Gilda Grace Dent (née Gold) is a fictional character who has appeared in Batman comic books since Detective Comics #66 (August 1942), alongside her fiancée Harvey Dent, who becomes the criminal mastermind Two-Face) . She has since been a recurring character throughout Batman stories with Two-Face.
In her first appearance, Gilda Gold is the fiancée of Harvey Kent (later re-named Dent), the brilliant and handsome district attorney of Gotham City. W...
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Gilda Grace Dent (née Gold) is a fictional character who has appeared in Batman comic books since Detective Comics #66 (August 1942), alongside her fiancée Harvey Dent, who becomes the criminal mastermind Two-Face) . She has since been a recurring character throughout Batman stories with Two-Face.
In her first appearance, Gilda Gold is the fiancée of Harvey Kent (later re-named Dent), the brilliant and handsome district attorney of Gotham City. When acid is thrown onto Harvey's face by gangster Boss Maroni during Maroni's trial, Dent's fragile mind snaps. Because Gilda is a sculptor, Harvey believes that she worships beauty; therefore (in Dent's mind), neither she -- nor anyone else -- could ever love or accept a person with such a monstrously "hideous" face as his. Gilda creates a bust of Harvey, which he smashes with a mallet to symbolize his new, seemingly ruined self. Even as Two-Face begins a dual career of crime and Robin Hood-style philanthropy, he still longs passionately for...
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