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I'm sorry, but no. One out-of-continuity comic where a writer goes meta does not bury or destroy a character. And frankly, after seeing a hundred different writers take their turns tearing Superman down and dragging him through the mud, it's refreshing to see someone turn it on one of the bad guys for once. If the Joker is so fragile that he can't take one monologue in a non-canon story without being undermined and destroyed forever, then to be honest he probably wasn't all he was cracked up to be to begin with.
As for heroes having to stay in their box or risk ruining the fun for other characters, that pretty much applies only to Gotham City. Non-S villains like Sinestro, Grodd, Black Adam, Ares, Malefa'ac, et al could put a serious hurt on Clark, so I really don't have a problem with Superman dropping into Central City or wherever to lend a hand. Hell, people fight each other's villains all the time in the Marvel universe without it being a problem. It's only Gotham that causes this division, without having to ramp up character favoritism.
I love me some Batman, and I love me some Joker, I really do. But the protective bubble that writers have placed over Gotham, to where no other characters are ever allowed to look cool or effective in the presence of someone in the Bat-Franchise, is fucking ridiculous. Time and time again, they make this huge deal about how hey, fuck superpowers, just get Batman to handle it while all the mega-powered demigods and aliens are tripping over their own feet. For the sake of making sure Batman and Gotham City as a whole are never made out to be anything less than the coolest thing ever, the rest of the entire DC Universe is made to look weak and ineffectual.
So no, I don't mind Superman trouncing Joker and making Batman's job look easy. God knows if there's one franchise that needs to be taken down a peg or two, it's that one.
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