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Two-Face was a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He was an enemy of Batman.
Two-Face's real name was Harvey Dent, and he was the District Attorney of Gotham City. Dent, Commissioner James Gordon, and Batman forged an allience to rid the city of evil. This alliance ended tragically when a crime boss Dent was prosecuting through acid in his face, horribly scarring one half while leaving the other half whole. These events are recounted in the comic book mini-series, The Long Halloween.
The loss of half his face caused Dent to go insane, becomming the villainous Two-Face. Obsessed with duality, Two Face's trademark was crimes involving the number two. Another trademark (how fitting that he should have two of them) was that Two Face was not consistently evil; every time he contemplated commiting a crime, he flipped a two-headed coin, one side of which is scratched. Only if the coin came up scratched-side up did Two-Face go ahead and commit the crime.
