Batman's no-killing rule has unquestionably kept a number of his biggest villains alive, but one reality imagined what happened if the Dark Knight took down the Joker for good. In Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three, Superman dreamed of a world where Batman stopped the Joker before he got to Lois Lane and his unborn child. The comic featured a final encounter between the iconic hero and villain - and revealed the Joker's grisly last words.
In Tom Taylor's Injustice series, Superman infamously murdered the Joker after the Clown Prince of Crime after he used a scarecrow toxin to trick the Man of Steel into accidentally killing Lois Lane and his unborn child when he thought he was fighting Doomsday. The incident broke Superman as he became unhinged after the loss of his wife and child. The Kryptonian started to take justice into his own hands, even if it meant murdering those who stepped in his way. Fast-forward to Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Three and a magical sleeping powder showed what happened if Superman saved Lois and Batman ended the Joker's reign permanently.
In Injustice God Among Us: Year Three #13 by Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Juan Albarran, Xermanico, Rex Lokus, and Wes Abbott, Superman relives his most tragic day after getting put to sleep with magic dust. However, instead of losing his family, this time, Batman manages to relay to Superman that Doomsday was actually Lois before it was too late. Instead of killing Joker, Superman wants to question him - but Batman intervenes. He makes a promise to Superman that the Joker will never hurt him again. Batman puts him in the Batmobile and is told by his arch-nemesis he's the reason he smiles and kills. He continues to tell the Dark Knight he's going to continue to torment his friends, and says he'll "wait until [Superman's] baby is born" to try to kill him again, adding "children scream in a way that --" before Batman snaps his neck.
Batman immediately turns himself into the police. Superman thanks his friend for breaking his biggest rule to keep his family safe. Superman would get to live out his dream life before later be awakened.
Joker trying to kill Superman's family was the last straw for Batman. When the Joker (unsurprisingly) showed no remorse and said he was going to go after Clark and Lois' kid again - Bruce decided his moral code wasn't worth the deaths of those closest to him. As far as final words go, the Joker went out in fitting fashion by promising to torment the hero, although, it's unlikely he ever thought Batman would finally break.
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