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This week I finished reading the Batman novel The Long Halloween.
Essentially it's a murder mystery involving a killer known as "Holiday" who is killing off relatives of mob families in Gotham - each on a significant public holiday. To solve the crimes, Batman, Commissioner Gordon have joined forces with the city's new District Attorney - Harvey Dent.
So, of course, one of the main arcs of the novel is the transformation of Dent into the psychopathic "Two-Face", but the murder story itself provided enough suspense that I 'forgot' that Harvey's downfall was inevitable - it did actually catch me off guard!
The novel was apparently used as a resource during the creation of the "The Dark Knight" and you can see the novels influences in the movie - with some frames appearing as exact shots in the film.
I always enjoy a story where you know the outcome at the beginning - it's the seeing the pieces of the jigsaw fit together that makes it so interesting.
And, as the pieces of Two Face fell in place, I couldn't help but read on.
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But did Two-Face die at the end as in The Dark Knight? That's what I'd like to know!
Thanks for reading Michael,
In my opinion, I believe he is 'supposed' to be dead. By that I mean, I believe it says in the shooting script that his neck was snapped.
In practice however, I believe that the ending was ambigious enough to get away with saying he has just been locked away in Arkham.
I believe in Harvey Dent.
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