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Basil Karlo was one of the first movie monster impresarios of his time. As Lon Chaney was "The Man of a Thousand Faces" at Universal, Karlo was the "Man of a Million Masks" at Warner Bros. A storied actor turned filmaker, he is lauded as a modern era Hitchcock or Poe.

At the twilight of his career, Warner Bros. decided to remake his first movie (and a smash both critically and monetarily) The Janus Man. It was the eerie tale of a man who could change appearance at will. This led him to lead 100 different lives, all with different personalities until one day he is struck with dementia forgetting which face went with which lie. The film chronicled the downward spiral of the man as he desperately clung the hope of figuring it out before one of his personalities murdered again. Basil won the Oscar in 1967 (trust me) for the lead role.

Eel O'Brien was on the set of Basil Karlo's latest film "The Janus Man" remake, to kill the director Nolan Kane. Batman lured Eel unto a platform where covered in magnesium. Batman set the magnesium to flare to try to flashburn Clayface. It worked and clayface dried up, except one red hot piece that hit Basil Karlo in the face, sending him to the hospital.

At home, recovering from the accident, Basil found that he was in better shape than he used to be. In fact, he took off his bandages and looked 50 years younger. He looked as he did in his prime. He looked at a recent picture he took last week, and to his amazement, he took of the form of his older self. He then looked at a picture of his wife, and took on her form. Joyful, he looked at a picture of a bird....but did not change shape. He found, that if he concentrated on the picture of a person (or memory) he could assume their shape. Strager still, when he touched the clothes he was wearing the night of the accident, they changed shape with him (into other clothes). Overjoyed, Basil began his life (lives) anew.

6 months later, he saw O'brien walking with his hoodlum thugs. Taking the form of Two Face (The name given to the killer personae in The Janus Man) he attacked them, killing the hoodlums before O'brien escaped.

Now, Basil lives his life(s) in relative peace, a doctor one day, a sailor the next, a dancer the next. Every so often, when he feels the urge, he takes the form of Two Face. When he does, all of Gotham holds their breath until his reign of terror is over.

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Basil Karlo was one of the first movie monster impresarios of his time. As Lon Chaney was "The Man of a Thousand Faces" at Universal, Karlo was the "Man of a Million Masks" at Warner Bros. A storied actor turned filmaker, he is lauded as a modern era Hitchcock or Poe.

At the twilight of his career, Warner Bros. decided to remake his first movie (and a smash both critically and monetarily) The Janus Man. It was the eerie tale of a man who could change appearance at will. This led him to lead 100 different lives, all with different personalities until one day he is struck with dementia forgetting which face went with which lie. The film chronicled the downward spiral of the man as he desperately clung the hope of figuring it out before one of his personalities murdered again. Basil won the Oscar in 1967 (trust me) for the lead role.

Eel O'Brien was on the set of Basil Karlo's latest film "The Janus Man" remake, to kill the director Nolan Kane. Batman lured Eel unto a platform where covered in magnesium. Batman set the magnesium to flare to try to flashburn Clayface. It worked and clayface dried up, except one red hot piece that hit Basil Karlo in the face, sending him to the hospital.

At home, recovering from the accident, Basil found that he was in better shape than he used to be. In fact, he took off his bandages and looked 50 years younger. He looked as he did in his prime. He looked at a recent picture he took last week, and to his amazement, he took of the form of his older self. He then looked at a picture of his wife, and took on her form. Joyful, he looked at a picture of a bird....but did not change shape. He found, that if he concentrated on the picture of a person (or memory) he could assume their shape. Strager still, when he touched the clothes he was wearing the night of the accident, they changed shape with him (into other clothes). Overjoyed, Basil began his life (lives) anew.

6 months later, he saw O'brien walking with his hoodlum thugs. Taking the form of Two Face (The name given to the killer personae in The Janus Man) he attacked them, killing the hoodlums before O'brien escaped.

Now, Basil lives his life(s) in relative peace, a doctor one day, a sailor the next, a dancer the next. Every so often, when he feels the urge, he takes the form of Two Face. When he does, all of Gotham holds their breath until his reign of terror is over.