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DC Comics   ·   Released May 24th, 2006

Batman #653

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FACE THE FACE PART 6

In the wreckage of his apartment Harvey Dent struggles with the Two-Face persona that is still deep within him. He sees the scarred villain staring back at him from shards of broken mirror, and they question him as to why he is on the point of giving up his happy existence. He responds that for the past year he has acted as a guardian to Gotham, not to the same extent as when he was District Attorney, but enough to give him a sense of purpose. He recalls how Batman told him that he would be leaving the city for a while and asked him to watch over it while he was gone. Harvey was surprised by this until he learned that Robin and Nightwing would be absent too. And he admits that he loved it, but now that Batman has returned he feels he is no longer needed. Worse, he appears to be suspected for the murders of several criminals, like the Ventriloquist and KGBeast. He wonders if his Two-Face personality was somehow responsible, taking control and leaving him with no memory of the acts. The Two-Face in the mirror tells him that he can only take over if Harvey wants it, and admits that isn't answering the question. He asks Harvey to think of his past--not with his former wife but his recent activities as Gotham's protector, and to compare it with the past they shared as one of greatest foes. Harvey insists that they were the very best, better than the Joker, Catwoman or the Penguin. Mirror-Two-Face agrees and reminds him how if felt--better than sex or drugs. Finally Harvey tosses a coin and decides to revert to Two-Face. He pours nitric acid down the left side of his face then performs some 'fine tuning' with a scalpel. Once more showing his half-scarred visage, Harvey admits he is in two minds as to how he feels about it. But that isn't a bad thing, he concludes: two heads are better than one.

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Distributor SKU
MAR060278
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Creators

James Robinson
Writer
James Robinson
Penciller
Don Kramer
Simone Bianchi
Artist, Cover Artist
Simone Bianchi
Wayne Faucher
Inker
Wayne Faucher
John Kalisz
Colorist
John Kalisz
Travis Lanham
Letterer
Travis Lanham
Peter J. Tomasi
Editor
Peter J. Tomasi
Dan DiDio
Editor
Dan DiDio
Michael Siglain
Editor
Michael Siglain

Characters

Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Prime Earth
Brutale
Guillermo Barrera
Brutale
Prime Earth
Firebug
Firebug
Prime Earth
Mr. Freeze
Victor Fries
Mr. Freeze
Prime Earth
Salvatore Maroni
Salvatore Maroni
Prime Earth
Two-Face
Harvey Dent
Two-Face
Prime Earth
Victor Zsasz
Victor Zsasz
Prime Earth

Collected In

  • Batman/Two Face: Face the Face Deluxe Edition HC
    Batman/Two Face: Face the Face Deluxe Edition HC
    Batman / Two Face: Face the Face (2017)
  • Batman: Face The Face TP
    Batman: Face The Face TP
    Batman: Face The Face (2006)
  • DC Comics - A legendás Batman 67 - Önharckép
    DC Comics - A legendás Batman 67 - Önharckép
    DC Comics - A legendás Batman (2019 - 2021)
  • DC Comics - The Legend of Batman Vol. 030 Face the Face HC
    DC Comics - The Legend of Batman Vol. 030 Face the Face HC
    DC Comics - The Legend of Batman (2017)

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