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Review – Two-Face #6: Identity Crisis

Two-Face #6 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: Great comics usually have a strong antagonist, but it's rare to see a story where the hero and villain are essentially the same character. The battle of wills between Harvey Dent and his evil alter-ego Two-Face has been raging since the character was introduced, but in this story Harvey gained the upper hand – trapping Two-Face in a psychic prison and using his inner boogeyman as a way to take over the legal system of the criminal underworld. But a new protege unraveled his ruse, and soon he wound up in a tangled web of not just criminal affairs but his own psychic walls. A brief parlay with Batman this issue forges an uneasy truce, such as it is, out of the close ties between them, but as Harvey conducts a trial in the White Church for last issue's villains – one of whom claims to be Two-Face's daughter – an old foe makes a return and strikes where it hurts Harvey the most. Guns out. Via DC Comics. This issue has an interesting moral question that sort of plays on the inverse of Spider-man's classic question. Does Harvey have the responsibility to use all the resources at his disposal to protect what he cares about – even if that means letting Two-Face out of his cage? It's a fascinating question that delivers in a tight, tense battle with Mr. Zsasz, who has returned at the worst possible time to threaten Lake and everything Harvey has built. I can't help but think that this series had so much more to explore, so seeing it end after six is a shame, but while it does reset certain things to return Two-Face to the world of Bat-villains, it's added so much more fascinating context to the character that I won't be forgetting any time soon. Joker's solo series had to essentially make Jim Gordon the real lead, but this is the first story in a while that actually turned a Bat-villain into a full-on lead character. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!