Two-Face Tuesday! Ty Templeton's followup to the BTAS episode "Judgment Day"
Whew! Didn't think I'd get this one up this week! Finding internet while on a road trip is damn tricky, especially in the rural South. Lord knows if I'll even get next week's posted at all.
In last week's post about the story where Harvey became a vigilante (to thwart Two-Face), I made direct comparison to the episode of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES entitled "Judgment Day," wherein Two-Face gained a third personality who became a vigilante known as "The Judge."
I've already complained on why I hated the Judge for botching what could have been a great concept--Harvey's good side manifesting as a vigilante--but thankfully, Ty Templeton used the Judge as a jumping-off point for an excellent issue of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES:
This issue starts with Harvey attacking Jay and Silent Bob:
Batman intervenes the next time Two-Face pulls a heist (and betrays his own henchmen):
Eventually, Harvey commandeers an airplane from another pair of henchmen, sending them over the edge with parachutes. Which is where Batman finally corners him:
Really, Bruce, that's not much encouragement for the poor bastard, is it? But then, no one ever considered Batman to be the best emotional guidance counselor.
What's worth noting here is that there's pretty much no trace of "Big Bad Harv" in this Two-Face. There were three big Two-Face stories written by Ty Templeton on the DCAU Batman comics (the second one, "Lucky Day," was posted a couple weeks ago), and thinking about them now, his dark side was barely present at all.
Back in BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES #22 (which I'll post down the line), the psychiatrist assures Batman that Harvey's finally managed to control his anger. That still seems to be the case with this Two-Face, who's no longer a monster half the time but just a tormented, deeply screwed-up guy.
So maybe that's why Batman promised that it'll get better, because he really is, but it'll be a long and painful recovery (if it's to happen at all). Either way, it's gonna suck to be him.
In last week's post about the story where Harvey became a vigilante (to thwart Two-Face), I made direct comparison to the episode of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES entitled "Judgment Day," wherein Two-Face gained a third personality who became a vigilante known as "The Judge."
I've already complained on why I hated the Judge for botching what could have been a great concept--Harvey's good side manifesting as a vigilante--but thankfully, Ty Templeton used the Judge as a jumping-off point for an excellent issue of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES:
This issue starts with Harvey attacking Jay and Silent Bob:
Batman intervenes the next time Two-Face pulls a heist (and betrays his own henchmen):
Eventually, Harvey commandeers an airplane from another pair of henchmen, sending them over the edge with parachutes. Which is where Batman finally corners him:
Really, Bruce, that's not much encouragement for the poor bastard, is it? But then, no one ever considered Batman to be the best emotional guidance counselor.
What's worth noting here is that there's pretty much no trace of "Big Bad Harv" in this Two-Face. There were three big Two-Face stories written by Ty Templeton on the DCAU Batman comics (the second one, "Lucky Day," was posted a couple weeks ago), and thinking about them now, his dark side was barely present at all.
Back in BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES #22 (which I'll post down the line), the psychiatrist assures Batman that Harvey's finally managed to control his anger. That still seems to be the case with this Two-Face, who's no longer a monster half the time but just a tormented, deeply screwed-up guy.
So maybe that's why Batman promised that it'll get better, because he really is, but it'll be a long and painful recovery (if it's to happen at all). Either way, it's gonna suck to be him.