Detective Comics (1937-2011) #66

Detective Comics (1937-2011)

by Bill Finger, Jack Lehti, Jack Kirby

“THE CRIMES OF TWO-FACE.” Featuring the first appearance of Harvey Dent, a.k.a. Two-Face!

 At a criminal trial, D.A. Harvey Dent is disfigured by acid thrown into his face, and the shock drives him to become a master criminal who bases all of his crimes on the number two!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman

26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 5, 1942

About the author

William "Bill" Finger was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the uncredited co-creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics character Batman, as well as the co-architect of the series' development. In later years, Kane acknowledged Finger as "a contributing force" in the character's creation. Comics historian Ron Goulart, in Comic Book Encyclopedia, refers to Batman as the "creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger", and a DC Comics press release in 2007 about colleague Jerry Robinson states that in 1939, "Kane, along with writer Bill Finger, had just created Batman for [DC predecessor] National Comics".

Film and television credits include scripting The Green Slime (1969), Track of the Moon Beast (1976), and three episodes of 77 Sunset Strip.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[TrashKat · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great introduction of a classic character! Two-Face definitely shines in this comic. He's just as he should be: unhinged, confused, and dichotomous to his own detriment. The last few panels with the coin deciding his fate perfectly shows Two-Face's eventual role in the future comic stories. Always on the edge of good and evil.

[yas]

so so so so fun omg. harvey’s good side showing when he’s doing good deeds and the opposite for bad…the shadows on his face and room…two-face on the cinema screen…mhm

kent! kent! at last! i’ve wanted to talk to you about giving up this life of crime and-…or you’ll shoot me…your friend? i don’t believe it!

once i was the batman’s friend…today, i killed him. but my bad side made me. if only the good side of the coin had won…

batman begging harvey to come with him and confess…i’ll speak for you! and the coin landing on its edge oh delicious. batman 2 i am so terribly excited for you!!!

harvey is kinda crazy for thinking idgaf what about my beautiful face :( when he hears abt the plastic surgeon being in a concentration camp. just genuinely not the time or place at all is it.

[Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mindless fun. Favorite stories are Batman and Slam Bradley. Riveting stuff for boys and girls during the early days of WW2. Not high art even by comix standards, but a good look into the comics of a long-ago time. Needless to say this is the facsimile version. I really dig the facsimiles. Keep 'em coming. It took me a few months to read it because I put it down about half way through and put it into a box and forgot about. Finally finished today.

[Lillian Francis]

Read in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition.
First appearance of Two Face.

[Matt Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intro for two face, first proper 2 parter in the series as well

[gemma · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️ i only read the batman part hehe but this was fun

[silly willy · Rating 2 out of 5]

two-face story was good but i genuinely couldnt stand the rest of the stories