Warning! Spoilers forward for Two-Face #3!DC Comics has simply introduced a basic Darkish Knight foe again and canonized one of the tragic episodes of Batman: The Animated Sequence. A number of authentic villains from the beloved cartoon have come to the DC Universe, and now the identical might be stated for one of many sequence’ most tear-jerking episodes.

In Two-Face #3 by Christian Ward and Fábio Veras, Harvey Dent is tasked with finding the Ventriloquist’s dummy, Scarface. After performing some digging, Two-Face determines that the dummy is at present with the small-time prison, Child Doll. Dent’s worker, Lake Cantwell, is not conversant in Child Doll, and Two-Face provides her the rundown.

Like Batman: The Animated Sequence’, Mary Louise Dahl was a former actor with a situation that halted her ageing. Doll later kidnapped the actors who performed her TV household to get her present again, getting Dahl imprisoned and, as speculated by Two-Face, turning her into an precise prison.

Child Doll and Her Heartbreaking Origin are DC Comics Canon

Few Batman Foes Have a Background as Unhappy as Child Doll’s

Child Doll first appeared in a self-titled episode of Batman: The Animated Sequence’ second season. Mary Louise Dahl was as soon as the star of a well-liked television present “Love That Child” (enjoying a baby function regardless of being in her 20s). Sadly, the present’s scores dwindled and was finally canceled, and Mary Louise’s profession was successfully over. Taking the title ‘Child Doll’, Dahl turned to a lifetime of crime, not solely kidnapping the actors who performed her household on TV, however later working with Killer Croc, sensing him to be a kindred soul (although their partnership was tenuous at greatest).

Child Doll is not the primary villain to come back to the DC Universe from Batman: The Animated Sequence. Roxy Rocket, Condiment King, and, after all, Harley Quinn, all first appeared within the cartoon. However whereas all of those characters had various levels of pathos to them, Child Doll was undeniably dealt one of many worst arms. Dahl wished nothing greater than be taken severely as an actor and understandably snapped when her present was canceled, and it grew to become unimaginable for her to work. It’s a tough backstory that is simply as unhappy now that it’s been made official DC Comics canon.

Child Doll Nonetheless Has One of many Saddest Origins of Any Batman Villain

It is Not a Competitors, However Child Doll Had It Tough

Batman followers in all places have their very own tackle which Batman: The Animated Sequence episode is the present’s most tragic (and admittedly, “Coronary heart of Ice” is a stable contender). However “Child Doll” was a tragic story a few lady doing something she may to maintain the one factor that gave her pleasure in her life. It was a robust story again when it was within the cartoon, and it is simply as highly effective now that it is Child Doll’s backstory within the DC Universe. There are many villains within the DC Universe with messed-up pasts, however this Batman: The Animated Sequence’ villain simply introduced one of the heart-wrenching origins together with her.

Two-Face #3 is out there now from DC Comics.