| Two-Face | |
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 From Two-Face: Year One #2 (October 2008). Art by Jesus Saiz and Jimmy Palmiotti. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Detective Comics #66 (August 1942) |
| Created by | Bob Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Harvey Dent |
| Place of origin | Gotham City |
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| Notable aliases | Holiday Apollo |
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Two-Face is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bob Kane, and first appeared in Detective Comics #66 (August 1942). He has become one of the superhero Batman's most enduring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.
In his comic book appearances, Two-Face is the alter ego of Harvey Dent, Gotham City's former district attorney who becomes a criminal mastermind obsessed with duality and the number two. Half of his face is scarred after mob boss Sal Maroni throws acid at him during a trial. The resulting disfigurement drives him insane and causes him to make decisions based on the flip of a coin. The character was reinvented for the Modern Age of Comic Books as having dissociative identity disorder, with Two-Face being an alternate personality, which stemmed from the abuse Harvey received from his father during his childhood. The modern version is established as having once been a personal friend and ally of James "Jim" Gordon and Batman, as well as a friend of Batman's secret identity, Bruce Wayne.[1][2]
The character has been adapted in various media incarnations, having been portrayed in film by Billy Dee Williams in Batman (1989), Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever (1995), and Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight (2008), and in television by Nicholas D'Agosto in the Fox series Gotham, and Misha Collins in The CW series Gotham Knights. Richard Moll, Troy Baker, and others have provided Two-Face's voice in animation and video games.
- ^ "Two-Face". DC UNIVERSE INFINITE. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
Harvey became a daring district attorney, unafraid of Gotham's corrupt politicians and mobsters. He worked alongside Batman and Commissioner James Gordon, as well as businessman Bruce Wayne, to improve Gotham City.
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