I don't quite remember how, but wasn't Jason stopped by someone else before killing Joker? And the question posed is, who does Gotham deserve. Gotham is a crappy city. It deserves a Batman that sees it for the armpit of the DC Universe that it is. Superman doesn't even like visiting Gotham. For good reason.
I don't remember him trying to kill Joker while Bruce was gone, I remember him going after Dick instead of any of his villains. But yeah Gotham is a messed up city and that's not going to change in the main timeline at least.
@rustyroy: I agree. But you also have to bear in mind that Thomas' earth's joker is his friggin wife.
Why would he kill her lol.
Why wouldn't he? She's a murdering psychopath. The difference between Bruce and Thomas is that Bruce is selfless and Thomas is selfish. Bruce wanted to kill the Joker many times but he didn't, even after Joker crippled Barbara and killed Jason. If he doesn't break his code for someone else's kid's death, he won't break his code for his own kid's death either, to him being Batman is more than being Bruce Wayne, that's why he's the best Batman. I believe if he killed criminals then he would also kill his closest friends and family if they were criminals.
And why do people consider that Thomas can be better than Bruce, he killed his villains in an alternate world, not the main universe, if killing villains means better hero then Bruce is still the best Batman since he killed practically every villain in Earth 51. There's no way DC will start killing their popular villains in the main universe even if Thomas or Jason took over the mantle.
As for OP, Bruce is the Batman Gotham (and the multiverse) needs and deserves. Dick, Jason and any other character are already doing what they can as Nightwing, Red Hood and whatever else, becoming Batman won't make them any better or worse. Bruce was, is and always be the one true Batman.
Won't change them at all.
But I imagine if Thomas Wayne or Jason Todd were calling the shots around Gotham, we'd see a lot less baddies running around.
Jason had many chances of cleaning up Gotham when Bruce was gone, he didn't. Thomas doesn't have the skills and resources to fight Bruce's rogues. Besides both had the chance to kill Gotham's biggest baddie Joker and both didn't so I don't know how they'll be a better Batman than Bruce.
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