How Does Dent Commit Crime

Throughout comic book history, Batman has the most renowned and beloved super villains— the leader of the League of Shadows, Ra’s al Ghul, the mob boss The Penguin, and the environmental extremest Poison Ivy. Add to the list the intelligent and deadly super human who broke the Bat, Bane; Mr.Freeze, the scientist who goes to many extremes to save the life of his beloved wife; the mental opponent of Batman, the Riddler; and finally, the most famous of all, the psychotic clown prince of crime, the Joker. But among all of Batman’s nemeses existed one man whose fate was changed when half of his face was burned by acid, revealing a ominous separate personality of the man that was buried deep within him. That man was District Attorney
Harvey Dent,
Only if the coin lands on the damaged, scarred side does Two-Face actually commit crime. This compulsive coin flipping behavior is actually a compromise or means to keep the personalities in balance between Two-Face and
Dent.
Over the years, there have been various attempts to repair Harvey’s facial disfigurement, but not with lasting success. Despite temporarily healing his outer appearance, no one ever cured him of his MPD. Even though he briefly returned back to his former appearance, he ended up destroying his healed face and became Two-Face again. One of the best examples of this is in
Frank Miller’s masterpiece The Dark Knight Returns. In his tome, plastic surgery returned Dent’s face back to normal, however, with the failed effect of restoring Harvey’s personality and eliminating that of Two-Face’s. Two-Face remained the dominant personality. Unfortunately, the
Dent character never integrates his two identities to mask or control his criminal personality.
Dent’s inability, that of an individual to meld or integrate distinct or split personalities illustrated what is common of those affected with