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| Issue |
Detective
817 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 1 |
| Date |
May
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Leonard
Kirk, Andy Clarke |
| storyline |
Someone
calling himself "Gotham's Protector" killed
the KGBeast by pushing him off a building. The Russian
assassin was in town to knock off a mob informant.
When the police found him, he also had two bullet
holes in his forehead. Detective Bullock, back on
the force, got the case.
Harvey Dent received a visitor who told him his
year-long gig as vigilante was up. Newly reappointed
Commissioner Gordon received a call from the mayor
- Poison Ivy was back from the dead and holding
several high-society residents hostage. Gordon took
Officer Harper to the roof and turned on the signal;
people on the streets cheered. Batman and Robin
answered it for the first time in a year. They watched
as plants overtook the entire penthouse of a nearby
building. |
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| Issue |
Batman
651 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 2 |
| Date |
May
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Keith Champagne |
| storyline |
The
entire city watched as Batman's plane smashed into
the building where Ivy held several CEOs captive.
He and Robin entered the building and split up.
Both faced off against several unnatural / attack
plants before Batman finally got to Poison Ivy.
She captured him with vines, etc. while preaching
her ecoterrorist motives. As Robin got to the sprinkler
system, Batman released a defoliant from his belt
and was freed. She surrendered when Batman told
her they'd release it throughout the building if
she didn't stand down.
Batman and Robin gave Gordon the lowdown; he got
a call - Magpie was dead. |
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| Issue |
Detective
818 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 3 |
| Date |
June
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Leonard
Kirk, Andy Clarke, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Less
than 24 hours after KGBeast was found dead, Magpie
was found in similar fashion: two bullet holes in
her head. Every bird in her aviary had a broken
neck.
Back at the cave, Bruce and Alfred talked about
the murders, Harvey Dent, and Tim.
Dent, who'd been watching Batman and Robin in action,
realized they were more in synch than they'd been
in years. As in synch as Batman had been with the
first Robin and much more than the second. He began
to believe that the first Robin had been in on this
one's training. He wondered what his place would
be now that Gotham City had its protectors back.
He saw Two-Face in his reflection.
After taking down Mad Hatter, Batman told Robin
he had other business to take care of. They were
to meet at police headquarters in an hour.
Someone broke in on Scarface and the Ventriloquist.
Wesker was shot, Scarface was stomped.
The
Crime File of Jason Bard
Jason Bard laid awake in bed while his client, Mrs.
Buckmaster, slept. She'd hired him to find her husband's
killer. He got up when he thought he'd heard a noise.
Batman was in his apartment. Batman was intrigued
that the man was not afraid of him. He offered Bard
a job. He needed someone he could trust, someone
who operated in the daylight. After seeing his offer,
Bard accepted. He asked Batman if he'd drop Mrs.
Buckmaster off at police headquarters - she was
her husband's murderer. |
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| Issue |
Batman
652 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 4 |
| Date |
June
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Michael Bair, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman,
Robin, and Bullock investigated the Ventriloquist
murder scene. They found a clue - Wesker had used
Scarface to write a street name down before he died.
Robin found some security footage from an address
on Norvick Way - KGBeast, Magpie, Orca, and the
Ventriloquist were meeting with Harvey Dent. They
got in the car and headed out to meet Gordon. After
going over the details, Batman spoke with Bullock.
Though he was the man who'd uncovered the GCPD corruption
(all the way up to Akins), Batman still didn't trust
him. Bullock fingered Penguin, who had left the
country a few months back. He'd hired all of the
recently dead as muscle.
The murder weapon was found. Robin got a print from
it - Harvey Dent. Batman wasn't sure Dent was guilty,
but began doubting his decision to leave the man
"in charge" when he left town. Gordon
clued them in on Killer Moth; Robin went after him
solo.
