Dent defaces the left side of the Lady Gotham statue by crashing a helicopter into it, matching its depiction on his double headed coin and his own disfiguration. Two-Face's signature coin appeared in Batman Forever. In a world where the Joker's actions led to the destruction of Metropolis and Lois Lane's death at Superman's hands, Two-Face is drawn into the resulting 'debate' over Superman's more violent, 'pro-active' approach to crime, taking over a Gotham news station, only for Superman to vaporize his coin with heat vision before Dent can decide which news anchor he will kill. Working with James Gordon and Alfred Pennyworth, the villains were apparently able to shoot Batman with a wooden arrow during a confrontation in the Batcave, but after Batman was presumed dead, Two-Face turned on Gordon and Alfred, explaining that this was what the coin-toss meant (With this in mind, it suggests that Two-Face always planned an alliance as the only solution to the vampire Batman and the coin-toss just determined whether he would honor the alliance afterwards or betray his 'allies' immediately). Croc noted that he felt the coin should be good side up to make that decision, but Two-Face said that he would see what that meant later. In Earth-43, Two-Face relied on a coin-toss to determine how he, Killer Croc and their gang would respond to the threat of the vampire Batman, stating when the coin landed scarred side up that they would 'extend this alliance to opposites'. Shortly after Dent is released from the Arkham Home for the Emotionally Troubled, he instead suffers a final psychotic break, scarring both sides of his coin to reflect his new darker approach to crime. He appears on television presenting a restored version of his double headed coin with a grin. Bartholomew Wolper and presumed 'cured' after plastic surgery repairs his face. Dent has since lessened his dependency on the coin flip to whether a situation should be implemented, rather than each individual act for example, during Prodigal, he set up a plan where he would disrupt all criminal records of those currently awaiting full sentencing, but still relied on a coin toss to decide whether he put the plan into action by flicking the final switch or not even after setting everything up for the plan to go into action.Įlseworlds The Dark Knight Returns Ī decade after Batman's retirement, Dent is treated by Dr. Harvey Kent (Earth-Two) was usually shown at this level of dependency. During No Man's Land, Two-Face put James Gordon on trial for his 'illegal' alliance with Two-Face during an earlier plan to protect Gordon's territory, but when Renee Montoya noted that Gordon needed a defense, Two-Face tossed the coin to confirm that Harvey Dent would act as Gordon's defense lawyer, Dent's cross-examination of himself leading to Gordon's acquittal.Īt one point, Two-Face was so dependent on the coin for any of his criminal acts that he could be easily defeated by taking the coin away from him or preventing him from seeing the result of the flip. He once collaborated with the Joker and the Penguin to poison Batman, but when Robin suggested a coin-toss to decide the final outcome of the plan, Two-Face attacked the Penguin to get the antidote. Two-Face often defers to his coin in choices of life and death, to the point that he will rely on the coin even if the subsequent flip jeopardizes his own plans. Harvey also had the coin in his possession during Maroni's trial and it, like him, was defaced by the acid. When Dent obtained the coin, he learned that it was double-headed, leading to a mental breakdown. Using it, he would decide whether a young Harvey would be beat or not - the coin always landing on heads. In Post-Crisis stories, the coin once belonged to Harvey Dent's father before it entered his possession.
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