By contrast, i know more about two face than id ever expected to, thanks to christopher nolans the dark knight as well as tim burtons batman forever. Two face was originally harvey dent, gotham citys district attorney and an ally of batman. The earth two doctor fate erased completely from all people on earth two the knowledge that batman and bruce wayne were one and the same person. Earth one is an original graphic novel retelling the batman legend. Characters we know as villains turn out to be allies and earth ones twoface is.
In this all new take on the batman mythos, bruce wayne is on the hunt for his parents. In volume two, she disfigures the left side of her face after her brothers death, and. Two face harvey dent is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by dc comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero batman. He, along with his twin sister jessica dent, were friends with young bruce wayne, though harvey had a rather antagonistic relationship with bruce, taunting him about his arkham family heritage. After crisis on infinite earths, the batman of earth two was erased from history. But if youre new to this unique line of original graphic novels, all you really need to know is that the earth one books offer new original. After the death of her brother, jessica went mad with grief, developing a second personality. Dc revamped its entire line of comics in 2011 and reintroduced a batman thats pretty close to how most people think of batman.
Mar 28, 2018 two of my favourite images are the bats swarming bruce wayne as he enters the wayne mausoleum, and the cover. Night on earth warren ellis out of stock through the looking glass. The riddler has arrived in gotham and hes terrorizing the city with his ow. Earth one is a 2012 graphic novel from dc written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary frank. Batman earth one has been quite the success so far. The author has stated that 2face is indeed based on two face from the batman mythos. Arkham city, the eagerly anticipated sequel to warner bros. Earth one introduces a new version of the dark knight quite different from the traditional batman we know from the comics and movies. Dealing with the riddler, killer croc, and a genderbended two face.
Of all of the contemporary books about batman, this alternate earth reimagining of the dark knight is arguably the best. Today, geoff johns, superstar scribe and dcs chief creative officer, leaves a notable mark on the character by taking it in a new direction in batman. To celebrate the books release day, geoff johns answered a few questions about his version of batmans origin, and he. Things we have to look forward to in batman earth one volume 3 and beyond are. Earth one is essentially a reworking of batmans origin with enough tweaks to recognize it, but with enough differences to make it quite different than the origin weve all read hundreds of times. Geoff johns explains twists on riddler, twoface and killer croc. Two face, also known as harvey dent, is one of the two main antagonists of the 1995 superhero film batman forever, alongside the riddler. Volume one of the series was released on july 4, 2012. Dents henchmen notes how rare it is for batman to grin, and twoface reluctantly agrees. With new new ogns announced for the earth one line, we look into the whereabouts of two m. Also, for you eagle eyed readers, when batman is hanging on the train we can see jack napiers name spray painted on the side. Jessica dent becomes two face earth 1 comicnewbies. The earth one line at dc comics is almost one decade old now. The mobster sal maroni burned his face with a bottle of acid during trial.
Currently, five characters have gotten the earth one treatment. He decides whether or not to commit a crime by flipping his lucky coin, one side of which is scarred. Lego dimensions year one note lego dimensions year two note robinnightwing, batgirl, excalibur batman, alfred pennyworth, the joker, harley quinn, poison ivy, clayface, two face, catwoman, the riddler, mayor mccaskill, commissioner james gordon all of them being from the lego batman movie. Earth one established the origin story for bruce wayne in the. He also teamed up with the earth two superman to help the earth one superman and batman defeat the atom man, a nazi supervillain from 1945.
Although i liked superman earth one, and i like geoff johns, i struggled to get on board with batman earth one volume 1. His plans were foiled by damian wayne, the fifth robin and batmans biological son. In this allnew take on the batman mythos, bruce wayne is on the hunt for his parents killer. Second book in series takes grounded approach to riddler and killer croc. The second installment of dcs earth one line after superman. The elder earthtwo wayne is eventually coaxed out of retirement for one last mission as batman when a thief named bill jensen is magically empowered by a sorcerer named frederick vaux possibly the earthtwo analogue to felix faust and attacks gotham city.
