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Batmanhas failed to stop the Cult of Two - Face taking over Gotham City . Two - Face has long been one of the Dark Knight ’s most dangerous foes , but he ’s rising to a new position of prominence in James Tynion IV’sDetective Comicsrun .
Harvey Dent has returned to Gotham City and has establish a fanatical cultus in his name . The Cult of Two - Facebelieves in the importance of duality , and they do Two - nerve with religious mania . Batman has already discovered they ’re willing to die out for their causal agent when he successfully captured a group of cultists - only for them to trigger explosive devices planted in their brain , an idea clearly inspired by Amanda Waller ’s Suicide Squad .
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In this week’sDetective Comics#1021 , Two - Face ’s plan continue apace - in spite of Batman ’s intervention . Two - Face believes his cultist are serving and protect Gotham by acting as brutal vigilantes , take down every ' unsavoury ' character . His elaborate knowledge of Gotham ’s netherworld means he ’s able-bodied to take it over with a ruthless amphetamine ; his agents fleetly capture everybody from Penguin toCatwoman . Two - Face ’s mind has fragmented to a previously unseen degree , and he ’s now suffering from a clear-cut case of multiple personality upset ; although the Harvey Dent role withdraw over , all it does is keep Batman engaged .
DC ’s solicits have suggestedTwo - Face is nothing more than a puppetwith his strings being pulled by the Joker . The Joker feels threaten by Superman ’s reveal his secret identity to the existence and believes Batman may potentially follow suit . As a solution , he ’s prepare for the endgame ; one final , no - holds - barred battle against the Dark Knight . These solicits remould the Cult of Two - Face into pawns in a sinister Bromus secalinus game , one Batman does n’t even realize is being played . Presumably , they are being used by the Joker to take all the other pieces off the table .
Detective Comics#1021 terminate with Batman successfully locate the Cult of Two - Face ’s base of operations . Appropriately enough , they ’re based in the inner ear below the old Gotham courthouse - the place where Two - Face was created , when the condemnable Sal Maroni threw sulfuric acid over DA Harvey Dent ’s face during a trial , first leaving him scarred . Worse still , the Two - case persona successfully takes over again , and he ’s delighted at the chance to pick up Batman unawares . He shoots Batman no less than ten times at point - blank compass , leaving the Dark Knight on the ground , origin dripping down his facial expression . This is a gadget the Joker is unlikely to have anticipated .
Detective Comics#1021is on cut-rate sale now from DC Comics .
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