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word of advice ! Preview page in front forBatman / Superman : World ’s Finest # 25!EvenSupermanknows deeply down in his core that there ’s no room he can ever trounce theJoker . The Man of Steel has face some of the DC Universe ’s most malefic villain from Lex Luthor and his insidious judgement plot to Darkside and the painful dictatorship he inspire .
But what about the Joker ? for sure someone as powerful as Superman could well take downthe Clown Prince of Crime . However , Clark has serious question that he ’d be capable to do so . Despite his immense might , Superman knows there ’s no agency he can overcome the Joker , at least , without lose the moral high ground .
Superman and the Joker’s Complicated History
With one being DC Universe ’s greatest hero and the other being its most notorious villain , Superman and Joker havecrossed paths more than once in their long histories . One of their most renowned canyon confrontations took place during the iconic “ Emperor Joker ” plot line when the scoundrel stole Mr. Mxyzptlk ’s reality - altering king and used them to re - create the populace in Joker ’s image . The Man of Steel thankfully worked with Mxyzptlk and the Spectreand managed to Delaware - top executive the Jokerand reset reality back to normal .
Out of persistence , however , the Joker hurt Superman worse than any other baddie before and brought full chaos to the DC Universe . InInjustice , Joker tricked Superman into belt down a pregnant Lois Lane by induce Clark think he was lash out Doomsday . Joker even rigged a detonator to Lois ’ New York minute , result in Superman unknowingly destroying Metropolis with a bomb . The revulsion of what Clark did caused Superman to bust and brutally vote down the Joker . But while the Harlequin of Hate croak , Superman never find from that awful day .
Injusticeshowed Superman at his absolute bad . Clark begin a totalitarian government and attempted to rid the Earth of crime by force . This created a split that tear apart the DC Universe and caused teams to precipitate apart , not to mention families . Even though the Joker was long dead by the fourth dimension of Injustice ’s independent events , his action completely changed the course of chronicle in this alternate DC Universe andwhile Superman lived , his image was dead destroyed by the demented clown ’s activity .
Batman Confirms It: Superman is Incapable of Beating Joker
In a prevue forBatman / Superman : World ’s fine # 25by Mark Waid , Dan Mora , and Steve Pugh , the Joker is attack Gotham City and Superman has come by to lend his friend a hand . Batman sends Superman to deal with the poison gas Joker has unleashed while the Dark Knight manage his archenemy . Clark inhales the toxic fumes that the Joker let looseand sends them out into infinite . Meanwhile , Batman speedily deal with the clown and the duo see him to Arkham Asylum .
Joker rants and raves all the way as the World ’s Finest drag him to the Asylum . Ignoring the clown ’s rantings , Superman admits that he has no mind how Batman handles the Joker . Clark feel that the opposition he ’s used to fight at least recollect rationally , form them far easier to dole out with . Batman respond that the Joker is actually middling predictable if one can imagine the globe through the sick villains ’ eyes , something Batman believe Superman is plainly incapable of doing .
Unfortunately for Batman and Superman , the doctor that is left in complaint of the Joker turns out to be Lex Luthor in disguise . He breaks Joker out of Arkham and brings him to Metropolis , where Lex discover his plan to the Joker : Lex want to decode a supernatural function that force back those who translate it harebrained . Lex has a bomb attached to the Joker to ensure his abidance and the two coif out to locate one of the most powerful mystic souvenir in the DC Universe .
The Joker’s Chaos is Too Much for Superman’s Powers
Obviously , when it comes to power alone , Superman is unambiguously strong than the Joker . Superman can pilot , move full planets and shoot concentrated beam of light of heating system out of his eye . Joker ’s only straight world power is his sore aspiration and his willingness to do whatever he must to get his sick of kick . But even without index , the Joker has fought numerous threats outside his weight class such as Nightwing and Booster Gold ( not to mention all the long time he ’s vexed Batman as Gotham ’s outstanding terror ) .
What gives Joker an vantage over Superman is the villain ’s nous is fractured in a room that Clark ca n’t even lead off to comprehend . The reason Batman is able to continually reign the Joker in is because Bruce is a similarly break individual and he know how to look in the abysm and think like someone as evil as his nemesis . Clark , on the other hand , is a basically good somebody andSuperman ca n’t even start to imagine the depths of corruption the Joker would sink to .
Superman is the DC Universe ’s great symbol of commodity in the man while Joker is its greatest evil . When Clark killed the Joker in Injustice , he might have put an end to the Clown Prince of Crime , but it was the Joker who ultimately won . The swarthiness of the Joker ’s actions come apart Clark becauseSuperman just was n’t prepared for someone that improbably malevolentto do something like that to him . As great a hero as Superman is , the Joker ’s shadow gives him an advantage that the Big Blue Boy Scout ca n’t make headway against .
Superman is Better Off Staying Away from the Joker
Even Batman knows that Superman is a unspoiled person through and through ( and has even said so during the “ Hush ” storyline ) . But that good preclude Clark from adequately address the Joker . Bruce eff that Joker requires more than mere mogul to defeat him . shoot down the villain requires someone with an internal darkness , something Batman has all too much of and Superman has very petty of . Bruce is more than happy to let Superman assist in taking down the Jokeras long as it ’s Batman who finally go after him .
While Superman has defeat tons of evil villains in his life , the Joker is a special fount for the rest of the DC Universe . Clark has just too much good in his core and it make him unable to realize how the Joker operate , which assign even someone as strong as Superman at risk . It ’s proficient for all parties involve if Clark assists others and attempt to avoid taking on the clown himself . certain on raw power , Clark wins . But theJoker’sevil and helter-skelter somebody is something that will always give him an bound overSuperman .
Batman / Superman : World ’s Finest # 25is available on March 19th from DC Comics .
Batman / Superman : World ’s Finest # 25(2024 )
