Harley Quinn
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Textless cover artwork of Harley Quinn (vol. 3) #43. Art by John Timms.
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Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Batman: The Animated Series "Joker's Favor (September 11, 1992)" |
First comic appearance | The Batman Adventures #12 (September 1993, non-canon) Batman: Harley Quinn #1 (October 1999, canon) |
Created by | Paul Dini Bruce Timm |
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Alter ego | Harleen Frances Quinzel[1][2] |
Team affiliations | Suicide Squad Gotham City Sirens Secret Six Justice League of Anarchy Batman Family[3] Birds of Prey[4] |
Partnerships | Joker Poison Ivy Bud and Lou Catwoman Batman |
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Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel) is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm to serve as a romantic interest for the supervillain Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, and debuted in the 22nd episode of the series on September 11, 1992. While originally intended to appear in one episode as just Joker's henchwoman, she became a recurring character within the DC Animated Universe, and was later adapted into DC Comics' Batman comic book canon, beginning with the one-shot Batman: Harley Quinn #1 (October 1999). The character's alias is a play on the stock character Harlequin from the sixteenth-century theater commedia dell'arte.
Following her introduction to the DC universe in 1999, Harley Quinn was depicted as a frequent accomplice and lover of the Joker as well as a close friend of fellow supervillain Poison Ivy; the former being one of her patients when she worked as an intern psychiatrist at Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. The character has been part of a short-lived alliance with Poison Ivy and Catwoman; the trio being known as the Gotham City Sirens. Since 2013, Harley Quinn has often been depicted as an antihero and a recurring core member of the Suicide Squad who has left her abusive relationship with the Joker behind, with Poison Ivy becoming a romantic interest of Harley Quinn.[5]
Since her conception, Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics' most popular characters, with the character being considered the fourth pillar of DC Comics' publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
Originally voiced by Arleen Sorkin in the DC Animated Universe, she has since appeared in various other DC projects voiced by actresses such as Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Laura Bailey, Jenny Slate, Melissa Rauch, Laura Post, and Kaley Cuoco; the latter provided the character's voice in the 2019 animated series, Harley Quinn. Mia Sara portrayed the character in the 2002 television series Birds of Prey. Harley Quinn makes her live-action cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film Suicide Squad (2016), where she is portrayed by Margot Robbie. Robbie reprises her role in Birds of Prey (2020) and The Suicide Squad (2021).
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Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Cultural impact
- 3 Collected editions
- 4 Other versions
- 5 In other media
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
- 9 External links
History
Creation and development
Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the 1992 Batman: The Animated Series episode entitled "Joker's Favor" while Dini was writing the episode.[6] Initially written as an animated equivalent of a walk-on role, Harley Quinn was intended to appear in just one episode.[7][8] As Dini was putting together the story for the episode, he thought of giving the character Joker a female henchperson, inspired by the molls of the 1960s live-action Batman series; Dini recalled, "I thought, Maybe there should be a girl there. [...] Should the girl be like a tough street thug? Or like a hench-person or something? And then suddenly the idea of someone funny kind of struck me."[9][8][10][11] Dini then created Harley Quinn as a "funny counterpart to the Joker", with a "Punch and Judy attitude between them".[9] In 1991, after seeing his college friend Arleen Sorkin play a roller-skating jester from a dream sequence in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, Dini decided to have Sorkin voice her.[9][11] Dini then partly based Harley Quinn on Sorkin, with Dini incorporating aspects of Sorkin's "very snappy, wisecracking, bubbly blonde" personality into the character.[12][13][9] In recording Harley Quinn's voice, Sorkin spoke in her normal Brooklyn accent while putting in a "little Yiddish sound", since Dini made the character Jewish, another aspect of the character borrowed from Sorkin.[11][14][15][16] Harley Quinn was also inspired by a mutual female friend's "stormy but nonviolent relationship."[17]
Dini had several names in mind in naming the character, such as Columbine, and eventually decided on the name "Harley Quinn".[18] Dini chose the name for the character to be in line with other Batman character's names being puns, and also because he thought "Harley was a fun name for a girl."[19][12] The name Harley Quinn is a play on Harlequin, a stock character from the sixteenth-century Italian physical comedy theater commedia dell'arte.[8][20]
In designing the character, Timm did a "simplified supervillain version" of traditional Harlequin gear; from the commedia dell'arte original, he took the jester hat, ruffled collar, and diamond pattern, and put them on a red and black bodysuit, in which the diamonds were strategically placed on for easier animation.[8][15] Timm took Harley Quinn's red and black motif from the Golden Age comic book character Daredevil.[8] Dini had previously made a rough design for the character, which Timm improved on.[11]
Expanded role
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"Eventually each of the directors wanted to do a Harley episode, so the character began to appear in stories without the Joker. Over the years she allied herself with best gal pal Poison Ivy for occasional romps through Gotham, and has even succeeded in giving Batman a hard time on her own. We now look upon Harley as our series' wild card, capable of showing up anytime to bedevil our heroes with her screwball antics."
Paul Dini[13]
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"The more we used Harley and the more we used her in different roles, the more we discovered what a richer character she was; she just blossomed, in a very short time, to the point where she was just as interesting as Catwoman or Penguin or Ra’s al Ghul or one of the other core Batman characters."
