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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781401216283
ISBN number: 1401216285
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: January 16, 2008
Publishing house: DC Comics
Release Date: January 16, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 211341
Studio: DC Comics
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Its a love story gone horribly, horribly wrong as the Jokers partner in crime takes the spotlight in this lushly illustrated hardcover volume featuring art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson (WONDER WOMAN).Theres never a dull moment as Harley bounces from botched schemes to close encounters with Gotham Citys kingpins of crime, all the while making wisecracks and acting in the spirit of inspired lunacy.
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Fans of Harley Quinn should purchase this without hesitation; it delivers the very first seven issues of her y2k series in a beautifully bound hardcover.
Visually, the pages here feature mostly fantastic, seductive, pin-up style panels of Harley mixed with some cartoon like panels that resemble her in the Batman animated series. One has to assume the later is done because of time constraints, but whatever. This is more an observation than a complaint.
The stories here are fairly light weight, but are filled with enough action, humour and dialog here to keep things engaging.
More Harley Quinn please! She's perhaps the most interesting "super villainess" in the history of comics.
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I was excited to learn about Harley Quinn's appearance in the recent Countdown/Birds of Prey/Detective comics in the mainstream DCU. What even excited me even more was the reissue of her series. Now, don't let her fool you. You don't mess with this Harley. With the perfect combination of (dark) humor, silliness (in a good way, it's part of her lovable essence and a fresh break from the other femme fatales of Gotham) and drool worthy art by Dodson (and I'm a girl!) you will have a gem in your collection. What I really enjoyed what Kesel did with Harley was take away her "Woe is me, my puddin doesn't wuv me no mo' cuz I'm a misunderstood soul, boo hoo" and actually give her a personality that makes her stand on her own. With the very first issue, she grows like a child and into adulthood when she breaks away from the Joker after his two-timing! THAT'S Harley Quinn, not some spineless, deluded and unlikable joke that Joker/Harley fangirls glorify and ardent Batman fanboys hate. NO! She gets rid of all that and becomes her own character who has a worthy chair of her own in the Batman mythos (and not subsequent to the Joker, huzzah!). One of my favorite quotes was in the very first issue, and I am roughly paraphrasing here:
"Enjoy cigars the way they are made best, from my thigh!"
My favorite issue was the Bad Girl's slumber party. It was an interesting and light take of how these evil bevy of beauties cohabit Harley's new digs. If you enjoyed Batman: Mad Love or Batman: Harley Quinn, you might like this as it puts Miss Quinn in a whole new light and in the center. However, if you are one of those ardent Joker Harley shippers, you should still give this a chance.
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This book is just pure gold and in complete essence of Harley Quinn. Karl Kesel and Terry Dodson did a wonderful job to transition the title character from her animated medium to one that fits in well with the dark setting of the mainstream DCU, without changing much of what Paul Dini had already established for the character. With Kesel's clever writing and Dodson's beautiful illustrations, the character truly does take a life of her own.
In this volume Harley decides she wants to establish herself as a baddie in old run-down Gotham and for that, she goes on to ditch the Joker and start her own gang. This volume is equipped with half-witted crime schemes, a slumber party, villain team-ups, a failed endeavor to loot Bruce Wayne's mansion, and hilarity ensues. The thing that makes this book a plus, is that with Harley's independence from the Joker, the writer is left with plenty of room to explore the character's psyche beyond that of a mere henchgirl with a perverse obsession with one of Gotham's most notorious criminals. The stories go on to illustrate the things that make Harley a heartless criminal as well as the things that make her a sympathetic human being.
Overall this is a good book for any comicbook fan (and Harley fans in general) to possess and enjoy. The stories are fun to read, equipped with witty dialogue, and of course Harley's twisted sense of humour. Die-hard fans of the animated series may be disappointed to learn that Harley's not as innocent in these pages as she is in DCAU, but with Dodson's luscious artwork and Kesel's own spin to establish the Character beyond of what's already familiar to most, make it all worthwhile in my opinion.
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The plots are odd. The heroine tries to sabotage an amusement park, holds a slumber party meeting of Gotham's bad girls, and destroys Wayne Manor trying to rob it. The humour is pitch black. Murder is exceedingly common. Yet, in a strange way, this is truly great stuff. Mainly because it's a surreal story. We are being asked to pull for a character who isn't all there and who gleefully engages in destructive acts. Fans of the character from the animated series will find much to love here.
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