Harley Quinn / Comicbook - TV Tropes. Old School. The page for the comic series spotlighting everyone's favorite Canon Immigrant and Perky Female Minion, Dr. Harleen Quinzel, also known as Harley Quinn! The first series lasted for 3. December 2. 00. 0 to January 2. Our Worlds at War event, with the complete run collected in graphic novels.
Initially it was written by Karl Kesel, with A. Lieberman taking over for the last year or so. The series begins when, after a failed scheme, The Joker gets so pissed at Harley that he kicks her out of his gang - the rest of the series deals with Harley trying to make it on her own. Initially she tries freelance henching, but that doesn't exactly work out, so she starts her own gang instead. Also heavily involved is Harley's love of Love, and her being willing to do pretty much anything in the name of it. The last set of storylines, following the change in writers, happen after a time skip and feature a noticeable Genre Shift to a more noirish style, downplaying Harley's cheery quirks and madcap adventures and instead playing her more like a jaded expy of Catwoman. This did not last.
In true tradition of the Batman side- comics, the Caped Crusader himself does not appear very often, nor, interestingly enough, does the Joker beyond the first issue or so. Note that the title character predates this series.
She had debuted in Batman: The Animated Series in 1. Her first comic book appearance was in The Batman Adventures #1. September, 1. 99. Her introduction to the mainstream DC universe took place in the one- shot Batman: Harley Quinn (October, 1. Harley got a second series in the New 5. November 2. 01. 3 to July 2.
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It's written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner of Power Girl fame, and follows Harley and her antics on Coney Island after she inherits an apartment complex there. In June 2. 01. 5, it got a Spin- Off miniseries by Palmiotti, Conner, and Justin Gray, Harley Quinn/Power Girl, recounting a lost adventure set during the duo's partnership in the main series, featuring Vartox of Power Girl fame. In December of the same year, DC launched a second spin- off called Harley's Little Black Book, by Palmiotti and Conner, a The Brave and the Bold- style team- up series that features Harley partnering with a different DC hero or villain in each issue.
In April 2. 01. 6, it got a third spin- off, the miniseries Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys, written by Palmiotti and Frank Tieri. A third series launched in August 2. DC Rebirth, now twice- monthly, keeping Palmiotti and Conner as writers, and Harley on Coney Island. Note: This isn't a character page.
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This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by the The DCU incarnation of the character, see Characters. Batman Rogues Gallery Part 1. 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.
Alleged Lookalikes: In- Universe. The third issue has a man who says he can never hold down a job because he looks just like.. The Joker (Harley had guessed Al Gore with a bad haircut). He doesn't and is clearly delusional, eventually leading to his own death out of sheer idiocy. Anti- Villain / Anti- Hero: Harley, who fluctuates between a good- hearted villain and devious but heroic very rapidly.
Sometimes in the same issue. Art Shift: Several times in the first part of the series the art shifts to a sort of . This becomes harrowing at times, such as when Harley blows up a traitorous minion and we see, in Harleyvision, a Looney Tunes- esque scene where the woman's face is covered in soot, her hair is frizzy, and her eyes are swirled like a stunned cartoon character after an explosion.. She herself kills several of her minions, but only after they betray her, with one notable exception. Berserk Button: The entire Bat- family attack Harley when she dress as Batgirl. Dick, especially, is very pissed. Bi the Way: True to form, this series has a long stretch of time with Harley and Ivy being very..
Amusingly, at the same time Harley - in disguise as a mild mannered reporter - has a semi- fictitious relationship with Jimmy Olsen. Bound and Gagged: Happens several times to Thorn after she is defeated by Harley and Ivy. Breaking the Fourth Wall: Usually an imaginary Harley comment to viewer some events in the comic. Bunny Ears Psychologist: Harley, in spades.
She barely ever acts like anything but an unrestrained loon, but occasionally she makes it known that she's still a university- educated psychologist. Later in the series, after she mostly loses the . She is, however, widely regarded by others as being extremely innocent, of the . She sees the world like a game of make- believe, and is oblivious to the fact that she is hurting people and doesn't truly acknowledge the danger of what she does or other people's danger to her - though she in more lucid moments claims this is less innocence and more a rejecting of the world in favor of her own reality.
