Seeking refuge in the underbelly of gotham, the name harvey dent and all the. Harvey comics also known as harvey world famous comics, harvey publications, harvey comics entertainment, harvey hits, harvey illustrated humor, and harvey picture magazines was an american comic book publisher, founded in new york city by alfred harvey in 1941, after buying out the small publisher brookwood publications. The dark knight is famous for heath ledgers joker, but aaron eckharts harvey dent is the most tragic comic book movie villain to date. Harvey dents origin and transformation of twoface on the earthone universe, mirrors that of his earthtwo counterpart. Luckily, i live with a comic book hoarder, who also does podcasts on all things nerdrelated, and works at a comic book store, so i was able to get some expert opinions on where to start.
October 6, 19 july 4, 1994, was the founder of comic book publisher harvey comics and the creator of the comic book characters little dot, richie rich, and adam awards. Gothams white knight is a shining ray of hope for the city, for peace and a brighter future. During this period, there was even talk of licensing its own characters out to marvel comics. Enter fate spears real name of the comic book connection initiative, in columbus, oh. Kent demonstrates proof with moronis luck doubleheaded silver dollar.
There is a new holidaythemed killer who makes calendar man a little jealous and of whose identity no one seems to have any clue. Harvey dent has evolved into the most powerful man on his planet. Harvey dent jim gordon edward nygma 6 oswald cobblepot 6 harvey bullock 4 jervis tetch 3 butch gilzean 3 alfred pennyworth 2 leslie thompkins 2 lucius fox 1 exclude relationships harvey dentjim gordon 15 oswald cobblepotedward nygma 4. Seeking refuge in the underbelly of gotham, the name harvey dent and all the good it stood for was lostand twoface rose from the darkness. No in 1962, a comic book adaptation of the screenplay was published in british classics illustrated as number 158a.
Although too gruesome for the 1960s television show that popularized batman and much of his rogues gallery, twoface has been a prominent foe of the dark knight and is played by billy dee williams in the 1989 film batman although only in his harvey dent persona, tommy lee jones in the 1995 film batman forever, and aaron eckhart in the 2008 film the dark knight. Two companies had the harvey comics license at the. After his disfigurement, he started a crime spree as twoface until he was eventually stopped by batman, who talked reason into him and convinced dent to have his face restored with plastic surgery. On the surface, batman the long halloween is a mystery story. How many people did harvey dent kill in the dark knight. By delivering the weekly list of new releases, along with news concerning current and future products available in local and online comic book shops, we enable consumers to meet their goals more effectively. Harvey dent 1073 bruce wayne 746 edward nygma 382 harleen quinzel 337 selina kyle 293 jim gordon 290 alfred pennyworth 278 dick grayson 273 pamela isley 268 oswald cobblepot 262 include relationships harvey dent bruce wayne 4 selina kylebruce wayne 85 pamela isleyharleen quinzel 82 joker dcuharleen quinzel 80. Doctor no comic book adaptation james bond 007 comics mi6. Jul 21, 2008 although too gruesome for the 1960s television show that popularized batman and much of his rogues gallery, twoface has been a prominent foe of the dark knight and is played by billy dee williams in the 1989 film batman although only in his harvey dent persona, tommy lee jones in the 1995 film batman forever, and aaron eckhart in the 2008 film the dark knight. It was a fun read and brought back childhood memories. Gilda gold nee dent is a sculptor who was once married to harvey dent, the district attorney of gotham city who eventually became the. May 21, 2015 in earth 1, which is an alternate reality, harvey dent has a twin sister named jessica dent. His original story was a trilogy, at the end of which his sanity and facial features were both. Featuring weekly comic release discussions, creator amas, a friendly and helpful userbase, and much more.
From captain america to wonder woman, abcclio, 20, 920 p. The first problem i encountered was the book moving slightly in the press, thus. If you dont know the location of your nearest comic book store, just visit. By the 1980s, comic book sales in general were down, especially for publishers that didnt have well established superheroes on the market. Twoface was originally harvey dent, gotham citys district attorney and an ally of batman. Around the time of the release of the first james bond film dr. The patriarchs of gotham city believed that harvey dent is the hero that gotham sought. After casper, the friendly ghost and wendy, the good little witch, harvey comics created another character based on childhood fears and settled on a devil character named hot stuff. The firm, first known as educational comics, was founded by max gaines, former editor of the comic book company allamerican publications.
Hot stuff, the little devil comic books from harvey. Reviewed in the united kingdom on november 28, 2011. Its an intense and brutal fight, ending with the kgbeast falling from the rooftop. Oct 20, 2015 jeph loeb has created one of the most influential batman stories, showing that gothams villains can be sinister while maintaining what makes them unique.
It was also reprinted in europe under the detective stories label of dell publishing denmark, germany, greece, norway and sweden using the british cover artwork. Batman has to get harvey clear across the country for the procedure and twoface has set in. He was born to russian jewish immigrants in brooklyn, new york. His mother, eloise harvey, worked hard to make a happy home.
But launching with free comic book day in may, with a first full issue on may 24th, american mythology productions will be publishing an ongoing casper the friendly ghost series, gueststarring. Diplomatic immunity as supreme ruler and dictator of earth. The incident drove harvey insane and he became twoface, obsessed with chance and always carrying a doubleheaded coin, which he flips to determine his every decision. The unofficial dc comics subreddit a place for fans of dcs comics, graphic novels, movies, and anything else related to one of the largest comic book publishers in the world and home of the worlds greatest superheroes.
