Batman Annual #14 p. 42 - Two-Face
Artists: Chris Sprouse (Penciller) , Steve Mitchell (Inker)
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DescriptionFrom the 1990 Batman Annual.I thought I’d post a page featuring Harvey Dent today since yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the premiere of “Batman Forever” which featured Two-Face as one of its two villains. That movie was a continuation of the series that began with Tim Burton’s 1989 film starring Michael Keaton, except that “Batman Forever” did not star Keaton and wasn’t directed by Burton. Joel Schumacher was brought on to sit in the director’s chair, and Val Kilmer was given the cape and cowl for this installment. With Schumacher came a definite shift in tone from Burton’s two movies, and I actually liked the brighter colors and campier feel (although it went way too far with the subsequent film, 1997’s “Batman & Robin”). I can’t believe that “Batman Forever” is now thirty years old. As much as I enjoyed the movie, I enjoyed the build up to it even more. I had just completed my first year of college, and I had decided weeks before the film’s opening day to get a group of high school friends together to go see it on the night it opened. Long story short, it snowballed to a point where the group had grown to around thirty people and I was in charge of collecting the money for tickets, buying the tickets at the theater the day they went on sale, and then distributing the tickets to everyone. In those days before smartphones, that meant actually driving to people’s homes to collect cash and then drop off the tickets. On the day of the movie, we met up in front of the theater hours ahead of time so we’d get decent seats. Hanging out on line outside of the theater was more fun than the movie itself. I was aware that night that there’d likely never again be another time with all of those people together, so I made sure that I enjoyed every minute of it. So I owe “Batman Forever” for serving as the catalyst for what was a very special night that still holds special meaning to me thirty years later. As for the page itself, I think it’s funny. Harvey flipping the coin before he could say whether it was a lovely day was amusing, but the second coin toss to stay outside made me laugh (even if it was at the expense of the poor orderly). Sprouse and Mitchell did an excellent job illustrating Andrew Helfer’s enjoyable story. As much as I can’t believe that “Batman Forever” came out thirty years ago, it really knocks me over to think that I first read this annual thirty-five years ago. Where did all of the time go? One other item to note – “Batman Forever” had a great soundtrack with Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” being a major standout. But I still remember the exact moment when my brother and I were watching MTV and we saw the music video for U2’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” for the first time. It was before the debut of the movie, and the video gave us great hope that the film would be as cool as the video. It’s still my favorite U2 song to this day. Social/Sharing |
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M L 
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
Great page! You get the flip, the determination, and the action. I remember this page well but had never registered who the artist is. It's fun to see the OA so many years after reading the story.
Steve Day Vich
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
I forgot about this issue, thanks for reminding me how cool it was. Back when Annuals meant something.
Derek Crabbe
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
"You were always a good friend Michael." *flips coin*
Daryl R
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
Great page from a very memorable issue! Even better when art evokes so many memories and associations! Thanks for sharing!
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
2 - Posted on 6/17/2025
This was a great annual issue and this page is classic Two-Face content, love it! Congrats.
Also Your story about seeing movies back in the 90s with friends pre-internet/smartphones etc. also brings me back several similar memories. It's impossible to replicate the amount of effort it used to take to bring that many people together for a paid event. We have it way too easy now, but who has 30 friends to see movies with in 2025 right ;) I have a soft spot for Batman Forever myself, a movie I saw in the theater once but countless times since then. It had the right balance of camp/cheese and serious for me at the time, and probably have nostalgia glasses on for now when I rewatch it. That U2 song for me is also the best track on an all around great soundtrack that was influential in how I look at soundtracks in general which inspired me during certain work projects later in life!
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 6/18/2025
Kavi H wrote:
This was a great annual issue and this page is classic Two-Face content, love it! Congrats.
