Probably Jack. He had access to a variety of weapons and gadgets Ledger would have no answer for. I don't see prep making that big of a difference due to the resources Jack could play with in that amount of time.
In the prep department it's Ledger's game. If you look a little closer at DK, you might realize how large chunks of the movie is something the Joker planned in advance.
In a straight up fight, it could go either way. Ledger's Joker can hold his own in a fight (he overpowered the police officer that he baited into fighting him), but he doesn't use guns often. Jack's Joker usually does.
When it comes to prep, though, Ledger's Joker stomps.
@mrunsmiley: Ledger ambiguously overpowered a fat police officer and Nicholson did nothing H2H wise (that I can remember). There is nothing to argue in regards to H2H. Both were not notable.
Though in terms of weapons, Nicholson had a lot of goofy gadgets.
There is no way ledger out preps nicholson. Nicholson showed a variety of smarts with chemical weapons. Managed to turn gotham into his bitch with smilex and got them all begging him for money.
Ledger's Joker was prepped for every contingency he ever encountered. He manipulated Gotham's finest including Harvey. He manipulated the mob. So on and so forth. His preparation was actually well displayed for a film that was meant to be more realistic than comic bookie.
Ledger's Joker actually seemed competent in planning a strategy, and showed at least some knowledge of how to hurt someone. Nicholson's Joker had bigger plans, but honestly they were very bad plans. Jack also never really showed any skills at fighting at all, all he really did was get beat on a laugh.
Ledger's Joker could easily kill someone, either with a knife or by coming up with a complex plan, Jack didn't really.
@oscuro: yoooooou ahhhareee myy nuummbeeerr onnneww aahhhhguy
Jack ad-libbed that line to make a joke about the way Palance talks.
@koshi_waza88: Ledger was not really that realistic. The real mob would have instantly killed him, he essentially manipulated the criminal under-world, police force and turned a city into chaos. Half the city were on two ferries and he was prepared to blow them up.
Ledger. But this is a good Battle, seeing as though the Old Joker is much more Chemical based. The new joker is all about guns, bombs, and intimidation and he had Gotham scared AF. He could even use mind games.
I'd say Ledger. That school bus coordination, hospital blowup and what he did with the two ships were pretty impressive. More so than throwing a parade or vandilizing a museum while listening to bad music.
I'd say Ledger. That school bus coordination, hospital blowup and what he did with the two ships were pretty impressive. More so than throwing a parade or vandilizing a museum while listening to bad music.
Jack Nicholson has much better resources, and can manage to get his hands on EXPERIMENTAL MILITARY WEAPONS. He also already has the Gotham mob at his disposal, unlike Ledger, who had to manipulate it into serving him. Nicholson has a big advantage here.
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