User blog comment:Lasifer/Anniversary Special: The Joker vs. Bane/@comment-4484220-20120727001953

Very interesting matchup, Las.

Sorry, but I'm not much of an expert on guns, so I'm not going to get very analytical on the arsenal here. But that's not the thing that's really shown what these warriors can do, so it's not really going to be much of a deciding factor.

Both warriors here have shown to be very cunning, and had elaborate plans. Yes, the Joker's plans are more creative, per se, but there's a difference between creative, and elaborate. Bane's scheme's have shown to be considerably more elaborate and well thought-out than the Joker's, having reigned chaos in Gotham to a much larger degree and for a much longer amount of time. Yes, the Joker has caused quite a lot of chaos in Gotham, but he never trapped the entire city's police under ground, kept the country's military at bay by threatening to ignite a bomb if anyone crossed the bridge to Gotham, or beat the crap out of Batman in a hand-to-hand combat fight. Okay, yeah, Batman was a bit out of shape when Bane beat Batman really badly. Nonetheless, even when Batman got back into shape, he was still able to go toe-to-toe with him for a while. Of course, if we analyzed this by terms of one-on-one hand-to-hand combat, Bane would obviously curbstomp the Joker. But that's not entirely what wins Bane the day in my opinion. If the Joker relied on strength and skills, he'd have been put out of business by a mere handful state police officers before even catching Batman's eye as a threat. The real evidence in showing that Bane is going to win is to look at who caused more damage in Gotham, and who took Batman longer to defeat. And there you will see this falls in favor of Bane. My vote goes for Bane.