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Detective Comics #68, cover date October 1942, features the exact same creative team as last issue, and is easily a must-read. Putting that right up top so you can go read it blind. If you enjoyed Tec #66 and want to see the story’s conclusion, here it is. The cover is great, featuring Two-Face front and center as if to say “here’s what you’ve been waiting for!” I can’t imagine how agonizing it must have been to be a kid at this point, having to wait two whole months to see how the most exciting Batman yarn yet reached its end. We pick up right where we left off in #66 – the coin is still standing on its edge, what will Two-Face do? He picks up the coin, and refuses to flip again – he only flips once for every issue, and since he already flipped, he’ll let fate decide his path, now. Just then, a GCPD officer bursts in and shoots Two-Face! The shot doesn’t kill the former DA (the coin, ironically, blocks it), but it does decide his fate – Two-Face will remain a villain. Harvey escapes and embarks on a new crime spree. During the course of his rampage, Two-Face successfully knocks Batman out, and we get a hint that he can still be saved, “I could kill the Batman – but I’m not a killer yet…besides, he was my friend! Well…I’ll get going before I give in to temptation!” It’s simple, but it goes a long way to emphasizing the tragic nature of Two-Face when compared with the other villains. He doesn’t hate Batman because he’s innately evil, like the Joker, he doesn’t really hate Batman at all! He’s just a sick man who needs help, but can’t get the kind he needs. Not for lack of trying though! Since plastic surgery is off the table, Harvey uses wax makeup to make himself look normal again so he could see Gilda. But, in keeping with the endless tragedy, the wax melts and Gilda sees that Harvey, even his good side, is becoming lost in his villainy. Ultimately, the story ends with Two-Face in jail, and an exceedingly somber victory. Harvey was so close to being cured, but fate kept stepping in to ruin things. The tragedy of Two-Face is one of the best Golden Age stories, by far. Finger really knocked this one out of the park. Oh, yeah, and Kane’s art is ok for him, I suppose.