Paul Dini[12]
After seeing Harley Quinn in the rough cut of "Joker's Favor", the producers of Batman: The Animated Series, which include Dini and Timm, were impressed with the result, with Dini wanting to bring the character back for more episodes.[21][8] Timm and another producer, Alan Burnett, were initially reluctant of this, and thought that giving Joker a girlfriend "played more towards his comedic side" and would "humanize him too much", which contrasted their vision for Joker as a character who is "as serious a threat as possible to Batman".[21][8] Nevertheless, months after "Joker's Favor", Harley made a second appearance on the show in the episode "The Laughing Fish" and became the Joker's love interest.[8] Harley Quinn gained popularity with fans of The Animated Series, with the character being featured more on the show and eventually starring in her own episodes, such as 1993's "Harley and Ivy", which introduced a friendship between Harley Quinn and fellow supervillain Poison Ivy, and 1994's "Harlequinade" and "Harley's Holiday", which explored Harley Quinn's life without the Joker.[22][23][24] Harley Quinn then became a recurring character in the DC Animated Universe, appearing in The Animated Series sequel The New Batman Adventures, and in non-Batman animation such as Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, and Justice League. On February 7, 1994, she made her first appearance in a video game in The Adventures of Batman and Robin, an action platformer based on Batman: The Animated Series.[25][26]
Transition to comic books
Because of her popularity, Harley Quinn was adapted into DC's comic books.[32] In September 1993, a year following Harley Quinn's first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, the character made her comic book debut in the twelfth issue of The Batman Adventures, a series set in the universe of The Animated Series, and became a regular character.[6][5] In 1997, she appeared in the story Batman: Thrillkiller, released under Elseworlds, a DC Comics imprint that published out-of-continuity alternate reality stories.[5] In 1999, she became a canonical character with the release of Batman: Harley Quinn #1.[5]
Origin story
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In February 1994, the one-shot The Batman Adventures: Mad Love recounting Harley's origin was released. Written by Dini and drawn by Timm, the story marks their first comic book collaboration.[21] Mad Love introduces Harley Quinn as a former psychiatrist named Harleen Quinzel who fell in love with the Joker during her internship at Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, and details her transformation into the Joker's villainous accomplice Harley Quinn, as well as Joker's abusive treatment of Harley.[21][23][33][34] Widely considered the definitive Harley Quinn story,[35][36][37] Mad Love added dimensions to the character, with Dini introducing Harley Quinn's motivations as well as establishing her as a tragic figure and sympathetic villain.[38][39][40][41][42] The story received wide praise and won the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best Single Issue in the same year and was later adapted into an episode of the same name in The New Batman Adventures in 1999.[43][44][24]
Introduction to main DC continuity
Harley Quinn was adapted into the main DC universe with the 1999 one-shot graphic novel Batman: Harley Quinn, written by Dini and illustrated by Yvel Guichet.[45] The story put Harley's origin in the middle of the No Man's Land storyline, and introduced a darker version of Harley and Joker's relationship to reflect Joker's character in the comics, and also Harley's immunity to toxins and improved strength from her friendship with Poison Ivy.[46][21][45]
First ongoing series
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"[The series] is an interesting assignment because the main character is a) insane and b) a criminal, and both of these things are pretty essential to the character, so we don’t want to get rid of either of them. [...] [We] hammered out a direction for the book which [...] will establish a motivation and agenda for Harley. Depending on the storyline, she will be on the side of the angels sometimes, and on the side of the demons and devils on others. Like most great crime characters, she’s not concerned with the law. What concerns her is something totally different. What that is will be revealed as the first half dozen issues progress."
Karl Kesel, 2000.[47]
While pursuing new assignments at DC Comics' offices in New York City, Karl Kesel was approached by former DC editor Matt Idelson to create a pitch for Harley Quinn's first ongoing series, which Karl accepted, being a fan of the character after having read Dini's Mad Love.[21] Kesel chose Terry Dodson as the artist for the series, whose art Kesel thought complemented the character's cartoonish roots and worldview.[21][48] Kesel called Dodson and asked him if he was interested on working on the comic, to which Dodson agreed, and the two worked for a month on their proposal for the series, which was to make a comic about "love gone horribly, terribly wrong".[48][21] The proposal was accepted by DC Comics, and the pair began work on the series, with Kesel and Dodson both being involved in the storytelling, and Dodson bringing in his wife, Rachel Dodson, to ink.[21] Kesel's run on the series began being published in December 2000, and was about Harley Quinn leaving the Joker and becoming a solo criminal, alongside a supporting cast of henchmen named the Quinntets.[21] Because of underwhelming sales, his 25-issue run ended in December 2002, and DC decided to change the creative team; the series was given to writer A.J. Lieberman and artists Mike Huddleston and Troy Nixey by Idelson, and took on a grittier and darker direction, contrasting Kesel's run.[49] The decision renewed interest in the character, but the sales remained lackluster and the series was cancelled in 2003.[49][11]
Gotham City Sirens
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After years of scarce appearances in comics, Harley Quinn resurfaced in a leading role in July 2009 with Gotham City Sirens, a team-up title created by Dini.[50][5][11] The series brought together Batman's most popular female villains, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy, in an unstable alliance.[51][52][53] The series also expanded on Harley Quinn's background and early life; in Gotham City Sirens #7, Dini established the character's hometown being Brooklyn, and also introduced her dysfunctional family, with her swindling father being described as the main reason for her pursuing psychiatry.[54][55][56] Harley Quinn's dependence on Joker was also explored throughout the series,[57][52] culminating in the final chapter in which Harley Quinn betrays the group to return to Joker.[50]
The first several issues of Gotham City Sirens were written by Dini and illustrated by Guillem March. Other creatives who worked for the series include writers Tony Bedard and Peter Calloway, and artists David López, Andres Guinaldo, Peter Nguyen, Jeremy Haun, and Ramon Bachs.[52] The series was cancelled in August 2011 for The New 52, DC Comics' relaunch of their entire comic line.[53]
The New 52
Suicide Squad
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"One thing that we're trying to show with her, and I don't think it gets played with enough with Harley, is here's a woman who was a very intelligent and very manipulative doctor. We're trying to play up that quality. She is crazy, but there is something behind the madness. In the new DCU maybe everyone doesn't get shipped off to Arkham Asylum. Some people may have to do hard time and get shipped off to Belle Reve [the prison the Suicide Squad operates out of], and her presence here doesn't mean she hasn't been or won't end up in Arkham. Basically we needed a bad girl character and the best bad girl character in the DCU is Harley Quinn."
