Two-Face vs. a Werewolf. Okay, then!

Dec 15, 2010 03:39

I was all ready to finally write about the Two-Face story from Batman 80-Page Giant 2010 when I remembered that the author, Brad Desnoyer, had actually written *another* Harvey short story for another anthology: THE 2008 DC UNIVERSE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.

You know... the story where Harvey fights a werewolf. Yeah, that one ( Read more... )

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1mercystreet December 19 2010, 23:59:14 UTC
One of Harvey's Top Moments In Badassery! Thanks for posting this, I always love seeing a dry, deadpan Harvey.

I kind of want to cuddle Calender Man/Humpty Dumpty/whoever he is. I actually would prefer Tally Man to be written more like him in canon; a slightly confused individual who only understands numbers and debt, and not people.

There's a real feeling here that in Harvey's head, the werewolf's death brought him release. Harvey's struggling against his dual personality - note the insistence on "I" instead of "we", and the werewolf's lack of control over his monstrous side is something he understands better than most.

I think Harvey's comment about the werewolf's scars now being healed means that he views himself as having committed a mercy killing of someone for whom he feels kinship rather than murder, and even points to he himself having a latent deathwish. We've seen that before, when the good side of Harvey realised that suicide was the only way to stop Two-Face. It brings even more tragedy to the character.

To be honest his actions in this story don't really fit with the established MO of good heads = good action and bad heads = evil action, because by fighting the werewolf Harvey actually saved lives, making it a morally right action. Unless of course his "damn" was said on his realisation that he had to kill a being with whom he felt great sympathy. But this is a fun Halloween story, I shouldn't quibble about philosophy.

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