About_Faces!

Let me see if I have this straight.

Thomas Wayne (the dark edgy Batman from the Flashpoint universe) has not only gouged out Harvey’s eye, but in the process, he’s also somehow apparently severed some part of Harvey’s brain, effectively killing Harvey and leaving only the Two-Face personality.

And this is canon now. Mainstream continuity, not a dream sequence or anything.

Am I understanding that correctly? Is that seriously what just happened?

“Saga of the Dark Knight,” Card #3: The Permanent Nightmare. Pencils and inks by Rick Burchett. Colors by Richmond Lewis. 

The Untold Legend of the Batman, the ultimate Pre-Crisis, Pre-Year One Batman story. Part 9 of 9.

Written by Len Wein, with interior art by Jim Aparo and cover art by José Luis García-López.

The Untold Legend of the Batman, the ultimate Pre-Crisis, Pre-Year One Batman story. Part 1 of 9.

Written by Len Wein, with breakdowns by John Byrne and finished art by Jim Aparo. Cover art by José Luis García-López.

Part 3 of “To Kill a Legend,” written by Alan Brennert, art by Dick Giordano. Part 1 can be read here, and Part 2 can be read here.

Originally published in Detective Comics #500 (1981), reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and Batman in the Eighties.

Part 2 of “To Kill a Legend,” written by Alan Brennert, art by Dick Giordano. Part 1 can be read here and the conclusion can be read here.

Originally published in Detective Comics #500 (1981), reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and Batman in the Eighties.

Part 1 of "To Kill a Legend," written by Alan Brennert, art by Dick Giordano.

Originally published in Detective Comics #500 (1981), reprinted in The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and Batman in the Eighties.

Batman's first year, by Rick Burchett and colored by Year One's Richmond Lewis. Reposted with my own scans, including the backs of the cards which describe the events, all written by Jordan B. Gorkinkel. Frontispiece painting by Dave Dorman.

From Skybox’s Batman: Saga of the Dark Knight trading cards (1994). Stories referenced: Year One, Shaman, The Killing Joke, Images, and Venom.

After Bruce and Hervé thwart the Girondists, Bruce's evil and still-alive-in-this-universe father proceeds to exact his Revolutionary retribution in the presence of Robespierre himself. Will Hervé Deinte act to save the day? LOL, non. 

From Batman: Reign of Terror (1999), written by Mike W. Barr with art by José Luis García-López.

The bad man (and his many faces) in Bruce Wayne's dreams.

Words by James Robinson, art by Tim Sale, from "Blades", LotDK #34.