the Hulk actually learns to control his power and be able to think like the nuclear scientist that he is as Bruce Banner. It is because Superman is a much older character in the comic world than Hulk; hence he has more experience fighting criminals. Therefore, experience gives Superman the upper hand. In essence, Superman only needs to out think Hulk in a battle to "possibly" win.
Secondly, might is right. But who is more powerful- Superman or the Hulk. As much as I would like to have a simple answer to this qustion- I don't. Yes, Superman does have a vast plethora of abilities that may out number Hulk's abilities- but most of his abilities are virtually useless against Hulk. Let me show you why!
Freeze-breath will only freeze the Hulk- what else could it possibly do? The ice would eventually either have to melt away or Superman would have to punch the ice to hurt the Hulk; therefore, breaking the ice.
Some may even hypothesize that Superman could use his flight abilities to suffocate Hulk by flying him out to outerspace. But because of Hulk's regenerating capabilities to adapt to any environment possible, flying him off to space wouldn't really do much to the awsome Hulk. And neither could Superman be suffocated in space because through out his development in the comic world even he is able to "survive in the outer vaccum of space without oxygen" (96, The end of history)
Speed is an advantage that superman definitely has. Infact, that would be an understatement because superman has been known to travel at speeds greater than that of light itself-esentially stopping time. So Hulk could never catch superman if he was to dodge every punch the Hulk could possibly throw at him. But if it is a fight to the death, then dodging is quiet useless since superman will eventually have to face his opponent at one point or another.
Now we are almost ready to evaluate the last of superman's abilities; those are his stength and his heat rays. I won't bother mentioning his x-ray vision because it only serves for the purpose of looking through walls and g-strings (laugh!). It is true that Superman's strength is limited; but his maximum strength is presumbly immeasurable. He may not be entirely invulnerable but he is almost invulnerable. But neither is Hulk's strength infinite or immesurable because it is only limited by his emotions. Lets face it, there is only a limit to how angry anyone can get. Theoretically, Hulk's strength increases proportionally with his emotions; but how angry can the Hulk get. Bruce Banner did not mention that his power had no limits, he only stated that his power relied on his emotions and his emotions were not limitless. So neither is Superman invulnerable nor is Hulk's power limitless. With these 2 misconceptions settled there is yet another point that is needed to be made. It is that neither Superman nor Hulk have actually ever fought at their max potential. This is so because Superman always ends up giving up because he is either to pious to kill or unwilling to break his usual moral code of conduct due to the devasation that his true powers could cause to the citizens.
Now Superman couldn't possibly try burning Hulk with his heat ray vision because Hulk has been known to have withstood temperatures even that of the sun. And because Superman's heat ray vision is limited by the power of the sun the Hulk could easily endure the heat of the vision.
I'm really a batman fan, so I couldn't careless for who's stronger, but here is my conclusion after my complete and total assessment of my personal evaluation. Superman might be stronger at first since it would take a fair amount of time for him (Hulk) to warm up to the man of steel's strength. Possibly, Superman could knock him out clean before the Hulk could even reach his state of maximum strength (which relies on his limited emotions). If not destroy, Superman could atleast send the Hulk off into space, causing the Hulk to be lost into the vastness of space. But it doesn't really count as destroying him- if you see what I mean. So Superman might have the upper hand since he doesn't have to wait to get stronger unlike the Hulk. But before concluding anything note that it's very hard to tell anything since we don't even know how angry the Hulk can actually become in order to reach a level of strength to match Superman's strength if not surpass it. And even if the Hulk could become really strong, we don't know how strong Superman really is because he has never really fought at his max strength.
Here is a note of interest. Theoretically, Superman becomes stronger the closer he gets to the Sun, so is it possible if Superman could fly Hulk into the sun and fight him there where he has an advantage to himself. Another thing; since superman can essentially stop time because of his speed, could he punch the Hulk at super fast rates so that the Hulk woudn't even have time to react. This would obviously weaken the Hulk before his body could even repair itself or before the Hulk could even get any angrier. With that said, its hard to really think that the Hulk could get angrier if he is in a continual state of pain and agony. Plus with the advantage of speed, Superman could lay more punches in a given amount of time than the Hulk could in a life time.
Sources
Sanderson, Peter (June 1986). "The End of History". Amazing Heroes (96). ISSN 0745-6506.
Feel free to correct me.