Adam Glass, 2011.[58]
As part of the New 52 reboot in September 2011, Harley Quinn was reintroduced by Adam Glass as a prominent member of the supervillain team Task Force X in the relaunched Suicide Squad series.[23][59] Other changes were also made to the character: her appearance had been heavily changed, with her jester costume getting replaced with a revealing ensemble consisting of a corset and hot pants, her skin being bleached white, and her previously blonde hair being altered to half-black and half-red, while her personality had been depicted to be more violent and psychopathic than her former iteration.[11][32][59]
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The controversial cover artwork for Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #1, which introduced Harley Quinn's revealing look for the relaunched title.[11] Art by Ryan Benjamin. |
In the series, Glass separated Harley Quinn from the Joker and explored her "becom[ing] her own person", with the Suicide Squad becoming a family to her;[60][61] in an interview with MTV, Glass stated, "... Harley's always wanted to belong to something. And if not Joker, then the team – and she's finding herself in all this. She's finding her place in the world, that she's not just a sidekick."[61]
Suicide Squad was cancelled in April 2014 to coincide with the conclusion of the "Forever Evil" storyline.[62]
New origin
In the seventh issue of Suicide Squad, Glass revised Harley Quinn's origin story, making it reflect the Joker's origins. In the story, the Joker takes Harleen Quinzel to the chemical plant where he originated and pushes her into a vat of chemicals against her will, which bleaches her skin and drives her insane, resulting in her transformation to Harley Quinn, similar to the Joker's transformation in his origins.[63] This origin was received negatively by fans of the character, who felt that its removal of Harley Quinn's choice to become the Joker's accomplice herself, as depicted in her previous origin stories, took out an essential part of her character.[63]
Second ongoing series
Harley Quinn's second ongoing series, written by husband and wife Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner, with the interior art illustrated by Chad Hardin and John Timms, explored Harley Quinn leaving Gotham City and starting her own life in her hometown of Brooklyn, depicting her as a landlord in Coney Island, where she shares an apartment building with her own supporting cast of "sideshow freaks".[64][11][65][66][67] Considered to be the most defining writers to work on the character since Dini and Timm, Palmiotti and Conner reinvented Harley Quinn as an antihero who has left her abusive relationship with the Joker, establishing the modern incarnation of the character seen in most media today.[23][68][69]
In contrast to Harley Quinn's depiction in Glass' Suicide Squad, Palmiotti and Conner wrote Harley Quinn with a lighthearted, cartoonish, and humorous tone, and her costume has also been changed with a roller derby-inspired costume designed by Conner, which incorporates Conner's favorite aspects of Harley Quinn's early costume and her costume in Glass' Suicide Squad.[66][70][64]
The series began being published in November 2013, starting with Harley Quinn #0, which brought together seventeen comic book artists, including Harley Quinn co-creator Bruce Timm, to illustrate a fourth wall-breaking story about Harley thinking of the artists that could illustrate her in her own comic book series.[71][72] The rest of the series details Harley Quinn's adventures in Coney Island with her supporting cast.[73] In Harley Quinn #25, Palmiotti and Conner reunited Harley Quinn with the Joker after two years of not being together in comics; the story depicts Harley Quinn returning to Gotham City to confront the Joker and end their relationship.[74][75]
With Harley Quinn's longtime friend Poison Ivy being a recurring character in the series, Palmiotti and Conner built on their relationship and hinted at romantic feelings between the two characters; Poison Ivy is shown kissing Harley Quinn multiple times throughout the series, and a sexual relationship between them was alluded to in the twenty-fifth issue.[73][69] When asked regarding their relationship in a Twitter Q&A, Palmiotti and Conner replied, "Yes, they are girlfriends without the jealousy of monogamy."[34]
The New 52 Harley Quinn series received positive reception, and was also one of DC Comics' top selling series.[73][70] The series was ended for the DC Rebirth relaunch of DC's titles.[76]
Controversies
The cover of the first issue of the New 52's Suicide Squad title drew controversy for its oversexualized portrayal of Harley Quinn.[11] This also caused some fans of the character to send Glass hatemail and personal threats.[60]
In September 2013, DC Comics announced an art contest entitled "Break into comics with Harley Quinn!", in which contestants were to draw Harley in four different suicide scenarios. This contest drew controversy not only because it was announced close to National Suicide Prevention Week, but because some artists did not like the sexualized portrayal of Harley Quinn in the fourth scenario, in which the character attempts suicide while naked in her bathtub. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychiatric Association, and National Alliance on Mental Illness all responded to the controversy in an emailed group statement to Huffington Post, stating, "We are disappointed that DC Comics has decided to host a contest looking for artists to develop ways to depict suicide attempts by one of its main villains – Harley Quinn". After seeing the reactions to the contest, DC Comics apologized, saying they should have made it clear it was a dream sequence that was not supposed to be taken seriously. In the final version, the bathtub scene was cut and replaced with Harley Quinn sitting on a rocket while flying in space.[77][78][79]
DC Rebirth
In June 2016, the DC Rebirth event relaunched DC Comics' entire line of comic book titles.
Harley Quinn appears as a recurring character in the relaunched Suicide Squad series, written by Rob Williams. The series was cancelled in January 2019.[80]
Harley Quinn's relaunched ongoing series is a direct continuation of the former, with Conner and Palmiotti still writing for the character, and Hardin and Timms illustrating the interior art.[81] Conner and Palmiotti's run on Harley Quinn ended with the 34th issue of the series, with Sam Humphries taking over the title.[82][83] The series ended in August 2020.[84]
Harley Loves Joker
In 2017, Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini wrote a backup feature for Harley Quinn's Rebirth monthly series entitled Harley Loves Joker, co-written by Palmiotti and illustrated by Bret Blevins, which ran for 9 issues.[85] The story brought back Harley Quinn's classic characterization and focuses on her past with the Joker. Unlike her characterization in Batman: The Animated Series, Dini and Palmiotti wrote Harley Quinn in the story as less of a "doormat", with Harley Quinn and Joker being on equal footing in their relationship.[86] The story concluded with the two-part limited series of the same name, which also expanded on Harley Quinn's past as a former intern in animal research at S.T.A.R. Labs, where she met her pet hyenas Bud and Lou.[87] In the second part of the story, Dini and Palmiotti explained Harley Quinn's change in costume, establishing the character's modern design as a reflection of her having left her abusive relationship with the Joker.[88][89]
Infinite Frontier
Harley Quinn's current ongoing series, written by Stephanie Phillips and illustrated by Riley Rossmo, depicts Harley Quinn going back to Gotham City to reinvent herself.[90]
Cultural impact
Harley Quinn has become one of DC Comics' most popular characters.[91] The 2016 relaunch of her comic shipped more copies than any other DC Rebirth title and was one of the best-selling comics of the year.[92] DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee refers to Harley Quinn as the fourth pillar in their publishing line, behind Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.[93] Harley Quinn currently stars in four separate ongoing series — three eponymous titles and Suicide Squad. Only Batman and Superman have comparable numbers of monthly appearances, making Harley DC Comics' most prominent and profitable female character.[93] Kevin Kiniry, vice-president of DC Collectibles, says Harley Quinn is always a top-seller and she "can go toe-to-toe with Batman and the Joker as one of the most fan-requested and sought-after characters."[93] In 2016, Harley Quinn's Halloween costume ranked as the most popular costume in both the United States and the United Kingdom and it remains a popular subject for cosplay.[94][95] To celebrate the character, DC Comics declared the month of February to be Harley Quinn Month and published 22 Harley Quinn variant covers across their line of comic books.[96] IGN's 2009 list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time ranked Harley Quinn as #45.[97] She was ranked 16th in Comics Buyer's Guide's 2011 "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[98] Joker voice actor Mark Hamill attributes the success of Harley Quinn to Arleen Sorkin's performance.[99] On Twitter, he stated: "In the script she was just an unnamed Joker "hench-wench" w/ no discernible personality. When Arleen began reading her lines in that unforgettable voice so poignant & full of heart I nearly fell off my chair! She brought SO much more than was on the page & a legend was born."[99]
Collected editions
This section lists the collected editions, from trade paperbacks to omnibus editions, of various comics in which Harley Quinn is mainly featured.
