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Originally posted by moogle@Apr 27 2006, 02:13 AM
Pfft...Joker by far...
I think a closer match would be Rorscach vs the Joker...bwhaha.
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The main problem with the Joker versus anybody BUT Batman is that the Joker has usually built up his scheme on the premise of staging a confrontation with Batman, so any tale involving the Joker and any other protagonist, must also include Batman, or it is not being true to Joker's motivations. The implication made in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is that the Joker languished in Arkham Asylum for years, until Bruce Wayne put the cowl back on. The Shadow is unlikely to stumble onto one of the Joker's plans, as the Joker is very low key, and well into the background, before Batman is also on the case.
The same goes for Rorshach versus The Joker. Of course, that match up is doomed because it is not a hero versus a villian, but two villians. Rorshach is a psychopathic, serial murderer with a very peculiar victim of choice-- murderers, rapists, and crimelords. A more fitting match up is Batman versus Rorshach. It has the interesting potential of Batman trying to differentiate himself from the man he is pursuing, as the only significant difference between Batman and Rorshach is that Batman will not kill.