Gotham City’s oldest villain, For the past few months, things weren’t well for Batman. Dark Knight managed to win over Bane and list of assassins guided by Deathstroke. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne continued to mourn over Alfred Pennyworth. Also, his love life with Selina Kyle met a rough patch. Caped Crusador was successful in winning a victory by retrieving Two-Face in Detective Comics #1024 and that too just before Gotham City faced its next big crisis. While all this was happening Batman’s, life was selected as a target by his biggest enemy in the Joker War.
Joker, Harvey Dent, and Two-Face
For several months, Joker secretly controlled his associate villain’s life to aggravate the war between the Harvey Dent and Two-Face for leading their shared body. A bullet that entered Harvey’s brain and progressed into his cerebellum which ultimately led to stronger control of Harvey’s body by Two-Face. The situation was getting worse and Therefore the villain structured his own thing to re-establish Gotham. On the other hand, Harvey asked Batman for his help to stop Two-Face for the first and the last time.
As soon as Batman tried to save his old friend, Two-Face took over the control of Rookie, Dark Knight’s highly developed Bat Armor. Meanwhile following the Joker’s orders Court of Owls attacked on them.
The Court of Owls vs Two-Face
Gotham City’s oldest villain, The battle between the Court of Owls and Two-Face’s cult announced Talon’s defeat.
Soon after this, Batman and Two-Face also resumed their clash. Batman used a failsafe code and was, therefore, able to wholly disable Two-Face and then did brain surgery on him.
Batman was successful at remote bullet from Two-Face’s brain. He also restored Harvey’s control. Later, Harvey looked like a completely changed person as he was offering legal advice to people.
Batman saved Harvey’s life
However, this wasn’t the first instance where Harvey Dent was saved from his Two-Face persona. In Detective Comics (1942) by Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, and Bill Finger, Harvey was brought back to sanity then also. Also, in Batman/Two-Face: Crime and Punishment (1995) by Scott McDaniel and J.M. DeMatteis, Batman saved him from committing suicide.
Even after all this, it’s uncertain as for how long will Harvey be able to avoid his Two-Face persona. This might seem like a personal victory for Batman but for how long?