Ongoing series
Vol. # | Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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Harley Quinn (2000-2002) | |||||
1 | Preludes and Knock Knock Jokes | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #1–7 | 192 | December 2007 | 978-1401216573 |
2 | Night and Day | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #8–13 and Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War | 190 | June 2013 | 978-1401240417 |
3 | Welcome to Metropolis | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #14–25 | 288 | March 2014 | 978-1401245955 |
4 | Vengeance Unlimited | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #26–38 | 314 | September 2014 | 978-1401250683 |
The Deluxe Edition | |||||
1 | Harley Quinn By Karl Kesel And Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book One | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #1–8 | 224 | September 2017 | 978-1401276423 |
2 | Harley Quinn By Karl Kesel And Terry Dodson: The Deluxe Edition Book Two | Harley Quinn vol. 1 #9–19 | 288 | November 2018 | 978-1401285098 |
Harley Quinn (2014-2016) | |||||
1 | Hot In The City | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #0–8 | 224 | October 2014 | 978-1401254155 |
2 | Power Outage | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #9–13, Harley Quinn Futures End #1, Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego and material from Secret Origin #4 | 208 | April 2015 | 978-1401257637 |
3 | Kiss Kiss Bang Stab | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #14–16, Annual #1, Harley Quinn Holiday Special #1 and Harley Quinn Valentine's Special #1 | 168 | December 2015 | 978-1401262525 |
4 | A Call to Arms | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #17–21 and Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1 | 176 | June 2016 | 978-1401269296 |
5 | The Joker's Last Laugh | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #22–25 and Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For | 144 | September 2016 | 978-1401271992 |
6 | Black, White and Red All Over | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #26–30 | 144 | January 2017 | 978-1401272593 |
Harley Quinn (2016-2018) | |||||
1 | Die Laughing | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #1–7 | 168 | March 2017 | 978-1401268312 |
2 | Joker Loves Harley | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #8–13 | 144 | June 2017 | 978-1401270957 |
3 | Red Meat | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #14–21 | 168 | September 2017 | 978-1401273699 |
4 | Surprise, Surprise | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #22–27 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special | 168 | January 2018 | 978-1401275266 |
5 | Vote Harley | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #28–34 | 168 | May 2018 | 978-1401278823 |
6 | Angry Bird | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #35–42 | 192 | August 2018 | 978-1401281526 |
Deluxe Edition | |||||
1 | Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1 | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #1–13 | 304 | September 2017 | 978-1401273682 |
2 | Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 2 | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #14–27 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special | 384 | July 2018 | 978-1401280659 |
3 | Harley Quinn: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 3 | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #28–42 | 392 | January 2019 | 978-1401285531 |
Harley Quinn (2018-2020) | |||||
1 | Harley vs. Apokolips | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #43–49 | 168 | December 2018 | 978-1401285074 |
2 | Harley Destroys the Universe | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #50–54 and #56 | 160 | April 2019 | 978-1401288099 |
3 | The Trials of Harley Quinn | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #55 and #57–63 | 208 | October 2019 | 978-1401291914 |
4 | The Final Trial | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #64–69 and Harley Quinn: Villain of the Year #1 | 208 | March 2020 | 978-1401294557 |
5 | Hollywood or Die | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #70-75 | 176 | April 2021 | 978-1779503091 |
Harley Quinn (2021-present) | |||||
1 | No Good Deed | Batman: Urban Legends #1 and Harley Quinn #1-6 | 168 | December 2021 | 978-1779513465 |
Omnibuses
Title | Material collected | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 1 | 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 and material from Secret Origin #4 | 768 | September 2017 | 978-1401276430 |
Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 2 | Harley Quinn vol. 2 #17–30, Harley Quinn Road Trip Special #1, Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For Special Edition, Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1–6 and Harley's Little Black Book #1–6 | 864 | October 2018 | 978-1401284565 |
Harley Quinn Omnibus By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti 3 | Harley Quinn vol. 3 #1–34 and Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special | 800 | October 2019 | 978-1401294465 |
Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens Omnibus | Gotham City Sirens #1-26 & Catwoman #83 | 648 | April 2018 | 978-1401278397 |
One-shots and limited series
Title | Material collected | Writer & artist | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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Batman: Harley and Ivy | Batman: Harley and Ivy #1-3, Harley and Ivy: Love on the Lam, and a story from Batman: Black & White Vol. 2 | Paul Dini, Judd Winick (story) Bruce Timm, Joe Chiodo (art) |
136 | July 2007 | 978-1401213336 |
Batman: Mad Love and Other Stories | The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, Batman Adventures Annual #1-2, Batman Adventures Holiday Special, Adventures in the DC Universe #3 & Batman Black and White #1 | Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami (story) Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson, and Glen Murakami (art) |
208 | September 2011 | 978-1401231156 |
Batman Adventures: Mad Love Deluxe Edition | The Batman Adventures: Mad Love | Paul Dini (story) Bruce Timm (art) |
144 | April 2015 | 978-1401255121 |
Harley and Ivy: The Deluxe Edition | Batman: Harley and Ivy #1-3, Batman Adventures Annual #1, Batman Adventures Holiday Annual #1, Batman: Gotham Knights #14 & Batman: Black and White #3 | Various | 176 | February 2016 | 978-1401260804 |
Harley Quinn and Power Girl | Harley Quinn and Power Girl #1-6 | Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Stéphane Roux (art) |
144 | March 2016 | 978-1401259747 |
Harley Quinn's Gang of Harleys | Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys #1-6 | Frank Tieri & Jimmy Palmiotti Mauricet (art) |
152 | February 2017 | 978-1401267858 |
Harley's Little Black Book | Harley's Little Black Book #1-8 | Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Amanda Conner, John Timms, Mauricet, Joseph Michael Linsner, Billy Tucci, Joseph Michael Lisner, Flaviano, Neal Adams, and Simon Bisley (art) |
256 | November 2018 | 978-1401273606 |
Harley Loves Joker | Harley Loves Joker #1–2 and back stories from Harley Quinn vol. 3 #17–25 | Paul Dini & Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Bret Blevins and J. Bone |
128 | December 2018 | 978-1401283490 |
Old Lady Harley | Old Lady Harley #1–5 and Harley Quinn vol. 3 #42 | Frank Tieri (story) Inaki Miranda, Tom Derenick, and Mauricet (art) |
152 | July 2019 | 978-1401292164 |
Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica | Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica #1-6 | Marc Andreyko & Paul Dini (story) Laura Braga (art) |
160 | September 2019 | 978-1401292751 |
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy | Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy #1-6 | Jody Houser (story) Adriana Melo, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Mark Morales (art) |
152 | May 2021 | 978-1779505989 |
Harley Quinn Black + White + Red | Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #1-17 and two new original stories[100] | Various | 224 | June 2021 | 978-1779509956 |
DC Black Label
Harley Quinn stars in various series under DC Comics' adult-oriented Black Label imprint.
