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In honor of today being 2/22, the intrepid lego_joker decided--for whatever inspired reason--to throw together collages of every single time that Harvey got hit in the face with acid. The result is oddly compelling in a way that's both hilarious and horrible. The colleges in question only cover the comics in the regular continuity, and he has plans to ( Read more... )

So hey, remember when I said that I'd discovered an even-more-obscure Batman newspaper comic strip, one which featured what may well be the single rarest Two-Face appearance ever?Well, good news, everyone! I have come into possession of several scans of the strips, including most of the Two-Face stuff! Not all of it, sadly, and I'm missing the ( Read more... )

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And now, the conclusion of (my review of) Paul Jenkins' Batman: Jekyll & Hyde. At this point, artist Jae Lee left the mini-series for unexplained reasons, and artistic duties were taken up by B:J&H cover artist (and artist of Steps, that story from Legends of the Dark Knight) Sean Phillips ( Read more... )

There is no Two-Face story quite so nobly ambitious, so frustratingly misguided, so fleetingly moving, and so goddamn gloriously ridiculous as Batman: Jekyll & Hyde.


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Over at Comics Alliance, one of the main writers began his positive review for the new digital comic version of Batgirl: Year One with the following words:

"I'm skeptical of origin stories, particularly ones for characters that are decades old. I mean, honestly -- who cares? Are the specifics that important? Superman is going to be the same ( Read more... )

So I've been seeing these die-cast lead figurines of DC and Marvel characters for the past couple of years, which are apparently imported from either the UK or New Zealand. Have you guys seen these as well? This is the Harvey figure:


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Henchgirl and I watched a bunch of the cinematic portraits of characters from DC Universe Online, all of which were pretty damn terrible. The Two-Face one is no exception, where he sounds like some combination of Jackie Earle Haley's Rorschach and some kind of goblin. Be warned: the acid scarring is appropriately gruesome and horrific.

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The wonderful, untitled Two-Face origin story from Secret Origins Special is noteworthy for two reasons:

1.) It's the first time a writer has hinted at Harvey's psychological problems before the acid even hit.

2.) It's the best depiction of Harvey's wife to date. In fact, one could argue that it's her only good appearance ( Read more... )

In 1994, SkyBox put out a series of Batman trading cards called The Dark Knight Saga, which single-handedly introduced pre-teen me to a whole chunk of Bat-history. In fact, when you consider that I hadn't even read Batman: Year One by this point, you might imagine how the li'l Harvey Dent fanboy I was reacted upon seeing this card:


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