User blog comment:Lasifer/Anniversary Special: The Joker vs. Bane/@comment-2217541-20120924232319

I see this fight playing out a lot like Ivan the Terrible vs. Hernan Cortes. I love the Dark Knight version of the Joker, but let's face it, he's up against a stronger, saner, better trained man...much like Batman, who defeated the Joker in the end.

This is not going to be a one-sided fight, far from it. Joker may not have Bane's raw power, but he makes up for it in creative and unpredicitable plots. I imagine Joker and his gang will quickly wear down Bane's gang, and will probably give Bane a lot of trouble, but the fact remains that Bane is a far better tactician.

Joker held Gotham in a reign of terror, but only killed so many people.

Bane nearly wiped out Gotham entirely.