Title | Material collected | Writer & artist | Pages | Publication date | ISBN |
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Harleen | Harleen #1–3 | Stjepan Šejić (story and art) | 200 | February 2020 | 978-1779501110 |
Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley | Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1-4 and a short story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12 | Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti (story) Amanda Conner & Chad Hardin (art) |
160 | March 2021 | 978-1779504494 |
Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity | Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #1-8 & Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity-Secret Files | Kami Garcia (story) Mico Suayan, Jason Badower, and Mike Mayhew (art) |
304 | September 2021 | 978-1779512024 |
Other versions
- Harley Quinn's first major appearance outside the Batman animated world was in the Elseworlds miniseries Thrillkiller. This version of Harley is a schoolgirl named Hayley Fitzpatrick who dresses up to help a female version of the Joker called Bianca Steeplechase. After Batgirl kills Bianca, Harley is shown killing her own family, intent on revenge in the final frames of the story.[101]
- In the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant, one of the stories is about Lex Luthor as a music producer. One of his groups is, as the press puts it, "alternative lifestyle folkies Ivy and Harley".[102]
- On the new Earth-3, Harleen Quinzel is the Jokester's business manager and is killed by the Owlman.[103]
- Harley appears in Batman/The Spirit. In this crossover, Harley is one of the many villains who helps try to take down the Batman and the Spirit. She initially appears disguised as a flight attendant.
- In the 2008 graphic novel Joker, Harley Quinn appears as the Joker's helper and aide-de-camp. She at one point acts as a stripper (though this may be a ruse) and is never shown speaking.[104]
- In the Ame-Comi Girls universe, Harley is partnered with the Catwoman and Poison Ivy as part of a trio of villains.
- The Flashpoint version of Harley Quinn is named Yo-Yo. She was a henchwoman of the Joker, and the Batman chased her down to find the Joker's location, as she had kidnapped Judge Dent's children. He chased her to the ledge of the building around Crime Alley. Batman drops her off the roof, but she is luckily saved by Cyborg.[105]
- In Batman '66, a version of Harley Quinn designed more around the 1960s television show (she is slightly taller and her hair is short; she also wears prominent slanted glasses, a long red dress and red blouse, large pearl necklace, and fairly prominent earrings) appears as Dr. Holly Quinn, Ph.D., a psychologist at Arkham Asylum, referred to as Arkham Institute for the Criminally Insane. She convinces the Joker to cooperate with Batman and Robin in exchange for approving his comedy night proposal.[106] Dr. Quinn is manipulated by the Catwoman and the Joker to perfect the Joker Wave — a hysteria-inducing transmitting dish used on Gotham. Quinn is devastated by her role in the plot and to atone for her mistake, Dr. Quinn reverses the device by submitting herself to its effects — freeing the people of Gotham but sacrificing her sanity in the process. She escapes and becomes a supervillain named Harlequin, wearing a roller derby-inspired version of the classic Harley costume. She retains her considerable intelligence and psychological training, making her a difficult foe for the Dynamic Duo, but is eventually captured when Batman and Robin disguise themselves as criminals (Batman in his regular alternate guise of Matches Malone) who beat up other bad guys who were auditioning to be Holly's henchmen.[107]
- Harley Quinn appears in the prequel comic to the game Injustice: Gods Among Us. She helps the Joker kidnaps Lois Lane and surgically plant a trigger in her heart that will set off a nuclear bomb in Metropolis should her heart stop; when Superman accidentally kills her (thinking she is Doomsday) he becomes devastated, with the grieving Superman killing the Joker as a result. Harley struggles to come to terms with the Joker's death but develops an attachment to the Green Arrow when he kidnaps her to protect her from Superman's wrath but is also grief-stricken when he is killed by Superman. She later confronts the Black Canary but hesitates upon realizing she is pregnant upon vomiting mid-battle and reveals to the Black Canary she has a four-year-old daughter named Lucy who lives with her sister. Harley and the Canary befriend each other as a result and Harley starts helping Batman's Insurgency, though most members distrust her due to her lover's actions. In Injustice 2, she helps to fight Grodd's Society and Brainiac alongside the Black Canary, the Green Arrow, and the other Justice League and Regime members. It is revealed in the ending she later joins the Justice League as a fully accepted member, though she occasionally has to deal with her violent impulses. It is also revealed her daughter thinks her mother is her Aunt Harley, though Harley hopes to one day tell her the truth.