Batman met with Dent. Dent got defensive and refused
to say whether or not he was the killer, even though
Batman claimed to still be on his side. As Robin
took down Killer Moth, Dent detonated his apartment. |
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| Issue |
Detective
819 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 5 |
| Date |
July
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Leonard
Kirk, Andy Clarke, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Batman
and Robin headed into the sewer to find Orca. They
found Killer Croc instead. After knocking him unconscious
with some explosives, they found Orca's body. Two
bullet holes in her head, she was dead before Croc
found her.
Harvey Dent began conversing with Two-Face through
a mirror.
The Crime File of Jason Bard
Jason Bard discovered Orca had gotten married. He
visited her husband. He gave up that she'd met her
new "friends" through the Penguin. They
were going to switch sides and work for another
power inside Gotham. Dent had stopped them from
robbing one of Penguin's warehouses. He wanted to
use them as spies against Cobblepot. Before he could
say anything more, he was dead. Bard saw a laser
sight on his forehead before it exploded. Gunfire
continued to ring out; Jason was hit. The gunman
introduced himself as the Tally Man, and fired once
more. |
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| Issue |
Batman
653 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 6 |
| Date |
July
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Dent
admitted to Two-Face that things had changed since
Batman returned. He thought back on when Batman
told him he, Robin, and Nightwing were leaving the
city; he asked Harvey to watch over it while they
were gone. They trained together for a month; together
they took down Mr. Freeze and Firebug just before
Batman left.
Harvey realized he was no longer needed by Batman,
then how good it felt to be against him. He pulled
out a coin and flipped it. Two-Face returned after
Dent took acid and a knife to himself. |
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| Issue |
Detective
820
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| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 7 |
| Date |
August
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Leonard
Kirk, Andy Clarke |
| storyline |
Batman
talked with Gordon while he and Robin took on Scarecrow
and his new batch of fear gas. Tim saw the E2 Robin
and Superboy Prime; Bruce saw his father in his
own Batman costume.
The gun had been dismantled, then put back together
with another handle and trigger. After the murders,
the handle and trigger with Dent's original prints
was replaced.
Batman and Robin defeated Scarecrow and stopped
in to visit Gordon. While they were there, Jack
Ryder broke the story: Two-Face had returned.
The Crime File of Jason Bard
Jason had been able to make the Tally Man misfire
by tripping him with his cane. He then got up and
knocked him out with a kick to the face. He then
called Batman with the news. |
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| Issue |
Batman
654 |
| Subtitle |
Face
the Face part 8 |
| Date |
August
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
James
Robinson |
| Artist(s) |
Don
Kramer, Wayne Faucher |
| storyline |
Two-Face
took over the Gotham Zoo. Four cops were killed,
a fifth crippled. Everyone but a cleaner and a vet
were ordered to leave. He kept one male and one
female of each animal and set the rest free. Batman
and Robin went in. While battling it out, Two-Face
blamed Batman for his re-scarring. He escaped; Robin
defused all the bombs.
Batman headed out to confront the man who'd framed
Dent: Warren White, the Great White Shark. From
Arkham, he'd taken over organized crime in Gotham
City. He'd also been behind the "revolving
door" at Arkham of late. Batman promised the
man his troubles were just beginning. He would be
watching, and when he caught Two-Face, he'd hand
White over to him.
Back at the cave, Bruce and Alfred took Tim upstairs
to what used to be Dick's room. Bruce again asked
Tim if he could adopt him. They embraced as Tim
began to cry. |
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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Harvey
Bullock is back on the police force. (Detective 817) |
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"Commissioner
for the third time, settling back into the same strange,
wonderful terror of crime in this city, just as I'd left
it. Three months since my return. Six months since Harvey
Bullock made his discoveries." (James Gordon, Detective
817) |
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The
deaths of KGBeast, Magpie, Arnold "the Ventriloquist"
Wesker, and Orca. |
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Poison
Ivy returned from the dead. (Batman 651) |
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Harvey
Dent scarred himself with acid and a knife; Two-Face returned.
(Batman 653) |
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