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And, you know, I'm fine with the Joker being scary in ways that actually make sense. That "villains tell Joker stories" line was narrated by the Trickster, an unpowered and relatively sane (ex-) villain who tended to hang out with thrill-seekers and blue-collar supercriminal types. That crowd, sure, they'd find the Joker pretty nightmarish--they wouldn't obey him, but they'd avoid him if they could, shoot him on sight if they couldn't.

But the Cheetah? Abra Kadabra? Effigy? Nope, they shouldn't find the Joker remotely intimidating. (Honestly, I don't think the Joker could ever be in the same story as Kadabra without getting turned into a giant playing card and shredded. Kadabra hates rival showmen.)

Again, you want to have the Joker take down Psimon in this story? That could be plausibly done. Have the Joker poison Psimon in some intricate, indirect and half-random way that even a telepath can't see coming. And then he could crow about how easily Psimon's grand plans for utopia came crashing down thanks to a single malcontent with no superpowers. Boom, point made. Instead, what we get is the Joker doing some sort of caveman alpha male shtick to impress a bunch of unrepentant murderers who can outrace bullets and punch down buildings. 'Tis silly.