Character » Charlatan appears in 13 issues.
Pre-Crisis Paul Sloane was actor, who was engaged to play the role of Dent in a movie based on Two-Face's criminal career. During the filming, Sloane was hideously scarred in almost exactly the way Dent was, and in his delirious mind became convinced that he was the real Two-Face. When the real Two-Face had returned to his criminal career, Dent assigned the Crime Doctor to perform plastic surgery on Sloane, once again transforming him into Two-Face duplicate. Sloane committed several crimes before apprehended by Batman and Robin. Dent was ultimately apprehended by the Batman and Sloane's face was returned to normal. Post-Crisis Paul Sloan was a successful actor, who had a way of getting a little too into the characters he played. One night, Sloan was approached by members of Batman’s Rogues and persuaded to impersonate Two-Face, encountered Batman briefly in the process. Sloan decided to pull an actual Two-Face heist, feeling giddy from the rush of criminal life, and enjoying being Two-Face more than the actual Two-Face did. When Dent learned about the impostor, he kidnapped Sloan and spent several days torturing and mutilating the actor. Barely-living Sloan, become a new test subject for Scarecrow experiments. Crane inadvertently blocked Sloan’s inability to experience fear in anyway, completing Sloan’s transformation into a monster. He returned years later and attacked the various villains who had recruited him, all in an attempt to get to Batman. Revealed as Arkham inmate during Dead Reckoning story arc.
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