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Relies on coin toss (fate) to make decisions, which makes him extremely dangerous, because if fate decides on death then he will act on it. Good! This is our chance for glory! Word is Joker's dead and we all saw what happened to the runt that used to run this place!" (Penguin)

This section details the character's most notable relationships across various interpretations of the Batman mythos: Two Face was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics #66. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Two Face first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Batman (Volume 2) #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Two-Face: You can leave him out of this. He is wrong. They all are. No one understands the beauty of fate's hand. I am grateful to Falcone. He gave me a clarity; a purity that few will know. Everything boils down to a simple choice, this way or that way, good... or bad.

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When the Crime Syndicate arrived on Earth and seemingly killed the Justice League, all the criminals in Arkham were allowed to run rampant in Gotham. Two-Face, using his coin to decide that he should save the city, collected a group of low-ranking criminals in Gotham and herded them to the courthouse, where he played the part of a judge and used the coin to decide their sentences. When his quest for "justice" was interrupted by members of the Secret Society, Two-Face angrily abandoned his mission and joined in the chaos outside instead. [10]

Reynolds, Richard (1994). Super Heroes: A Modern Technology. University Press of Mississippi. p.68. ISBN 9780878056941. Green Arrow is the first non-Gotham hero that Two-Face battled. Dent encountered the Emerald Archer in The Brave and the Bold #106. Young, Ethan (November 21, 2016). "Our Favorite Creators' Favorite Comics of All Time: Ethan Young". Paste . Retrieved October 16, 2022.When Two-Face first appeared in Detective Comics #66 ,his real name was Harvey “Apollo” Kent. He kept the Kent surname for his next few appearances, until it was changed to Harvey Dent in 1948’s Batman #50. The change was likely done to avoid confusion with a certain mild-mannered Metropolis reporter. This was later used as a plot point in Superman Family #211 when Earth-Two’s Lois Lane mistakenly believed that one of Harvey Kent’s enemies was targeting her husband. Gilda Dent [a] is Harvey Dent's wife. Her character debuted in Detective Comics #66, alongside Harvey, and became a recurring character in Batman stories involving Two-Face. [54] Bruce Wayne [ edit ] The very first Two-Face story was actually (and very fittingly) a two-parter. Detective Comics #66 ended on a cliffhanger, but the resolution to the story was published in Detective Comics #68, skipping Detective Comics #67 entirely. In other words, the story continued TWO issues later. Two-Face". DC UNIVERSE INFINITE. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021 . Retrieved August 1, 2021. Though Harvey Dent has no superpowers, he possesses a genius-level intellect and is an expert in criminology and police procedures, helping him predict how the Gotham City Police Department will try to stop his crimes. His split personality, genius intellect and reliance on flipping a coin to make decisions make him an extremely unpredictable opponent. Two-Face is obsessed with duality, and determined to recruit half the population of Arkham City in preparation for a bloody war against the other gangs within Arkham City. But his strategy starts and ends with a flip of his coin, adding an element of randomness to his every move.

During the Batman: Dark Victory story arc, the serial killer Hangman targets various cops who assisted in Dent's rise to the D.A.'s office. Two-Face gathers Gotham's criminals to assist in the destruction of the city's crime lords. After a climactic struggle in the Batcave, Two-Face is betrayed by the Joker, who shoots at Dent, causing him to fall into a chasm, presumably to his death. Batman admits in the aftermath that, even if Two-Face has survived, Harvey Dent is gone forever. [88] During a much later period, Two-Face is revealed to have murdered the father of Jason Todd, the second Robin. When attempting to apprehend Two-Face, Jason briefly has the criminal at his mercy, but lets Two-Face's punishment be decided by the law. [89] Two-Face similarly serves as a ' baptism by fire' for Tim Drake, the third Robin. Two-Face has Batman at his mercy, but Tim dons the Robin suit to save Batman. [90] Phillips, Dan (December 14, 2009). "Ultimate Bookshelf: Harvey Dent / Two-Face". IGN . Retrieved April 7, 2021. Obsession Coin Reliance : Two-Face does things according to chance and therefore relies heavily on his coin to make decisions, making the coin his Achilles' heel.

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Two-Face would later join the War of Jokes and Riddles, choosing to join the Riddler's army against the Joker. After weeks of fighting, Batman finally managed to contain the fight, and Two-Face was simultaneously apprehended with the rest of Riddler's army. [7]The new Earth-Three features a heroic female counterpart to Two-Face: Evelyn "Eve" Dent—"Three-Face"—the mother of Duela Dent (a nod to the classic film, The Three Faces of Eve). Her original affiliation is to the heroic Riddler Family (like the similar Batman Family); it included herself, Quizmaster, Jokester, and Riddler's/Joker's Daughter (her daughter Duela). They were later part of Alexander Luthor's Justice Underground, opposing Ultraman's Crime Syndicate. In the aftermath of the earthquake that left Gotham City in shambles during Cataclysm, Two-Face escaped custody and kidnapped Commissioner Gordon to put him on trial for his actions during No Man's Land, with Two-Face as both judge and prosecutor. Gordon played upon Two-Face's split psyche to demand Harvey Dent as his defense attorney. Dent cross-examined Two-Face and won an acquittal of Gordon. a b Andrae, Thomas (Fall 2020). "The Darkest Knight: The Gothic Roots of Batman Comics". Notes in the History of Art. 40 (1): 19–33. doi: 10.1086/711341. S2CID 224807457 . Retrieved October 12, 2022.