10 Things Every DC Comics Fan Forgets About Two-Face

5. Bruce Wayne And Harvey Dent Knew Each Other As Children

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The New 52 reboot made further connections to the lives of Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent, connecting their lives in places that they had never been connected before. For years, Harvey’s politician father would get drunk and beat him. He would sometimes give Harvey the chance to get out of a beating by the flip of a coin toss.

Harvey eventually had enough. He tied up his father and left him in their house for several days until the police discovered him. The younger Dent was captured and sent to the Arkham Boys Rehabilitation Home. There he met a young and serious Bruce Wayne who was still traumatized by the recent murders of his father and mother. The two became friends.

The young boys entered into a pact. Bruce agreed to kill Dent’s abusive father and Harvey would agree to kill the Wayne’s murderer, low level thug Joe Chill. However, Harvey decided to give his father a second chance when the man expressed remorse and re-minted his coin to have two heads, as a gesture that he would never beat Harvey again. Bruce thought this was naive but left Dent to his life as he began to set his own in motion.

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John Wilson has been a comic book and pop culture fan his entire life. He has written for a number of websites on the subject over the years and is especially pleased to be at WhatCulture. John has written two comic books for Last Ember Press Studio and has recently self-published a children's book called "Blue." When not spending far too much time on the internet, John spends time with his lovely wife, Kim, their goofy dog, Tesla, and two very spoiled cats.