10 Most Brutal Villain Beatdowns In All Of Comics
1. Batman Vs The Joker - Batman: Hush
There are more brutal villain beatdowns on this list - in fact if we were judging purely by the gore on display The Boys would win out easy - but none of them are as visceral and as frightening in its brutality as when Batman very nearly killed The Joker.
Most Batman fans know the story of Hush front to back, but let's give a refresher for those who weren't reading comics eighteen years ago. Batman's best buddy Tommy Elliot is back in Gotham, and not two minutes after he gets back does the Joker shoot and seemingly kill him. An event likely known in Gotham as "the welcome party".
This makes Bruce Wayne angry. This makes Bruce Wayne very angry indeed.
He suits up and hunts Joker down. Joker barely even gets a word in before Batman proceeds to tear the clown apart. It's only by Commissioner Gordon stepping in that Batman realizes what he's doing and manages to stop himself from breaking his one rule.
it was the first time in a long time that readers genuinely thought that this was going to be the day Batman killed the Joker. How could it not be the most savage villain beatdown in comic history?
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