Detective Comics # 66
is a comic book published by DC Comics & released on 8 / / 1942User Rating - 2 votes, 4 avg.
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- D.A. Harvey Kent (later to be changed to Harvey Dent)starts his case The State vs. "Boss" . The Batman taking the stand stating that shot Bookie Benton and got away. begins shouting that the Batmans lying . The D.A. then shows his proof' a 2 headed silver dollar with 's finger prints found at the crime scene. angered throws acid at the D.A. Despite the Batmans effort to deflect it, the acid disfgures half of the D.A.'s face.
- Dealing with rejection from people including his fiance, Harvey quickly loses patience waiting for his plastic surgeon. He takes the double headed silver dollar scars one side . He decides to flip the coin to decide his fate.If it lands on the clean side he will wait for the plastic surgeon if the scarred side comes up he will turn to a life of crime. The scarred side lands up.
- After commiting a couple crimes,the coin then decides for to rob twenty grand from the bond messenger from the Acme Bus Co. The Batman and Robin stop the crime and battle Two-face on a double decker bus . A bullet meant for Robin riccochets and hits the bus driver. The bus out of control throws the Batman from it.The Robin manages to remove the driver from his seat and stop the bus .
- Batman and Robin soon discover Two-face's next plan to rob the Bijou Theatre from a clue found on one of Two-faces thugs and confront him there.The Batman then chases him from the theatre to his hideout. The Two-face gets the drop on the Batman holding him at gunpoint. He flips the coin to decide whether to kill the Batman but it lands on its edge on a crack between the floorboards. Two-face remains unable to kill the Batman staring at the coin in the floorboard at issues end. Continued in Detective #68.
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Classic Crimes of Two Face
Reviewed by the Detective on July 22, 2008. the Detective has written 20 reviews. His/her last review was for "Daughter Of The Demon!". 3 out of 3 users recommend his reviews. |
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This is the first appearance of Two face. It delivers his classic origin story starting off with him in court being scarred by Boss Maroni. His losing his fiance and waiting on the best plastic surgeon who happens to be in a German concentration camp. Believing that all hope is lost,he turns to crime using Boss Maroni's double sided coin to make his decisions for him. He believes himself to be a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .We find him being a torturied soul and can't get past his trajedy and loss.. I read this in the Batman archives volume 2. I enjoyed the fight atop the bus and the Batman being thrown clear it, leaving Robin to save the bus from carreening into a store at the bottom of the street. I was wondering how much of the art was Bob Kane's and how much was Jerry Robinsons. It has a crazy ending with Two face's double sided coin stuck in the floorboards. Even though this story has been retold many times.,I must say Two Faces origin story is still very enjoyable in its original form with its original creators from 1942.
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| Date Added: | June 6, 2008 |
