So I revisited the first mention of Erin McKillen (the woman who is now responsible for scarring Harvey Dent) back in Two-Face's Forever Evil tie-in issue which came out one month before Erin own story kicked off in The Big Burn. Rereading this, I noticed that there was no mention of a twin sister, and that Harvey was credited for putting away "that McKillen gal," singular.
What's more, this panel indicates that she was married to a man who was the head of the McKillen crime family, whereas no such husband has shown up in The Big Burn, where we learned that she and her twin sister Shannon inherited the crime family after their father died. Again, we're talking major differences from issues set just a month or two apart.
Between this and the fact that Carrie Kelley was supposed to be at the center of this story before mysteriously vanishing without anyone raising an eyebrow, I now strongly suspect that The Big Burn was DRASTICALLY rewritten at the last minute. Erin's twin sister is so central to the plot of The Big Burn that I honestly cannot imagine how the story could have worked without her, but there's every indication here that Shannon was a later addition, so now I really want to know what the original Big Burn was supposed to be and how Carrie was supposed to have fit in!
It's honestly a bit upsetting that Harvey Dent is now being utterly redefined for the DCnU with a story that was Frankensteined together from the scraps of an earlier version at the last bloody minute.
My latest review is up, wherein I dissect both Harvey Dent's solo story in Batman and Robin #23.1: Featuring Two-Face, part of the Forever Evil event.
Source: about-faces.livejournal.com
"... heads, I save Gotham. Tails, I make it bleed."
From Batman and Robin #23.1 (Featuring Two-Face), written by Peter Tomasi, art by Guillem March. Read my review here!
Preview for Two-Face #23.1 (actually Batman and Robin #23.1) by Peter Tomasi and Guillem March, for sale Sept. 4th.
Tomasi's a good--though flawed--Two-Face writer, but this doesn't exactly fill me with confidence. If nothing else, it's just another reminder that writers need to rethink using the coin as a plot device. Be honest now, which story would you rather read: the one where Two-Face does something typically evil, or the one where he decides to save Gotham? Too bad, because you're getting the first one instead. Well, we'll just have to see where Tomasi's going with this.
(Most of) the Bat-Villain covers from DC's upcoming villain-themed event, Forever Evil. And yes, they will be in 3D.
Not sure if want all around. Or perhaps, more like, "Oh god, what are they going to do to my favorite characters now?" It's hard not to be thinking that when faced with the infuriating new versions of Mister Freeze, the Scarecrow, and Harley.