IMPOSTORAMA: The Fake Two-Faces! No. 1: Wilkins the Butler! ***REDUX***

[about_faces]

I really jumped the gun with my "Two-Face Impostors" series... in more ways than one! Appropriate enough, I suppose

Comments

[ext_262094]

A yes, the old "Frame up" route, still the crimes are not bad and if Wilkins had played the part the right way he would have gotten away with everything but he had to drop the ball on the coin flip landing on the evil side all the time.

[lego_joker]

Fortunately, I DO have this issue on hand. Let's see...

You weren't missing much in the page before the Chinese acrobat scene; it was just a full-page flashback to the original Harvey Kent trilogy, to get readers caught up.

The missing scene where Batman and Robin come for Harvey is more interesting; Harvey refuses to let them take him, and breaks a chair over their heads before fleeing the house, telling Wilkins to stay away from him in appropriately melodramatic manner. B&R then discuss things with Alfred, along with an appropriate does of pop psychology.

Cut to a circus sideshow, where "Two-Face" tries to kidnap a pair of Siamese twins at gunpoint (unlike Schism, they're girls, and only joined at the waist). In the confusion, an elephant gets loose, and B&R stop it by... having Robin wear a tiger pelt. Because elephants are afraid of tigers. It's during this scene that "Two-Face" drops his silver dollar as he runs, cluing the Dynamic Duo in.

[lego_joker]

Whoops, I mean motorcycle scene. No Chinese acrobats in this story! ;)

[thehefner]

Damn! I have got to track down scans of this whole issue. Or else start a letter-writing campaign to DC to get a whole collection of Impostors stories!

[captaintwinings]

Now I've read this twice, and I still can't process why Two-Face is doing tricks on a motorcycle while Batman drives a chariot.

[surrealname]

because of AWESOME!

[thehefner]

Exactly. He then probably popped a wheelie of evil after getting away.

[abqreviews]

I had this issue years ago, if I recall correctly, it's where Frank Miller picked up the "Two-Face once kidnapped siamese twins" idea he mentioned in THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

[thehefner]

Really, now??? If so, that marks the third time I've seen writers reference Harvey doing something that was done by one of his impostors!

Good call on She-Wolf of London!