Innocence Lost: A major plot point in the second half, involving Harley herself, who realizes what kind of person she truly is and fully, if sadly, embraces it, and a girl she kidnapped, who loses her sight thanks to Harley's greed. Inverted with the girl in question, who regains a bit of her innocence after being free of everyone pursuing her (now that she doesn't have what they want anymore) to the point that she pities people like Harley. Clark Kenting: Harley parodies (and lampshades) this trope while in Metropolis, disguising herself as a mild- mannered, if kooky, love columnist for the Daily Planet - without ever realizing one of her coworkers is Superman. Faux Action Girl: Gritty vigilante Thorn tries is easily defeated and tied up by Harley and Ivy in each of her appearances, barring the first.
For Science!: At one point Harley and Ivy capture a meddling Thorn in Metropolis, and while having her at their mercy discover her split civilian . Harley is intrigued and gets the idea to put her through even more emotional trauma to see how many times they can get her personality to split. Ivy plays along, but she on the other hand just wants to torture her for the hell of it. Freudian Excuse / Start of Darkness: One story gives us a flashback to before Harley met the Joker, where a psychological experiment gone terribly wrong with her old fianc. 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. Genius Ditz: The series itself goes back and forth as to whether Harley truly is a brilliant psychologist or whether she cheated her way through school and was not fit to do it in the first place - though it eventually settles on the former.
Girlish Pigtails: When out of costume she usually has her hair in pigtails. Fitting considering how childish she is. Girls' Night Out Episode: Several times in the beginning of the series, where a female villain eventually teams up with other female villains and they fight female heroes, particularly the . Her shoulder devil alternately appears as either the Joker or herself in costume, while her shoulder angel is consistently Dr. Fairly often, however, they shift roles from . The series as a whole is one long attempt by her to get over this, especially the first half, with varied success.
Jet Pack: Harley steals a jet pack at some point. She runs into trouble when it explodes. Toasted Buns: Harley references this while jetpacking away from Superman - which makes sense, as the jetpack in question is small enough to fit in her lower back and at one point is directly facing into her behind. Killed Off for Real: Harley, at one point, gets caught up in a massive explosion. The next few issues take place in Hell. Also, Lewis, though Harley never registers that she killed him. Lampshade Hanging: Harley mentions in issue 1.
Gotham City. Love Redeems: Of a sort. Harley, being a lover of love, decides to help it grow wherever she can - being in love is the easiest way to get her to spare you. Early on she fights Two- Face to save a hostage he was taking as his own because she felt the story was romantic, and later on she plays matchmaker to a pair of bounty hunters trying to bring her in. Male Gaze: If an issue is drawn by Terry Dodson, you can be sure that there is a butt shot of Harley or Poison Ivy (also Catwoman once). Mentor Occupational Hazard: Happens twice - to Lewis in the beginning, who was trying to guide the driftingly insane Harley to something better than the world he was stuck in. Harley herself killed him, shooting him through the chest to stop him from killing hostages, though she does not acknowledge that she had fatally injured him. Later happens to the old ex- con Harley befriends, who was implied to have done a lot to help her into the relative sanity she had by the end of the series.
Ms. Fanservice: She often wears a tight jester suit and switches it out for what can best be described as a bikini designed to resemble her former appearance. Psycho Ex- Girlfriend: For a time, Jimmy Olsen of all people dates Harley without realizing who she is. This does not end well for Jimmy when it doesn't work out. Psychopathic Womanchild: Harley herself, who acts and thinks like a child at play; this is particularly noticeable with the addition of the aforementioned Harleyvision - the world as she sees it where, again, nobody dies and everything is like a game or cartoon. Harley herself does not register the true consequences of her actions, and doesn't even realize she's been killing people until she meets with up her victims in Hell (long story), and even then it takes her a while to realize they're dead - she thinks she's still alive because she doesn't register having killed anyone.