However, despite his strict policy, there have been instances in which Batman has come close to killing the Joker. In Frank Miller's graphic novel “The Dark Knight Returns,” for example, an older, more ruthless Batman nearly kills the Joker after he murders hundreds of people in a television studio.
The true reason why Batman doesn't kill the Joker has been revealed. The Dark Knight believes that there is still some part of the Joker that is worth saving. This belief in humanity and finding it even within Gotham's most depraved criminal proves that Batman is and always will be one of DC's most caring heroes.
The page everyone remembers from Batman: Knightfall is Bane “breaking the Bat” over his knee. But Bane beat Batman by working smarter, not harder. Bane was able to defeat the Dark Knight physically by first exhausting him spiritually (and, well, also physically).
The ultimate Batman villain is a deranged psychopath who acts as more of an agent of chaos than an organised criminal. Also known as the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker is the arch-enemy of the Dark Knight — one capable of such unthinkable evil that can make even Batman shudder.
He would most likely feel bad about it for a while but for the most part, his life wouldn't change that much. Joker appears very rarely as Batman's foe, so killing him wouldn't change that much. Batman has actually tried to kill Joker once in canon. That happened in New 52's Endgame storyline.
1 Ben Affleck's Batman Killed Over 25 Criminals With Lethal Weaponry And Brutal Tactics.
Batman has fought numerous villains in his time as the Caped Crusader, but few have harmed him and his allies as much as the Joker has. Batman has admitted several times that his enemies don't get worse than the Joker, so it's obvious that the clown has left a deep scar in Batman.
No matter the media, the Joker remains Batman's greatest nemesis. On film, Jack Nicholson's Joker set the bar for villainy in Batman.
Bane. The page everyone remembers from Batman: Knightfall is Bane “breaking the Bat” over his knee. But Bane beat Batman by working smarter, not harder. Bane was able to defeat the Dark Knight physically by first exhausting him spiritually (and, well, also physically).
This raises the question as to why Batman was scared of Lex Luthor specifically. The reason Batman's other villains can't compare is that Lex Luthor is the literal foil to Bruce Wayne. Bruce's greatest fear is becoming the very evil he fights against every night, which explains Batman's no-kill rule. The costumed...
There's no doubt that recalling the fate of his parents is Bruce's biggest fear and regret. No matter who kills Batman's parents in different media, it's the catalyst to the person he becomes. Bruce spent all his childhood and early adulthood scared of remember what had happened.
To Be Forgotten. While fans got to hear many memorable quotes from Joker in Batman: Arkham, the series also revealed what his greatest fear is supposed to be. As it turned out, The Joker feared being forgotten more than anything else because it meant nobody was afraid of him anymore, rendering all his crimes void.
Although Batman still sticks with this noble policy, there have been times where he's broken his own cardinal rule. Some examples of Batman killing a foe are unequivocally (and unapologetically) blatant, while others are a bit more complicated. Regardless, Batman has restored to lethality on more than one occasion.
After discovering their secret lair, Batman becomes lost in a maze, finding himself hunted by a Talon, a very deadly assassin for the Court. After being tortured both physically and mentally, a Talon is ordered to deliver the final blow, ultimately killing Batman in a very violent and bloody way.
The first villain Batman ever faced was a man named Stryker. Despite that legacy, there's a good reason you don't see him around. In 1939's Detective Comics #27, Batman punched him over a railing into a vat of acid.
Joker even managed to poison Batman with his blood forcing the Dark Knight into helping him get the cure for the disease.
Wayne is replaced as Batman by an apprentice named Jean-Paul Valley (a.k.a. Azrael), who becomes increasingly violent and unstable, tarnishing Batman's reputation.
As Batman himself once said, “if I allow myself to go down into that place, I'll never come back.” In the 1989 film “Batman,” the Caped Crusader allows the Joker to fall to his death, although it is unclear whether this was a deliberate act or an accident.
Wolverine is the best there is at what he does and what he does sometimes is beat a dude in a bat cowl with a cape. Wolverine has been fighting for much longer than Batman has been alive and is a much better martial artist than he gets credit for- he doesn't need his claws to make short work of his opponents.
Mild spoilers for Batman: The Knight #10 aheadA lot of people think that Batman's greatest skill is fear because it's a powerful weapon against his enemies, but Batman's actual true power is compassion. Bruce may use terror to keep criminals in line, but when it comes to actually saving people, fear doesn't help.
Wayne's phobia of bats is the most apparent. It stems from his childhood incident of falling down a well with bats flying up above him. Because the incident happens at such an impressionable age, it causes extreme fear and becomes impossible to get rid of.