- In the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover, Harley is mutated into a humanoid hyena by the Shredder. She is knocked out by Batman during the battle at Arkham Asylum, and Splinter uses her hammer to take down the rest of the inmates. After the Shredder is defeated, the mutagen in her system decays naturally, causing her and the rest of the mutated inmates to revert to normal.[108]
- In Batman: White Knight, it is revealed that Harley Quinn was two different women all along. The first Harley Quinn, Harleen Quinzel, quit when the Joker captured and tortured Robin (Jason Todd), and she was replaced by another girl, Marian Drews, without the Joker even realizing it. Once the Joker was cured of his insanity, he proposes marriage to Harley, only for her to beat him and mock him for acting "normal". The original Harley Quinn then appears, kicks the "fake Harley" unconscious, and reveals to Jack Napier (Joker's true identity in this continuity) there were two Harleys all along. While Harleen loved the Joker "despite his flaws", Marian loved the Joker by "his flaws". She accepts his marriage proposal and joins him in his quest to rid Gotham City of Batman. Drews then takes the mantle of the Joker for herself "until the real Joker returns".[109][110]
- In DC Comics Bombshells, Harley fell in with the Joker (in this version, a gangster) after leaving Charm School, but left him when he began his journey into the occult. By the time of the events of the story, Harley is drawn to England by a voice she believes is the Joker, but turns out to be the Joker's Daughter. She rejects the Joker's Daughter's attempt to have the Joker resurrected in the body of Poison Ivy, instead of beginning a relationship with Ivy herself.
- In the Marvel Comics series Gwenpool Strikes Back, a variant of Gwen Poole based on Harley Quinn (from Civil War II) is introduced as a member of the GwenHive, dubbed "Harley Gwen".[111]
- In Batman: Damned, Harley snaps after the Joker's mysterious death following a battle with Batman and performs surgery on herself and dressing herself to make her resemble the Joker. Harley leads the Joker's remaining henchman on a revenge mission, blowing up several buildings and taking over the GCPD building and defacing the Batsignal so that it resembles the Joker's smile. Batman arrives and defeats the henchman before Harley paralyzes him with a toxin, beats him with her baseball bat, and attempts to sexually abuse him. Batman is then possessed by the Enchantress and strangles Harley against the Batsignal.[112]
In other media
Television
Live-action
- In 2002, a short-lived television series, Birds of Prey, included Harley Quinn as a psychologist and the main antagonist, portrayed by actress Mia Sara. In this show, Harleen Quinzel uses her day job as a psychologist to achieve her hidden purpose: to take control of the city of New Gotham. She does not wear a costume, although she does wear an outfit that is reminiscent of her cartoon costume in the series finale "Devil's Eyes".
- Harley Quinn made a cameo appearance in the Arrow season two episode "Suicide Squad", voiced again by Tara Strong, while physically portrayed by Cassidy Alexa (credited as "Deranged Squad Female").[113][114] The series star Stephen Amell revealed in an interview she was originally set to appear in the season two finale episode "Unthinkable", but was cut due to time.[115] The show's producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed there were plans for the character to appear, but series actress Willa Holland stated they had been axed due to the Suicide Squad film.[116][117]
- A character loosely based on Harley Quinn named Ecco appears in the fourth and fifth seasons of Gotham, portrayed by Francesca Root-Dodson. Like Quinn, Ecco wears a black and red outfit, clown makeup, and roller-skates, refers to other characters as "Puddin", and is completely devoted and infatuated with Jeremiah Valeska, the show's incarnation of the Joker.
- In Riverdale, Harley Quinn's costume is worn by the character Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan) in the episode titled "Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween" as a reference to the comic book miniseries Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica.[118]
Animation
- Harley Quinn first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Arleen Sorkin who subsequently reprised her role in other DC Animated Universe shows including Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Static Shock, and Justice League.
- Harley Quinn appears in The Batman, voiced by Hynden Walch. This version is a former television pop-psychiatrist who also ends up being seduced by the Joker, though their relationship is never shown to be abusive.
- Harley Quinn appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Meghan Strange.
- Harley Quinn makes several cameos in Teen Titans Go!.
- Harley Quinn appears in Justice League Action, voiced by Tara Strong.
- Harley Quinn appears in the 2019 animated series DC Super Hero Girls, voiced again by Tara Strong. In this version, Harleen and Barbara Gordon are depicted as being best friends, througth they are unaware of each other's identites as Harley Quinn and Batgirl, respectively, who constantly clash with each other. While initially living at Gotham, she moves to Metropolis in "#Frenemies Part 1", and becomes friends and partners with Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Giganta, Star Sapphire, and Livewire, while also becoming enemy of the DC Super Hero Girls.
- In 2017, it was reported Warner Bros. Animation had ordered 26 half-hour episodes of an adult-oriented Harley Quinn animated series for their new streaming service, DC Universe.[119] In 2018, it was announced that Kaley Cuoco would provide Harley Quinn's voice, and a short teaser trailer was released.[120] The series officially began streaming in 2019.[121] It focuses on Harley as she "attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City",[119] and step out of the Joker's shadow with the help of Poison Ivy and her crew of supervillains.[122][123]
Film
Live-action
- Harley Quinn was initially set to appear in Batman Unchained, the fifth film planned for the original Batman film series.[124][125] She was to be featured as the Joker's (Jack Nicholson) daughter, who allies herself with the Scarecrow to get revenge on Batman for her father's death.[126] However, due to the critical and commercial failure of Batman & Robin, this film was cancelled.
- The Batman: Arkham version of Harley makes a cameo appearance in the 2018 film Ready Player One.[127]
DC Extended Universe
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Margot Robbie portrays Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe.[128]
- The character debuted in the 2016 film Suicide Squad. Paul Dini, the creator of Harley Quinn, said Robbie "nailed" her role.[129]
- Harley Quinn appears in the 2020 spin-off film Birds of Prey, which Robbie also produced.
- Harley Quinn appeared in the film The Suicide Squad (2021), a standalone sequel to Suicide Squad.
Animation
- Harley Quinn appears in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, based on the Batman Beyond series and set in DCAU, voiced by Arleen Sorkin. Flashbacks reveal that she had assisted Joker in kidnapping Tim Drake and torturing him into insanity and transforming him into their son "J.J". She later fought Batgirl who angrily chastised her for even helping Joker commit a heinous act but fell deep into an abyss, leading to the latter presuming her dead, though she survived as depicted in the present, where she appears at the end of the movie, revealed to be the grandmother of the Jokerz members, Dee Dee Twins who address her as "Nana Harley" and having reformed from her life of crime.
