Harvey Dent

Once Gotham City's idealistic District Attorney and a trusted ally of Batman, Harvey Dent was transformed into the villain Two-Face after a criminal threw acid at him during a trial, scarring half his face and fracturing his psyche into a dual personality that leaves all decisions to the flip of a two-headed coin.

Few names in DC's history carry as much weight as Harvey Dent, a Golden Age creation who first stepped onto the page in Batman #48 back in 1948, brought to life by the legendary Bill Finger and Jim Mooney. Over nearly eight decades of publication — spanning from the Golden Age all the way to the present — he has proven himself one of comics' most enduring and dramatically compelling figures, racking up over 300 catalog appearances and seven key issues that collectors prize. His world is populated by the very best (and worst) of Gotham's cast: Robin, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Selina Kyle, and the Joker all share his pages across landmark runs in Batman, Detective Comics, and Batman and Robin: Year One. If you're building a serious appreciation of DC's Gotham mythology, Harvey Dent is absolutely essential reading.