Its a fun and engaging reimagining of the batman mythos, and one told with enough skill that you dont mind that its mostly a story you already know. This villain from batman portrays the character of chillingworth, how he can resemble being two faced,acting as a trusted physician to dimmesdale, when he really has been plotting revenge against him. Once alfred and bruce get collectively on board with the idea of batman and what he is going to mean to gotham city, batman. Jessica dent becomes two face earth 1 in earth 1, which is an alternate reality, harvey dent has a twin sister named jessica dent. All of two faces incarnations followed a certain design scheme when it came to the scarred left half of his face. Unlike allstar however, it follows the ultimate line more closely by being a modernized reboot of the dcu in a new continuity as well as all of the books having a shared universe. Before we started this book, we talked a lot about two face. Origin stories from frank millers year one to scott snyders zero year all. Year one story arc, or, at least the more serious, less campier sides of the dark knight. Batman with two prior volumes, superman with three, the teen titans with two and wonder woman with one. Like the allstar dc comics before it, earth one is dcs counterpart to marvels ultimate marvel line. Dc comics attempted to reboot many major characters origins including batman. Interactive entertainments bestselling 2009 video game batman. Earth 1, as far as i know has only ever been talked about in the books specifically called earth one which are the 2 tpbs that contain batman.
Geoff johns is a fine comic book writer and has put every bit of his expertise into the story. Earth one volume one is the second original graphic novel to be. His face was burned by inmates from the gotham police department and jessica suffered the same when she pressed hers to her brothers still smoldering face. Dick grayson eventually discovered a set of diaries written by batman that indicated the justice society had secretly collaborated with the nazis during world war ii. Too often, these stories devolve into rudimentary twoact. Earth one, this tale gives new insight into bruce waynes first year as the dark knight. 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. As when he was eight, earthtwo wayne faces an overpowering criminal with a weapon that is greater than himself, though this time it is magical bolts. 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. Earth one might not, strictly speaking, be essential, but it is a good read. A green lantern book is set to arrive in march, while aquaman and flash have their stories in development as well.
Its six months after volume one, batman of earth one a more realistic take on the hero roams the nigh, beating the hell out of criminals. May 21, 2015 in earth 1, which is an alternate reality, harvey dent has a twin sister named jessica dent. Superman and batman books unofficially make the switch from the earth two characters to the earth one characters, though it was not apparent at the time. The spectacular original graphic novel by writer geoff johns and artist gary frank, the acclaimed team behind superman. With a genuinely disturbing third act to close it, batman. The earthtwo batman dated, of course julie madison and linda page, later kathy kane but the only woman in whom he ever really seemed very interested was the catwoman, whom he eventually married. Two face dc or if you want the incarnation of two face from christopher nolans movie, its right here. However, the whole trial turned out to be one of batman s plans in order to find the killer of the innocent man and after the joker confessed his crime, he was captured by the dark knight and returned to arkham. Bruce waynes middle name was never mentioned in any new earth era comic book. In the beginning of the series, she is one of the main characters, and tries to survive. Earth one by the superstar creative team of writer geoff johns. The first volume was the number three graphic novel best seller in 2012 and the series as a whole has sold over 80,000 copies to date. Now as far as internet critiques go, saying i didnt care for a graphic novel is like a red sox fan saying that trading babe ruth to the yankees was a questionable decision.
From geoff johns and gary frank, the acclaimed team behind superman. Earth one volume one is the second original graphic novel. He deduces that there is a new person under the cowl, which is in reality dick grayson. Hes put on interesting twist on the riddler and twoface. The earthone batman, by contrast, fell in love quite a bit. Two face is a supervillain obsessed with duality and the number two. Volume two was announced for a 20 release but postponed and, as a result, was released on may 6, 2015. This is year one written another way and geoff johns does a fine job with it. Attorney and later the villain twoface is nothing really new to batman lore. Year one and christopher nolans batman begins, adding more material to make the story. Earth one, straczynski and davis inject the folk tale and legend that is supermans origin with a modern, vital and forwardlooking energy that makes for a refreshing, epic and challenging superhero adventure. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more.
The art by gary frank is eyepopping, easily as good as the best work of mark bagley and bryan hitch. Find the complete batman book series listed in order. The second in the inventive earth one series of dc comics releases following the superman. Earth one, it aims to update the story of the dark knight for a new generation. Harvey dents origin and transformation of twoface on the earthone universe, mirrors that of his earthtwo counterpart. Earth one puts batman in a parallel universe where his wellknown story is flipped around so different aspects of it read differently to the batman canon.
Earth one killer croc makes you cry something more than crocodile tears. In his private life he was harvey dent, gothams district attorney. Earth one gets to play at introducing other popular canon characters and rebuilding how they fit into this unique and dangerous reality. After taking office as district attorney, he was known for investigating mayor oswald cobblepot due to rumors of his illicit activities. The book has been critically acclaimed so far, although batpurists are likely to.
