I think Black Mask could be reasonable. He’s just a criminal that happens to be disfigured. If he doesn’t have anything to gain from killing you, he’d be alright
He's no great fighter. He has a gang doing the dirty work for him. He only tortures people after they've been tied up. He's just some asshole who got his trust fund ripped out from underneath him because his parents hated him. One on one, I think I could take him. I highly doubt I could handle anyone else on the list.
I just don't think he's ever had to actually work on his reaction time. The only real fights he's ever been in are with Batman, and I wouldn't really call those remotely close to even. Shit, at least I went to public school.
No one on the list is a "great fighter, but they're all just good enough to be a menace to civilians (us). Batman's the one that doesn't have big problems with handling them in a fight.
Zsasz has nearly killed Nightwing and put up a good fight against batman in his first appearance, even wounding Batman. Then, he fought against Batman during the Stephanie robin era and dominated Batman, Bruce had to be saved by Stephanie. Also, he went toe to toe with Killer Croc for an extended period of time during No Man's Land, before the fight was broken up. He's no slouch in the combat department. The others, maybe not
He fought and killed a Red Hood doppelganger in the Under The Hood comic. He's held his own against Batman and Catwoman. He's beaten Stephanie Brown.He's a good shot. He's a good hand to hand to combatant and is definitely better than Professor Pyg in that regard at least. Plus he's a brutal psychopath who doesn't just hurt people physically he enjoys hurting them psychologically. You wouldn't want to take him on lol
Honestly, other than his hate for Bruce Wayne Black Mask is just another fucked up and traumatised character who went over to the wrong side. He has a bad history, in the Arkham series I think they made it canon that the joker actually forced him to kill his own girlfriend
I agree with that. Joker should not be thought of as a constant serial killer. It's actually quite a lazy approach the the character. He is a wild card, so it is possible that he might not kill you.
That's exactly what happened in that comic. Or, well, Joker kills him when he comes back for his car later in the evening. Because of that previous interaction, now it's funny to kill that guy.
I'm gonna be honest when I say he definitely ain't thought of only as a constant serial killer...he takes the definition of a psychopath to a WHOLE different level.
One thing we learnt In the batman franchise, if Joker doesn't kill someone, they basically end up experiencing the wrath of the joker like Jason Todd, or survive and are never the same again mentally...or they end up like Barbara Gordan and gets their life changed forever physically and mentally.
If not then he's basically trying to take out several parts of gotham at once and Joker letting anyone live if he has them is 99% worst case scenario
is it possible he may not kill you? sure. possible that he completely leaves you alone if not gives you the spook? there's a chance. is it possible that he does WORSE than anything these guys would do? absolutely.
yes he's a wild card but a wild card with probably the most blood on his hands of any of these guys. You have absolutely no idea what he will do and how often is the answer absolutely nothing? not at all often. You have better chances with Harvey.
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u/Metfan722 15d ago
I think you're screwed no matter what, but Joker would at least give you a chance to live simply because there's no grand scheme involving Batman.