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Thinking about the repeated use of “need” in these pages. The Scar needs to be needed by Harvey, and he resents Harvey for “needing” Batman instead. He’s jealous. Now that Harvey’s acknowledged that need, will Two-Face still be a threat to Bruce even after learning his secret ID?
Me for years: “Man, I wish we could see Harvey embrace himself, literally and figuratively. It’s be the only way Harvey could ever truly defeat Two-Face, by giving him the love he never got. But it’ll never happen. No professional DC writer could care that much about him.”
We were teased with a sweet-ass Castlevania style Dracula Harvey in a variant cover, and what do we get instead? Human Harvey only appearing as a severed head. And at the behest of friggin’ Punchline. Boo. https://t.co/WHJfHHpYuE
21. Two-Face has an existential crisis when his good side commits murder, and he rejoins old allies Batman and Gordon to fight terrorists. Great art accompanies an odd, fun story that shows how Bruce and Harvey actually enjoy their battles, no matter what side they're on.
In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had THREE separate stories about a reformed Harvey Dent, all in-continuity, all treated as canon, and all COMPLETELY incompatible and contradictory. And there’s still a fourth one to come! And seemingly, no one is talking about it! Comics, man.
This year we’ve seen two stories playing with an idea I’ve wanted to see for years: examining Harvey’s coin-flips in terms of other possibilities, different choices, and alternate universes. I’d love to see this explored more deeply on a meta level.
The short Two-Face story in “Batman: Urban Legends,” giving me one of those rare, precious scraps of Harvey/Gilda.
And with this cover, too! I am DYING to read this epic in full! https://t.co/IEjLMCgibh
@whipbogard @wppyart I sometimes still think about this original cover and how they changed it for the final release, thereby negating my quixotic hope at the time of Jason and Harvey doing something together.
My favorite Alan Grant Batman stories/arcs: the Ratcatcher’s first appearance, the incredible Mud Pack saga, the deeply underrated Croc story, and The Last Arkham, which featured the debuts of Mr. Zsasz and Jeremiah Arkham, neither of whom have been better than in this story.