Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years

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a b McCabe, Joseph (October 15, 2017). "26. Harley Quinn". 100 Things Batman Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-63319-914-9. Barred from the Afterlife: In one issue Harley was killed and sent to Hell, but was banished from the place due to her focus on joy and love. Clearly, in a place where you're supposed to "Abandon All Hope", the staff doesn't like having someone like that around. Harley Quinn (vol. 2) #0–16, Annual #1; Harley Quinn: Futures End #1; Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego; Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1; Harley Quinn Valentine's Special #1; Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1–6; material from Secret Origin #4 Kill the Poor: The overarching plot-arc of the Rebirth era has Harley fighting a corrupt mayor of New York, with her pivotal This Is Unforgivable! moment being when he (it was his second-in-command's idea initially, but he loved it when he heard) hires a South American cannibal cult to "clean the streets" by killing and eating the city's homeless people. In Issue #7, Harley is in a superhero-themed BDSM sex club and, on spotting a girl doing a sexy routine with a trapeze bar in a cage, says that she did that once and it was fun, a reference to a Workout Fanservice scene from Suicide Squad (2016) that became notorious through its heavy appearance in the trailers.

Harley Quinn appears in Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind, voiced by Christina Ricci. [191] [192]Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics' most popular and profitable characters and has been featured in many of DC's comic books and adapted in various other media and merchandise. DC Comics Publisher Jim Lee considers Harley Quinn the fourth pillar of DC Comics' publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Psycho Psychologist: Surprisingly averted. Harley takes a psychiatric position at an old peoples' home, and does her best to help them, usually succeeding. She also sometimes goes into benevolent psychiatrist mode with antagonists who she feels sorry for, especially Harley Sinn, and Sparrow in #21. Of course, given that she's more than a little off, her tactics for therapy sometimes stray into a mental equivalent of Meatgrinder Surgery... Cool Old Guy: Sy Borgman, retired bioaugmented secret agent who can still inflict damage from his invalid scooter and ends up as a sort of surrogate uncle to Harley.

At the end of Issue 3, Harley throws an aphrodisiac plant Ivy gave her out of her window, after she suffered some Love Potion shenanigans because of it, and it lands in the sea lion pool at the zoo. Many issues later, there's a newspaper headline about a sea lion baby boom.Anti-Hero: Harley doesn't try to cause trouble, it just happens, and she enforces justice in her own way, like freeing a neglected dog and punishing the owner, and rescuing an old woman who was robbed and giving her some money despite her own day going wrong in every way possible. Token Good Teammate: Eggsy is pretty much the only member of Harley's crew who is usually kind to all and shrinks from violence.

Aesop Amnesia: A major lesson Harley learns in the series is that she doesn't need the Joker in her life. Unfortunately, at some point between the end of the series and her next appearance in the comics, Joker must have gotten to her again, which is sadly very in character.Life Will Kill You: A major subplot of the Humphries run is Harley's mother dying from cancer, which Harley doesn't react well to. The Unreveal: In Issue #6, Tony asks Edgar what he is. Edgar tells him about his upbringing, but not about what he actually is. (He apparently has parents, so there's that.) The series was relaunched in August 2016 as part of DC Rebirth, now twice-monthly and with a new #1 issue, but as a seamless continuation of the previous series with hardly any changes, keeping Palmiotti and Conner as writers, and Harley on Coney Island with the same supporting cast. Connor and Palmiotti left after issue #35; from issue #36, Frank Tieri took over as writer for seven issues and Christopher Sabela for two, before Sam Humphries became the new ongoing writer with #45. The series went monthly again from issue #57. The series ended with #75. Wake Up Fighting: In Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego, Harley falls asleep beside the hotel pool. When a waiter shakes her awake, she wakes up yelling "Hit! Hit! Hit!" and punches the poor guy. Split Personality: Two-Face appears at one point, so that's a given. However, the storyline where he appears also involves a businessman allegedly having an affair with a woman who turns out to be his wife's split personality. Also, Rose and Thorn appear when Harley goes to Metropolis.

Targeted to Hurt the Hero: In the final Conner/Palmiotti arc, Mason Macabre, Harley's love interest throughout the series, gets his head blown off in front of her by the Mayor in an attempt to intimidate her. She doesn't take it well. In number 16, theres a scene where Harley and Ivy are at a movie and Harley is loudly talking during it. The two people sitting behind her are understandably annoyed and tell her to shut up. She turns around, looks like she is about to punch them.. only to smile and politely say she's sorry and didn't realize her voice was so loud. Even better, Ivy points out after that Harley seems to be learning to control her temper better. Lighter and Softer: Than most of the other books in the New 52, which tended to be very serious, despite this one having a lot of death and even some gore. Pay Evil unto Evil: Harley's not shy about killing those who try to kill her. In issue #2, a hitman tries to run her over. She ties him up and later throws him to her hungry new pets to save her stuffed beaver. The next morning, there's nothing but his bones left. Harley Quinn appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout with Tara Strong reprising her role.Friend-or-Idol Decision: Harley kidnaps a girl whose eyes are needed for some sort of convoluted and very lucrative underhanded venture - but while she is protecting her from others who want the money (and don't care whether the girl lives), the two sort of bond. So then, it comes down to Harley whether to give up the girl and make a mint or save her. Long story short, the girl ends up blind and Harley ends up richer, completely depressed and unable to look at herself in the mirror.