- Harley Quinn has a cameo appearance in Justice League: The New Frontier during a speech by John F. Kennedy.
- An alternate universe version of Harley Quinn appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. In the film, she is a monkey of "The Jester" (the film version of the Joker).
- Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, an adaptation of the video game of the same name, with Laura Bailey reprising her role.
- The Flashpoint version of Harley Quinn named Yo-Yo appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced by Hynden Walch.
- Harley Quinn is featured in Batman: Assault on Arkham, voiced by Hynden Walch.
- Harley Quinn appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout with Tara Strong reprising her role.
- Harley Quinn appears in The Lego Batman Movie, voiced by Jenny Slate.
- Harley Quinn appears as the main protagonist in Batman and Harley Quinn, voiced by Melissa Rauch.[130][131]
- Dr. Harleen Quinzel appears in Batman vs. Two-Face, voiced by Sirena Irwin. She is the assistant to Hugo Strange, who reciprocates the Joker's flirting. In a Blu-ray exclusive bonus scene, Quinzel, dressed as Harley Quinn, busts the Joker out of prison.
- Harley Quinn appears in DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon, voiced by Kang Ji-young.[132]
- The Brave and the Bold version of Harley Quinn appears in Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, with Tara Strong voicing her.
- Harley Quinn appears in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, with Tara Strong reprising her role. Again, she is a member of the Suicide Squad and is primarily designed after her appearance in The New 52.
- A feudal Japan version of Harley Quinn appears in the anime film Batman Ninja, voiced by Rie Kugimiya and Tara Strong in Japanese and English respectively.[133][134]
- Harley Quinn appears in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. She has a cameo appearance in an altered future where the villains have taken over.
- Harley Quinn appears in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, voiced by Margot Rubin.
- Harley Quinn appears in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, voiced by an uncredited Tara Strong.
- Harley Quinn appears in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with Tara Strong reprising her role. Harley is first introduced as an inmate at Arkham, who mocks Shredder from inside her cell. After the Joker frees her, she is mutated into a crazy and anthropomorphic hyena and assists her lover in fighting the Bat-family and the Turtles. She is knocked out by a crazed and mutated Batman, and abandoned by the Joker as he attempts to escape. She was presumably demutated by the Gotham police.
- Harley Quinn appears in Batman: Hush and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, with Hynden Walch reprising her role. In Apokolips War, she is shown to have become the new leader of the Suicide Squad following Amanda Waller's death by cancer and seeks to avenge the death of Joker, who was apparently killed by Batman, who at the time was under Darkseid's control.
- Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy on a train that LeBron James and Bugs Bunny are on while searching the DC World in the “Serververse” for the Toons.
Web series
- Harley Quinn had a co-starring role in the Gotham Girls webtoon voiced by Arleen Sorkin, in which she joins forces with Poison Ivy and Catwoman.
- Harley Quinn appears in the Batman Black and White motion comics, voiced by Janyse Jaud.
- Harley Quinn (credited as Harlequin) appears in the first episode of the web series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, in which she kidnaps and mutilates an unknown number of people and makes toys and dolls out of the bodies. She fights Batman after he frees her latest victim and ends up surrendering, only to be drained of her blood and possibly killed after Batman reveals his fangs to her. She is voiced by Tara Strong reprising her role from the Arkham franchise.
- Harley Quinn appears in the web series DC Super Hero Girls, in which she is a student at Super Hero High and the roommate of Wonder Woman. Unusually for the character, she is portrayed as a hero instead of a villain and has a mostly positive relationship with her superhero counterparts. She is once again voiced by Tara Strong.
Video games
DC Animated Universe games
- Harley cameos in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Super NES, and as a boss in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega Genesis.
- She appears in The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega CD and Batman: Chaos in Gotham, voiced by Arleen Sorkin.
- Harley Quinn appears in Batman Vengeance, voiced by Arleen Sorkin. At the beginning of the game, she disguises herself as Mary Flynn who got her son Toby kidnapped by the Joker. The whole thing came out as a plan to kill Batman, but the plan failed and the Joker apparently died falling off the Gotham bridge. In the final phase of the game, it was revealed the Joker is alive and faked his death to make a bigger plan to destroy Gotham City, with Harley supporting him all along.
- Harley appears on the sequel Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu where she is locked in her Arkham Asylum cell, being paralyzed by Sin Tzu's mind control.
DC Universe Online
Harley appears in the DC Universe Online video game, with Arleen Sorkin returning as her voice. Harley is the basic Legends PVP character granted to Villains without having to spend Marks of Legend. To date, this was the last time Arleen Sorkin voiced the character; as of 2016[update], Harley Quinn is now voiced by Jen Brown, starting with a DLC episode based on the Gotham City Sirens.
Lego series
- Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman: The Videogame, with her sound effects provided by Grey DeLisle. She appears as an enemy of Batman, a 1st deputy of the Joker, and the second boss of Chapter 3 "The Joker's Return".[135][136] Harley Quinn in Lego Batman is a playable character, can be unlocked through the villain levels and carries a pistol and her giant mallet. She is one of three bosses that later appear as minibosses, the other two being Two-Face and Catwoman.
- Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Laura Bailey.[137] She first appears as the first miniboss in "Theatrical Pursuits". In "Arkham Asylum Antics", she rides with the Riddler and Two-Face on the latter's truck. She also appears as a boss at the Gotham Funland entrance.
- Harley Quinn appears in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Tara Strong. She has two side-quests in the Hall of Doom, after which she is unlocked as a playable character.
- Harley Quinn is a playable character in Lego Dimensions, with Tara Strong reprising the role.
- Harley Quinn serves as one of the main characters in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Tara Strong.[138] Her design is based on The New 52.
Batman: Arkham series
Harley Quinn appears in the Batman: Arkham franchise. While Arleen Sorkin reprised her role from the DC Animated Universe in the first installment, she was replaced by Tara Strong for the rest of the series.[139][140]
- In Batman: Arkham Asylum, she takes control of the eponymous asylum to facilitate the Joker's escape, and makes subsequent appearances throughout the game; kidnapping Warden Quincy Sharp and Commissioner Gordon, releasing Poison Ivy from her cell, and attempting to kill Batman on the Joker's orders. After Batman defeats Harley, he locks her up in a vacant cell, where she remains for the rest of the storyline. In this game, Harley wears an original nurse-themed costume.
