"Face the Face" is an eight-issue Batman story arc written by James Robinson with art by Leonard Kirk, Andy Clarke, Don Kramer, Keith Champagne, Michael Bair, and Wayne Faucher. It was originally published in Detective Comics #817-820 and Batman #651-654 by DC Comics from May through August 2006. This particular story is significant because it marks Batman's return to active duty one year after the events of DC's universe spanning event, Infinite Crisis. Plot synopsis Batman and Robin return to Gotham City one year following the events of Infinite Crisis. It is revealed that Batman, in his absence, entrusted the safety of Gotham City to former district attorney Harvey Dent, better known as Two-Face, who has undergone plastic surgery and overcome his split personality. Upon returning, a string of mysterious killings involving some of Batman's rogues gallery; the KGBeast, the Magpie, the Ventriloquist occurred. They were all killed with a double-barrelled gun once used by Harvey Dent. The gun was subsequently found with Harvey Dent's fingerprints on the gun. Surveillance footage also showed Harvey talking to the KGBeast, the Magpie and the Ventriloquist. A fourth villain, Orca, was also detected in the surveillance footage. Meanwhile, Batman, realising that his nocturnal activities prevented him from conducting investigations during the day, put private investigator Jason Bard on a retainer to assist him. Jason was asked to dig into Orca and found that before she became a supervillain, she was married to Terry Capshaw. Terry confirmed that Orca was associating herself with the KGBeast, the Magpie and the Ventriloquist and revealed they were all working for the Penguin, but were convinced by Harvey to switch sides and act as Dent's spies. Terry was killed by the Tally Man before he could reveal anything more to Jason. Batman confronted Harvey with the murders of his spies and his prints on the murder weapon with the intention of wanting Harvey to clear up the misunderstandings. Harvey refused and blew up his apartment instead. He struggles with the Two-Face persona that is still deep within him, leading Harvey to toss a coin, and ultimately decides to revert to Two-Face. Two-Face then takes over the Gotham Zoo, killing four cops and crippling one other before releasing all the animals, except for a male and a female of each species in the zoo. Batman and Robin confront and defeat Two-Face, and Robin successfully defuses a bomb Harvey planted