Batman '66: The Lost Episode (2014-) #1
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Publisher Description
During the original Batman television series run, legendary writer Harlan Ellison turned in an outline for a story that would have introduced Two-Face. The story never made it to air, and Two-Face never entered the TV show's Rogues Gallery�until now! "The Two-Way Crimes of Two-Face" is adapted to comics by two comic book legends: writer Len Wein and artist Jos� Luis Garcia-Lopez.
Customer Reviews
Batman’s Lost Mystery
Batman ‘66: The Lost Episode is a good read for anyone that is a fan of the classic series or if you’re reading the comic series of the same name.
This story introduces to the one villain who was never seen on the show when it ran on television. I am of course describing that “Duke of Duplicity” himself, Two-Face.
There was a time where back when the show was reaching its high point success that they wanted to bring Two-Face into the mix. Famous writer Harlan Ellison wrote a script for an episode simply titled, “The Two-Way Crimes of Two-Face”. And originally Clint Eastwood was in talks to play the character, and because he was good pals with the show’s stars, Adam West and Burt Ward, it would be no surprise at how awesome this could’ve been. But unfortunately due to the producers and executives thinking that the character would be deemed as too frightening for family entertainment, they would toss the idea out and thus we never got to see the Caped Crusader & the Boy Wonder square off against Two-Face. The comic doesn’t resemble Eastwood but you could definitely tell who they were hoping to get to play you know who.
As someone who is a fan of the character Two-Face, they actually managed to find a way to make him fit in the campy 60s universe. They don’t do the whole “split personality” gimmick but they manage to do his shtick with everything involving the number 2. Along with I might add, they give him a path of righteousness with the coin (sort of) because it determines what Two-Face’s next move could be whether it is good or evil.
This wouldn’t be the end of the double-sided adversary because in 2017, a sequel for Return of the Caped Crusaders was announced and was later titled Batman vs. Two-Face and we got to see Two-Face in the Dozierverse but with William Shatner (best known as Captain Kirk from Star Trek) as the villain.
This story overall is a great read, they presented Two-Face in a wacky but fun fashion and it feels both goofy and silly (for modern comic readers), but then again that’s what you’d expect in Batman ‘66.
I’ll be back with another comic review eventually.
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