Warning: includes a preview for Batman '89 #1!
Batman '89 artist Joe Quinones has hinted in artwork for the upcoming series that Harvey Dent becomes a criminal before he turns into Two-Face! Billy Dee Williams' Harvey Dent is making the leap to the comic book pages in a big way. DC is positioning him to be the main villain of the Batman '89 limited series. He features on the cover art for the first and second issues, teasing his transformation into Two-Face.
Two-Face was originally slated to appear in Batman Returns but Williams' return was ultimately cut due to the film having too many characters. As fans would know, Catwoman and the Penguin had large amounts of screen time. Therefore, if he appeared it would've only been a supporting role, rather than anything big. Now, with the Burtonverse continuing in the comics, Two-Face has the opportunity to shine as the leading villain of the next story featuring Michael Keaton's Batman.
Batman '89 is being written by screenwriter Sam Hamm with art by Joe Quinones. Recently, Quinones has been posting teasers for the series via Twitter. Among many of his tweets, Quinones has offered looks at different Batsuits that will appear, designs for characters like Harvey Bullock, clues about which Batcave is canon in the series. However, Quinones' most recent post teases that Harvey Dent could become a criminal, even before he is Two-Face. Check out the inked drawing that Quinones released yesterday:
During Batman '89, Harvey will get into a freak accident, as he always does, and lose half of the skin on his face. This is normally the last straw for Harvey as he forgets about the good that he had previously done as the District Attorney and turns into a monster. That twisted version of himself is, of course, Two-Face. However, in Quinones' drawing Harvey isn't Two-Face yet, but he wields a gun. Also, he flips his iconic coin. From all of this, it can be inferred that Harvey might make the leap to becoming a criminal even before his terrible accident, which will probably happen in issue one.
Normally, if Two-Face is flipping a coin and holding a gun that means one thing: he's deciding whether or not to kill someone. Could it be that Harvey is somehow wronged by Gotham, turning the city's prized District Attorney into the criminal he is destined to be even earlier than expected? It's very likely. Whether or not Tim Burton intended to carry out Two-Face's story this way will never be known. But it's great to see William's Harvey Dent finally transform into Two-Face, as he was originally supposed to do in the Burtonverse. Batman '89 #1 will release on July 27 on participating digital platforms.
Source: Joe Quinones
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June 26, 2021 at 12:06AM
