Who inspires more fear batman or the joker

[theoneandonly]

Two ordinary persons ordinary as in not having any superpower who have become symbols of fear that all villains and heroes get a bad vibe when going against them. the joker is regarded as pretty much uncontrollable and all Dc villains tend to avoid him and Batman is feared not only by criminals but by those persons nearest to him. my question is who inspires more fear the joker or batman?

[adrikito]

The Joker... He can KILL YOU.. And... Is the Worst Nightmare of Batman..

[theoneandonly]

Yes he does kill and has haunted batman but when batman snapped in the hush story arc and was finally ready to kill him he had him running in fear from him.

[JAG2045]

The Joker, theres a story where one of the Flash villains (Pied Piper I think) says that to scare each other the DC villains tell Joker stories

For a good example see Batman RIP, that moment when the Joker meets the Black Glove and breaks a guys neck you can see they are all terrified of him

[theoneandonly]

yes in the underworld unleashed storyline the trickster does say that and in the batman rip storyline he does have them shaking in their boots but in the same story he acknowledged that he has gone literally crazy trying to beat batman and once you go against the batman he just creates such situations where you are trapped inside your own head due to him manipulating your psychology. Even superman acknowledges his ability to manipulate any situation as one of his most scary traits.in the Superman batman public enemies story arc. he also emotionally raped Jezebel when he stole the only relic of her childhood memories. she can't believe he knows so much about her. that is another factor which makes him so dangerous as he is a master exploiter who knows almost all facts about his enemies and how to use the knowledge against them.

[MajorHoy]

It may depend more on if you're naughty or if you're nice?