One Perfect Moment: Two-Face

[cyberghostface.insanejournal.com]

This comes from Batman Annual #14.

Comments

[laurapetri.insanejournal.com]

Got to love the insanity that is Harvey

[besamim.insanejournal.com]

As others have said, this story (The Eye of the Beholder) is to Two-Face as The Killing Joke is to the Joker. It was the first story to make Dent's initial scarring the last straw in a lifetime of uphill struggle to stay sane, as opposed to the original Golden Age origin where the scarring abruptly (and implausibly) turned a well-adjusted and happy D.A. into a deranged villain. And therefore it was the first story to make Dent a genuinely tragic figure. (Although the Two-Face story in the first chapter of DKR arguably also qualifies, if for a different reason: the surgery intended to bury Dent's evil side has the unforeseen result of destroying his good side.)

[thehefner.insanejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this. I'm on tour, away from a printer, and even then I couldn't decide on which is the best moment to choose. Seeing this here (and I love the harsh, faded quality of the pages! Way more fitting than either of my copies), I realize it truly was... well... no choice at all.

[jlroberson.insanejournal.com]

Classic Helfer guck. I still have this. I recall it as the first time I really took notice of Chris Sprouse, though I'd seen a couple of decent SECRET ORIGINS stories.

And this underscores even more why Aaron Eckhart's performance as Harvey was so good. He begins the film a bit iffy and unstable, and with an obvious deathwish. And very, very insecure.

[janegray.insanejournal.com]

It truly sucks to be Harvey Dent :(

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

It's like you know it's coming, but you can't look away. Poor Harvey.

[nymphgalatea.insanejournal.com]

Argh. This gets me every time. Every time I wish the ending was different, was happier, but it never is.

You're right; it's the perfect moment. I just wish it wasn't so traumatising though.

[thehefner.insanejournal.com]

Just wait. I'm playing with a way to do this, but have it actually be a positive ending. Or at least, as positive as Harvey could ever possibly have. If I can pull it off, hoo boy.