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DC's Source blog has posted a four-page preview of the second part of Tony Daniel's current Harvey/Gilda storyline. The issue has come out today, but I'm currently in a place where the nearest comic shop is over an hour away, and while I don't think I want to drive an hour each way just to read something that'll almost certainly just leave me frustrated, I'm itching like hell to find out what happens next. Some storytellers might consider this a triumph, I suppose. If so, feel proud, Mr. Daniel.
Based on the pages that we see there, I have a couple reactions. First off, I laughed out loud at the overwrought "GILDAAAAAAAAA!!!" but maybe that's only because I heard it in my head as "RAY-CHULL!!!!" More importantly, was Gilda supposed to be dead? The only time that's ever been mentioned as even a possibility was in Greg Rucka's No Man's Land novelization, but not in comics. Will Daniel actually address this, with details of how/when Gilda was supposed to have maybe sorta died? Will he address her last appearance in canon, Two-Face Strikes Twice, from way back in the early 90's? I doubt it, and I know it's pretty obscure, but Daniel seems to have enjoyed digging through obscure stuff in the Morrisonian style so I can't help but assume that he's read that story.
In the same double-page spread, I was struck by Harvey's tender, confused, betrayed thoughts about Gilda. My expectations have been kept on low for self-preservation, so this moment surprised me, and makes me wonder if maybe Daniel really is going somewhere with Harvey and Gilda, and that he does understand the importance of their dynamic. Then again, that "we PROTECTED each other" line could just be a reference to (one interpretation of) The Long Halloween's ending, in which case, I take back all my preemptive praise.
Based on the DC blog's headline of "Two-Face's new ally" combined with the cover image, I'm guessing that it was Eddie who delivered a shovel to Harvey's face(s). That's both hilarious and sad.
So, who's read the issue?
Based on the pages that we see there, I have a couple reactions. First off, I laughed out loud at the overwrought "GILDAAAAAAAAA!!!" but maybe that's only because I heard it in my head as "RAY-CHULL!!!!" More importantly, was Gilda supposed to be dead? The only time that's ever been mentioned as even a possibility was in Greg Rucka's No Man's Land novelization, but not in comics. Will Daniel actually address this, with details of how/when Gilda was supposed to have maybe sorta died? Will he address her last appearance in canon, Two-Face Strikes Twice, from way back in the early 90's? I doubt it, and I know it's pretty obscure, but Daniel seems to have enjoyed digging through obscure stuff in the Morrisonian style so I can't help but assume that he's read that story.
In the same double-page spread, I was struck by Harvey's tender, confused, betrayed thoughts about Gilda. My expectations have been kept on low for self-preservation, so this moment surprised me, and makes me wonder if maybe Daniel really is going somewhere with Harvey and Gilda, and that he does understand the importance of their dynamic. Then again, that "we PROTECTED each other" line could just be a reference to (one interpretation of) The Long Halloween's ending, in which case, I take back all my preemptive praise.
Based on the DC blog's headline of "Two-Face's new ally" combined with the cover image, I'm guessing that it was Eddie who delivered a shovel to Harvey's face(s). That's both hilarious and sad.
So, who's read the issue?