On alan brennert and jim aparos batman story, interlude on. Earth one, this spectacular original graphic novel gives new insight into bruce waynes transformation into batman and his first year as the dark knight. Earth one series of graphic novels, i mentioned in passing that i didnt care for the earth one batman series. This page is about the incarnation of two face from the joel schumachers batman forever. Earth one volume two is stronger than was volume one, and i have every reason to believe geoff johns and gary frank will deliver a fascinating volume three very, very soon. The 15 best batman stories of all time outer places. Batman earth one complete story comicstorian youtube. Twoface studies recent video tapes of batman and notices that he is smiling.
Earth one, a reimagining of the batman mythos from the ground floor. These two pieces of art tell as much of a story, as the rest of the book does. The retooled history was recounted in frank miller s run on the batman. Harvey dent, or also mainly known by his supervillain name two face, is a recurring villain from dc comics, most commonly appearing as an enemy to batman. Earth one is a series of graphic novels published by dc comics as part of the earth one line. Earth one universe, who becomes mayor of gotham, after the death of the corrupt mayor cobblepot. Earth one also earth 1 is a name given to two fictional universes the precrisis and postcrisis versions of the same universe that have appeared in american comic book stories published by dc comics. He was gotham citys former district attorney, who turns to crime after half his his face is disfigured. If youre familiar with the earth one books, youre probably already looking forward to it. Two faced digital painting best photoshop tutorials from 2012 see more. Twoface is a supervillain obsessed with duality and the number two. Batman was forced to take down two face, who now blamed him for turning evil again. Hes put on interesting twist on the riddler and two face.
An original graphic novel in the earth one series, telling an original take on the origin of batman, written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary frank. Faced with his new partner, harvey bullock, and the subsequent emergence of the vigilante dubbed as batman, gordons own. Huffington post johns has planned well beyond this first chapter, and the worst part about the end of this title is the long wait until the next installment. Its an original graphic novel, so you can get it anywhere that sells. Earth one is a series of graphic novels released by dc comics that was started in 2010 with superman. Three jokers, which planted its first seeds in 2015. Batman was graceful enough to introduce helena to kathy kane and barbara gordon, allowing the heroines to give. When two face escaped from arkham leaving the joker behind. The series is written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary frank. One of the larger problems these earth one books have faced is the space limitations imposed by the graphic novel format. The first volume revolves around bruce wayne becoming batman in order to investigate the murder of his parents. Geoff johns offers updates on three jokers, batman.
We have the details on the big twists on three iconic villains in batman. Unlike the earth one batman, who remained eternally in his early 30s, dc later established that the earth two batman had begun his career in 1939 the time of his comic book debut and grew older in more or less real time, eventually marrying and starting a family. Its a wonder he makes it through the novel in one piece. I thought it was an unnecessary retelling that did not diverge enough from canon in terms of plot to hold my interest, and at the same time, diverged too much from the characterization of batman himself by trying to make him real, but ultimately making him uninteresting. Robert garlens superman earth onebatman earth one fan cast. Batman first came in contact with members of the earth two batman family when helena wayne, the daughter of his earth two counterpart came into earth one, seeking his advice after she started her crimefighting career as huntress. Batman first came in contact with members of the earth two batman family when helena wayne, the daughter of his earth two counterpart came into earthone, seeking his advice after she started her crimefighting career as huntress. Unlike the original twoface, this version of the character was born deformed with a second face, rather than being scarred by acid or fire, and flips two. Last week, we talked to writer geoff johns and artist gary frank about their newly released batman.
Two face is always more interesting when his stories involve aspects that keep one from just writing him as a monster being bruce andor batman s friend, his desire to see justice done, donating to charity, being a vigilante, etc, so i hope that in his drive to write harvey as scary, snyder doesnt forget the characters humanity. Geoff johns explains twists on riddler, twoface and. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Earth 0 or new earth is the main universe of the dcu. Both images are iconic to the character, and both exude, the pain, darkness, fear and sadness bruce wayne experiences. Earth one series book 1 by geoff johns and gary frank. Earth one by the superstar creative team of writer geoff johns and artist gary frank.
It seems to combine elements from frank millers batman. Everything that i usually break down like character faces, full body shots, backgrounds, etc. Geoff johns, the chief creative officer at dc comics, has written us a batman for earth one that will knock your socks off. It began in late 2010 with the publication of the first volume of superman. Jul 31, 2012 it really is a fantastic looking batman comic, and johns script is certainly in good hands.