Only one month after Catwoman went back to being a criminal, Two-Face is also re-scarred in a freak accident when Harvey Dent tried to stop some safe-crackers in Batman #81 (December 1953). Unlike Catwoman, who only kept her paws clean for a couple years, Harvey Dent has been a reformed man for ten years. Yes, […]
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Detective Comics #187 (July 1952) features another story featuring Two-Face, featuring the now-rehabilitated Harvey Dent, less than a year since the previous not-quite-Two-Face story. This time, Harvey Dent agrees to portray Two-Face in makeup, but then exhibits signs of his old criminal behavior. It turns out to be George Blake, the theater manager, who thought […]
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DC leans a bit into the current horror vibe in Batman #68 (October 1951), with an apparent return of a gruesome Batman villain: Two-Face! It’s been three whole years since the last Two-Face story. This time it’s an actor set to play Harvey Dent / Two-Face in a play, who has the same acid-scaring incident […]
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No, I didn’t quite lie. The last 1940s appearance of Two-Face was back in 1943, but Batman #50 (October 1948) brings us one last Two-Face story in the Golden Age. In it, Harvey Dent, cured with kindness and some plastic surgery these past five years, suddenly seems to be sleep-walking and moonlighting again as the […]
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Speaking of split personalities, Harvey Kent aka Two-Face is cured of his split personality in Detective Comics #80 (August 1943). Harvey reforms, wins his girl back, and has plastic surgery to fix the disfigurement. Like almost all comic “transformations”, this is mostly a temporary one, though I believe this is Two-Face’s last appearance in the […]
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The first Two-Face story from Detective Comics #66 skips a month and continues from its cliff-hanger in Detective #68 (August 1942). Two-Face flips a coin (with a green hand!) to determine if he will lead a life of crime or try to get help. The coin stands on its edge so he lets fate decide. […]
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