Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two-Face gets a tragic reinterpretation in the 2024DCpodcastBatman: Unburied. DC’s Gotham City has been adapted many times in many different ways recently. Matt Reeves’The Batmanfranchise has reached a new peak withThe Penguin’s record-breaking ratings,Batman: Caped Crusadercarries the legacy ofBatman: The Animated Series, andBatman: Arkham Shadowexpands theArkhamvideo game franchise in VR form. Not to mention,Andy Muschietti’sThe Brave and the Boldis currently in development in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe.
Apart from live-action movies, live-action shows, animated shows, video games, and comic books, Batman’s extensive DC lore has also been adapted in podcast form. The podcast mini-seriesBatman Unburiedfirst released in 2022, leading to two spinoffs titledHarley Quinn and The Joker: Sound MindandThe Riddler: Secrets in the Darkin 2023, as well as a 2024 sequel titledBatman Unburied: Fallen Cityin 2024.Batman Unburied: Fallen Cityfollows Colman Domingo’s Dark Knightas he discovers a secret society that controls Gotham from the shadows.
Batman Unburied: Fallen City’s Harvey Dent Origin Story Makes His Fate Even Sadder
Batman Unburied: Fallen City Explores Harvey Dent’s Heroic Days
Harvey Dent is often depicted as an honest politician trying to make a positive change in Gotham — a motivation that comes crashing down once his face is disfigured, awakening his dark side. Instead,Batman Unburied: Fallen Cityexplores Harvey Dent’s backstory, making some tweaks to his origin in order to portray him as a sincerely humble lawyer who made a name for himself on his own merit.Batman Unburied: Fallen City’s Harvey Dent defies the odds and becomes"top of his class at Ivy League law school"despite his lack of wealth and connections, and he does it because he genuinely wants to change Gotham for the better.
Batman Unburied: Fallen Citycast Colman Domingo as the Dark Knight afterBatman Unburied’s Winston Dukeleft the project due to scheduling conflicts.
Batman Unburied: Fallen City’s new origin story for Harvey Dent makes hi transformation into Two-Face more tragic than it has been in most Batman adaptations, and possibly even more than most DC Comics timelines. Harvey had to fight tooth-and-nail to earn his place in Gotham, and he attempted to be as heroic as Batman. Harvey even gets the chance to join forces with the Dark Knight himself for a while. Yet, the inevitable happens, and Two-Face overrides Harvey Dent’s benevolent efforts.
2024 Has Provided More Than One Tragic Reimagination Of Harvey Dent’s Origin Story
Two-Face Remains A Popular Batman Villain Across All DC Media
Although Two-Face hasn’t been a major antagonist in a live-action movie sinceThe Dark Knight, the villain has been adapted multiple times in various formats.Batman: Caped Crusaderintroduced a version of Harvey Dent that bears some similarities toBatman Unburied: Fallen City’s. This Harvey Dent also used to be Bruce Wayne’s friend and a self-less attorney After the incident, this version of Two-Face only targets criminals. Meanwhile,Joker: Folie a Deux’s Harvey Dent prosecutes Arthur Fleckand becomes badly injured in a terrorist attack, andThe Penguin’s promotional material teases Harvey Dent’s introduction ahead ofThe Batman - Part II.
