BATMAN: FACES [Comic]

Matt Wagner (Author), Willie Schubert (Drawings), Steve Oliff (Colorist)

Product Details

• Comic: 96 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (July 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563891263
• ISBN-13: 978-1563891267
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.2 x 10.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,416,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Wagner's first noble attempt at Batman, August 31, 2007

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Steven Scott "LeChuck" (L.A., CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BATMAN: FACES (Comic)

Having read Wagner's most recent Batman entries (Monster Men and Mad Monk, highly recommended!), I was anxious to get my hands on anything else this guy had done, specifically anything involving Batman. I was finally able to track down the out of print Faces, which was previously printed as three issues in Legends of the Dark Knight. While this is my least favorite Batman story he's created, I still found it worth the long search.

Faces deals with Two-Face and his attempts to create a "deformity nation" on a secluded island. Wagner's version of Two-Face looks great, while his Batman is not quite as polished as he has been more recently, he still looks good as does the rest of the artwork. Wagner's style looks very much like an old film noir in color with his excellent use of shadows and his covers are always pleasing to the eye.

There are some good secondary characters in here as well that we get to know but don't make appearances beyond this trade. I usually prefer a longer more in depth character study (The Long Halloween is a personal favorite) but Wagner is smart by restraining himself and not going off in too many directions. He does in 3 issues what might take other skilled writers 6 issues to do.

If you're a Two-Face fan it's worth checking out, however I still prefer TLH as the definitive Two-Face tale, and I also prefer the previously mentioned Wagner Bat books.

5.0 out of 5 stars intrerseting take on two face, November 3, 2011

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scott - See all my reviews

This review is from: BATMAN: FACES (Comic)

The way the art and story of this novel combine to form a uniquely immersive and powerful story is amazing. This book is symbolica and provocative. The images in it will stay with you long after you're done reading. this is one of first batman novels

3.0 out of 5 stars Batman: Faces, September 10, 2011

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Evan Day (Rogers, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman : Faces (Paperback)

Just a short review: Batman takes on Two Face, who concocts a plot in which he recruits or conscripts a slew of others with deformities (think classic circus freaks) for his own personal nation. The thing that pushes it from a rather odd, surreal book to a memorable one is the climax, which I'll just say BRUTALLY takes Two Face's supposed 'justification' for his insanity and throws it in his face.

I suppose why I appreciate it is that while some may find it exploititave of those with abnormalities, it actually addresses and repudiates something that's bugged me about the 'scarred villain' cliche. I know plenty of people with severe scars and abnormalities, physical and mental, who nonetheless live fulfilled, happy lives, probably more than a typical person. The idea that the acid thrown in his face is the sole reason for Harvey Dent's evil turn doesn't sit well with me. This book suggests it really revealed his true character.