- In Batman: Arkham City, she continues to work with the Joker within the eponymous city-prison, making several appearances throughout the main story. Following the Joker's death due to his Titan-inflicted disease, Harley watches in shock as Batman carries his lifeless body outside Arkham City. In this game, Harley wears a biker-girl themed costume, using a low-key version of her usual makeup, with heavy eye shadow in lieu of her domino mask.
- Harley also appears as the primary antagonist of the Harley Quinn's Revenge expansion pack, set after the events of the main story, wherein she seeks revenge on Batman for the Joker's death and manages to capture him, until Robin arrives to rescue him and together they defeat her. By this point, Harley has taken full control of the Joker's gang, and has an adopted a new look: mostly black clothes, with hair dyed black, a mourning veil, and a "J" necklace.
- Harley Quinn appears in the mobile game Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, set before the events of Arkham City, where she takes a reporter a hostage to ransom her for the Joker's release from prison. After luring Batman into a trap, she tries to execute the bound and gagged reporter but is stopped by one of Batman's batarangs.
- Dr. Harleen Quinzel appears in Batman: Arkham Origins, which takes place before her transformation into Harley Quinn. She interviews the Joker at Blackgate Prison and falls in love with him after he confesses his fascination with someone whom he considers special to him (Batman). She later appears amongst the prison's other staff members held hostage by the Joker when he takes over the facility, but she is rescued by Batman. Quinzel is last seen escorting the Joker to his cell after he is defeated by Batman.
- Harley returns in Batman: Arkham Knight. Still in charge of the remains of the Joker's gang and vengeful against Batman, she is recruited by the Scarecrow to assist him in his plot to kill the Dark Knight. Harley discovers Batman and Robin's hideout at the abandoned Panessa Studios, where the two are keeping the victims of the Joker's blood transfusion who were not affected by the cure under observation. She leads her gang to invade the hideout and release the Joker patients, but is foiled after one of them betrays her and kills the others before committing suicide. Harley is then locked up by Batman in one of the Joker victims' cells left vacant, where she remains for the rest of the storyline. In this game, she wears a modified version of her Arkham City costume.
- Apart from the main game, she is a playable character via downloadable content. She was included in her self-titled expansion pack, which also features four challenge maps and a story-driven mission for the character, set shortly before the events of Arkham Knight, wherein she breaks into the Blüdhaven Police Headquarters to free Poison Ivy on Scarecrow's orders.[141] Harley has several unique gagdets at her disposal, including her baseball bat, explosive jack-in-the-box, and laughing gas, as well as a variant of Detective Mode, called Psychosis Mode, which allows the player to see enemies and objects of interest through walls; when the player keeps Psychosis Mode active for an extended period of time, the character's Harleen and Harley personas can be heard fighting for control of her body. Harley also appears as a boss in the Batgirl: A Matter of Family DLC mission, set before the events of Arkham Asylum, in which she dons her classic jester costume from the comics.
- Harley appears as a playable character in the mobile game Batman: Arkham Underworld. She is unlocked after the player completes a mission for her, and wields a special pistol, grenades, and a baseball bat. She can also summon her pet hyenas.
- Harley will appear as a playable character in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.[142] In the game, she is part of the Suicide Squad who got the mission to take down Brainiac and Superman who is mentally controlled by him.
Injustice series
- Harley Quinn appears as a playable fighter in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced by Tara Strong.[143] In the alternate universe depicted in the game, Quinn establishes the Joker Clan to honor the Clown Prince of Crime after he is murdered by Superman. She is part of Batman's Insurgency and is tempted in the story to revert to her older ways when an alternate Joker arrives in her dimension until Lex Luthor manages to convince her the Joker is manipulating her for his ends. In her arcade ending, she fatally slits the Joker's throat after a wedding gone wrong.[144]
- Harley Quinn appears as a playable fighter in Injustice 2, with Tara Strong reprising her role.[145][146] She is a main character in the single-player campaign, wherein she serves as one of Batman's most trustworthy allies, and assists him and the other heroes in combating Brainiac and the Society, which includes Poison Ivy. Harley is also shown to have completely overcome her feelings for the Joker after realizing he had been controlling and abusing her for years. In her arcade ending, she is offered a position within the Justice League and admits that she still has violent impulses from time to time, but manages to keep them under control by being heroic and spending time with her daughter Lucy (who believes her to be her aunt, though Harley hopes to tell her the truth someday).
Batman: The Enemy Within
Harley Quinn appears in Batman: The Enemy Within (the sequel to Batman: The Telltale Series), voiced by Laura Post.[147] This version of Dr. Harleen Quinzel was driven insane following her father's long bout with mental illness and eventual suicide. Attempting to avoid her father's fate, she joins a criminal organisation called the Pact to steal a virus able to cure her hereditary condition. This depiction initially reverses the dynamic between Harley and the Joker. Quinn manipulates and abuses her former patient at Arkham Asylum, named "John Doe", who is infatuated with her. As the series progresses, John's confidence will increase, and depending on the player's choices, he will either aid Bruce Wayne in capturing Quinn or transform into the traditional version of the Joker. In the latter outcome, Harley will become the Joker's girlfriend and the two use the virus to threaten Gotham City.
Other appearances
- Harley Quinn appears in Infinite Crisis as a playable character, voiced by Tara Strong.[148]
- Harley Quinn is among the villains summoned by Brainiac to retrieve Starites in Scribblenauts Unmasked.
- Harley Quinn appears as a playable character in the mobile game, Suicide Squad: Special Ops, based on the film.
- She appears as a playable character in DC Legends and DC Unchained.
- In Mortal Kombat 11, Harley Quinn appears as a DLC costume skin for Cassie Cage.
- Harley Quinn is a usable skin in Fortnite.
Novels
Harley Quinn has her own novel adaptation from comics as part of the DC Comic Novels series. Mad Love was released in November 2018 and written by Pat Cardigan and original co-creator Paul Dini and published by Titan Books.
She is reinterpreted as Pauline Ketch in The Refrigerator Monologues.[149]
See also
References
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