The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. I hope they go with a younger harvey dent, considering him and bruce are good friends. As time went on, harvey added to their stable of characters with little dot, little lotta, stumbo, hot stuff, spooky, wendy, and many more. I really like the idea of the rock playing dent well from his wrestling career he played both a heel and a face good guy and bad guy so he knows a little about being a bad ass and a fan favorite. Speaking of dent, he arrives at the station to tell jim he met with lovecraft. Comic book and animation historian and harvey expert mark arnold finally tells the complete story of alfred harveys amazing company in the harvey comics companion. At the time, other people said well, if they can do that, then arnold schwarzenegger should play luke cage. At the time, other people said well, if they can do that, then arnold schwarzenegger should play luke cage same thing.
This book is filled with some truly wonderful stories from harvey comics and features wendy, spooky etc as well as casper. How to order many of you will be seasoned comic book fans and regular titan comic readers already but if youre not, and you want to dive into new comic adventures from titan, weve put together an faq for new readers, covering all the different places youll can buy our comics, and how you can support new series by preordering. Alfred harveys company, harvey world famous comics, produced comic books and cartoons featuring wendy the. This resulted in mixed results for a few different reasons.
Any future film trying to capture a comic book batman story but still make it relatable to real life needs to check out batman the long halloween. In this comic book tale, batman has the opportunity to help his old friend harvey dent rid himself of his alterego, twoface forever. Harvey moved to cleveland, ohio, east 112th street, which later received the honorary name, steve. Harvey dent is an african american policeman who was subjected to experimentation by the government which had the side effect of granting him a variety of superhuman psionic based powers. Harvey dent, his sanity restored along with his face, back during hush, has been appointed by batman to tend to gotham while he was gone. Harvey collectors comics comic books for sale online. Share dc god of war artist reveals batman villain twoface design thats worthy of a movie. Twoface is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain who appears in comic books published by dc comics, and is a prominent member of batmans rogues gallery. Check out the 5 that were settled on after wracking our brains on some of the best comics in the biz.
Batman has to get harvey clear across the country for the procedure and twoface has set in motion a plan to stop the dark knight. Kent brings the batman to testify that boss moroni killed bookie benson. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Jun 29, 2017 as time went on, harvey added to their stable of characters with little dot, little lotta, stumbo, hot stuff, spooky, wendy, and many more.
A defining aspect of the character through the years is his dissociative identity disorder. In earth 1, which is an alternate reality, harvey dent has a twin sister named jessica dent. Doctor no comic book adaptation james bond 007 comics. With a load of time on his hand after multiple hip surgeries, and dealing with multiple sclerosis, spears wife suggested he do something positive. I was and i am a big fan of comic books, i had a big collection as a child and was very happy to find similar comic books on amazon at such a good deal. Twoface harvey dent is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by dc comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero batman.
Heres the original contract between harvey and famous from 1951. The storyline opens as harvey takes down the kgbeast. In his original appearance, the character who would become harvey dent was known as harvey kent. He has written a number of books on the history of the medium, with. Harvey dent is a racially neutral character, not defined in personality as a black or white person. James robinson scripts an 8part storyline, face the face, covering batmans return to gotham after a years absence, running through both this book and batman, starting in detective 817 may 2006. As one of batmans most enduring enemies, twoface belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up batmans rogues gallery. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. Initially, ec was owned by maxwell gaines and specialized in educational and childoriented stories.
Sure, weve got harvey dent arriving and being metaphorically twofaced, but theres no new information. Greg rucka doesnt even bother with the batman dying part, as he is joined by four artists for the story steve manion, bradley raider, hilary barta and john lowe as we read a comic book, written and drawn by harvey dent, as part of his program at arkham. You may want to ask in ask the tropers about whether its safe to recreate. In this photo illustration, vintage spider man and xmen marvel comic books are seen at st. Entertaining comics, more commonly known as ec comics, was an american publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid1950s, notably the tales from the crypt series. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. Harvey dent was the district attorney of gotham city, and a close, personal ally of batman. Harvey dent 1073 bruce wayne 746 edward nygma 382 harleen quinzel 337 selina kyle 293 jim gordon 290 alfred pennyworth 278 dick grayson 273 pamela isley 268 oswald cobblepot 262 include relationships harvey dentbruce wayne 4 selina kylebruce wayne 85 pamela isleyharleen quinzel 82 joker dcuharleen quinzel 80. Read harvey dent x reader from the story dc comics imagines by batmanwife with 15,648 reads. Mark millar and jackson butch guice 1st appearance. Sketch 36 of 60 for dc comics publisher jim lee art auction to help comic book retailors hurt by covid19 coronavirus pandemic. Watch little big shots highlight steve harveys life as a comic book on. He wanted to do some good, and since comic books are a major part of his life, c. Duall, count enance known as harvey kent in golden age stories.
Stumbo teaches a deceitful little star some manners. Leonard kirk does the pencils, and andy clarke on inks. Twoface is harvey dent, a criminal who has onehalf of his face horribly scarred. The runaway meteor takes hot stuff to another planet, where he gets involved in a battle between the crudders and the bazooks. A comic book licensing deal with harvey comics would, in a few years, become the biggest thing that famous studios ever did for itself. When that company merged with dc comics in 1944, gaines retained rights to the comic book picture stories from the bible, and began his new company with a plan to market comics about science, history, and the bible to schools and churches. I first started pressing test books by sandwiching them between a pair of larger comic backing boards. Jim reminds him not to make a move without jim first.
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