
By showing Harvey before his transformation, readers of Batman '89 see the humanity behind the villain. Viewers of Batman Forever will note that Tommy Lee Jones only appears as Harvey Dent in a brief flashback his wild and outlandish Two-Face personality dominates the film at the expense of a three-dimensional character. Only one issue in, Harvey Dent has the beginnings of a character arc: he wants to become something, some one, and now he needs to become someone else in order to take down what he believes is a corrupt police commissioner. He's had to change his entire appearance just to fit in with the crowd, and he doesn't always appear comfortable far away from his roots. Harvey Dent in Batman '89 doesn't come from money or power. This change in Two-Face is markedly different from Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Tommy Lee Jones' portrayal. Otis reveals that young Harvey never even asked to look at the coin. Tails.you're nothing but a bum." Dent calls heads - and in the present, Mr. The issue flashes back to a young Dent listening to Mr.

Seeking advice, Dent travels to the Burnside neighborhood of Gotham where he finds Mr. The proposal is interrupted by criminals attempting to steal armored cars the escapade is foiled by Batman but Dent is greatly disturbed by a vigilante operating outside the law - and the fact that Commissioner Gordon allows it. Related: Batman Forever's Biggest Problem Was Using Riddler AND Two-Faceīatman '89 begins with Harvey Dent proposing to Barbara Gordon during a romantic dinner on Halloween night. Using Burton's original plans for the untitled Batman 3 film, readers see a key difference between Tommy Lee Jones and Billy Dee Williams' portrayals of the classic villain: an actual backstory. Though Batman Forever and the much-maligned Batman and Robin were eventually made, the entire tone of the series was drastically changed, and Billy Dee Williams' portrayal of Harvey Dent in Batman (where he has yet to transform into Two-Face) was ignored in favor of Jones. Tim Burton's Batman was a critical and commercial success, but when the sequel Batman Returns was criticized for its dark tone, Burton was removed from the franchise - along with his plans for a third film.