Also Your story about seeing movies back in the 90s with friends pre-internet/smartphones etc. also brings me back several similar memories. It's impossible to replicate the amount of effort it used to take to bring that many people together for a paid event. We have it way too easy now, but who has 30 friends to see movies with in 2025 right ;) I have a soft spot for Batman Forever myself, a movie I saw in the theater once but countless times since then. It had the right balance of camp/cheese and serious for me at the time, and probably have nostalgia glasses on for now when I rewatch it. That U2 song for me is also the best track on an all around great soundtrack that was influential in how I look at soundtracks in general which inspired me during certain work projects later in life!
I think if I tried to get a group together for a movie in 2025, I'd have a tough time getting three people, let alone thirty!
That's very cool that the Batman Forever soundtrack was so influential to you. I miss the days when a movie's soundtrack could be bigger than the film itself - Empire Records immediately comes to mind, and arguably the soundtrack to Singles. Maybe I'm just not paying attention to the right movies these days, but it doesn't seem like we get that type of soundtrack album all that much anymore.
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
Posted on 6/18/2025
Michael McIsaac wrote:
I think if I tried to get a group together for a movie in 2025, I'd have a tough time getting three people, let alone thirty!
That's very cool that the Batman Forever soundtrack was so influential to you. I miss the days when a movie's soundtrack could be bigger than the film itself - Empire Records immediately comes to mind, and arguably the soundtrack to Singles. Maybe I'm just not paying attention to the right movies these days, but it doesn't seem like we get that type of soundtrack album all that much anymore.
Yeah I'm mainly a go see the movie solo type these days during a time when nobody is there to avoid bigger crowds, ocasionally I'll go with 1 or 2 friends but that means trekking into the city from NJ just for a movie usually (ugh).
Loved the Empire Records soundtrack. Some other films where the soundtrack feels bigger than the movie itself to me were Garden State, and more recently A Star Is Born. But overall I think you are right, where that occurence feels less prominent in modern times.
I personally worked on the soundtrack albums for the first Kick-Ass movie which was licensed tracks/music (and IMHO was a solid soundtrack). I also worked on the Bono/Edge (they wrote the music and lyrics and Steve Lillywhite produced) soundtrack album for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark broadway play, and I was on the team for the U2 album "No Line On The Horizon" released in 2009...so plenty of random U2 related work memories kicking around in my noggin'!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
Two-Face, I only hear what I want to
And Two-Face, I walk so all the time, so
And I thought what a flip to evil
And I thought that I don't belong
And now Wak I am leavin'
Now I know Harvey Dent something's wrong
Sprouse I missed you
Yeah, yeah, I missed you
And Two-Face, I sit in chair when I want to
In Steve Mitchell art, don't pay attention
To the distance that you're runnin'
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if the movies care
And Billy’s hearin' negative, no, no, Jones, bad
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 6/18/2025
Marcus Wai wrote:
Two-Face, I only hear what I want to
And Two-Face, I walk so all the time, so
And I thought what a flip to evil
And I thought that I don't belong
And now Wak I am leavin'
Now I know Harvey Dent something's wrong
Sprouse I missed you
Yeah, yeah, I missed you
And Two-Face, I sit in chair when I want to
In Steve Mitchell art, don't pay attention
To the distance that you're runnin'
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if the movies care
And Billy’s hearin' negative, no, no, Jones, bad
Since "Stay" is my wife's favorite song, I now need to convince her that these were the original lyrics. I think I can do it.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 6/17/2025
A cool Two-Face page indeed. But the memory you shared is even better!
F M
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 6/18/2025
A fun (very) early Sprouse Bat page.
(Never have been a Schumacher fan though, either his films or political views therein. I confess "Falling Down" seemed decent at the time but I'm not sure how it holds on to an adult).
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 6/18/2025
F M wrote:
A fun (very) early Sprouse Bat page.
(Never have been a Schumacher fan though, either his films or political views therein. I confess "Falling Down" seemed decent at the time but I'm not sure how it holds on to an adult).
Schumacher is very hit or miss for me. Even with his two Batman films, I enjoyed the first one and did not enjoy the second one. But he did direct "The Lost Boys", so I'll give him a pass.
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