History ComicBook / HarleyQuinn

2018 saw a further spin-off miniseries by Tieri, ''Old Lady Harley'', returning to the parody post-apocalyptic BadFuture depicted in #42. 2019 saw the spin-off miniseries ''Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy'', and quite a lot of non-continuity Harley miniseries and graphic novels for DC's specialist imprints: ''Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass'' for Creator/DCInk, which features Harley and a... very unusual version of the Joker as contemporary left-wing political activists; ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'' for Creator/DCBlackLabel, a new retelling of Harley's origin by Stjepan Seijic; and ''[=Joker/Harley=]: Criminal Sanity'', a DC Black Label miniseries set in a non-superhero universe with the Joker as a mundane serial killer and Harleen as a police profiler on his trail. 2020 saw another mini-series, ''Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey'', written by Conner and Palmiotti with, for the first time, interior art by Conner; this was made to tie in with the film ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', featuring Harley with the Birds team as depicted in the film of Renee Montoya, Black Canary, Huntress, and Cassandra Cain.

* MulticoloredHair: Initially, the left side of Harley's hair is black and the right side of her hair is red, matching her clothes. After her makeover, she's blonde, with half her right pigtail blue and half her left pigtail red, much like her Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse look.

* CerebusSyndrome: Takes over during the Rebirth half of the Conner/Palmiotti run -- it never loses the humour or the BloodyHilarious element, but the comic is increasingly taken over by a very long arc about Harley's conflict with the Mayor, who is no longer comically corrupt but [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope utterly evil]], and in the final issues features [[spoiler:one of Harley's love interests being brutally StuffedIntoTheFridge, which leads to an entirely serious RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler: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. She doesn't take it well.]]

** In #51-2, when Harley contacts Jonnie DC to report back about Captain Triumph, Jonni is locked into a room with several variants of Donna Troy, attempting to sort out her notorious [[ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy ContinuitySnarl]].

2018 saw a further spin-off miniseries by Tieri, ''Old Lady Harley'', returning to the parody [[after he and post-apocalyptic]] BadFuture depicted in #42. 2019 saw the spin-off miniseries ''Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy'', and quite a lot of non-continuity Harley miniseries and graphic novels for DC's specialist imprints: ''Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass'' for Creator/DCInk, which features Harley and a... very unusual version of the Joker as contemporary left-wing political activists; ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'' for Creator/DCBlackLabel, a new retelling of Harley's origin by Stjepan Seijic; and ''[=Joker/Harley=]: Criminal Sanity'', a DC Black Label miniseries set in a non-superhero universe with the Joker as a mundane serial killer and Harleen as a police profiler on his trail. 2020 saw another mini-series, ''Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey'', written by Conner and Palmiotti with, for the first time, interior art by Conner; this was made to tie in with the film ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', featuring Harley with the Birds team as depicted in the film of Renee Montoya, Black Canary, Huntress, and Cassandra Cain.

* WaterfallShower: In ''Harley's Little Black Book'' #6, Harley and SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} take a waterfall shower while stranded on an alien planet. It nearly turns into a ShowerOfLove, but they are interrupted.

2018 saw a further spin-off miniseries by Tieri, ''Old Lady Harley'', returning to the parody post-apocalyptic BadFuture depicted in #42. 2019 saw the spin-off miniseries ''Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy'', and quite a lot of non-continuity Harley miniseries and graphic novels for DC's specialist imprints: ''Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass'' for Creator/DCInk, which features Harley and a... very unusual version of the Joker as contemporary left-wing political activists; ''ComicBook/{{Harleen}}'' for Creator/DCBlackLabel, a new retelling of Harley's origin by Stjepan Seijic; and ''[=Joker/Harley=]: Criminal Sanity'', a DC Black Label miniseries set in a non-superhero universe with the Joker as a mundane serial killer and Harleen as a police profiler on his trail. 2020 saw another mini-series, ''Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey'', written by Conner and Palmiotti with, for the first time, interior art by Conner; this was made to tie in with the film ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', featuring Harley with the Birds team as depicted in the film of Renee Montoya, Black Canary, Huntress, and Cassandra Cain.

'''''Note: This isn't a character page.''''' This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by Franchise/TheDCU incarnation of the character, see [[Characters/BatmanHarleyQuinn here]]. Or you can just [[SelfDemonstrating/HarleyQuinn ask her yourself]]. The original version can be found [[Characters/DCAUHarleyQuinn here]].

** Issue 30 features cameos from numerous DC characters in Harley's dream, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Suicide Squad, several Bat-villains, and several of Conner's previous characters (Power Girl, Starfire, Terra).

'''''Note: This isn't a character page.''''' This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by Franchise/TheDCU incarnation of the character, see Characters.BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1. Or you can just [[SelfDemonstrating/HarleyQuinn ask her yourself]]. The original version can be found [[Characters/DCAUHarleyQuinn here]].

* TamerAndChaster: Harley's new costume designed by Rossmo is basically a tank top and tight full-length pants, in contrast to the extremely revealing costumes that she's been notorious for since the New 52 era.

In 2021, the series was relaunched from #1 again, with Stephanie Phillips as writer and Riley Rossmo as main artist. In contrast to the previous couple of runs, this one was much more strongly tied in to the continuity of ''Batman''-related titles, featuring Harley returning to Gotham and attempting to [[TheAtoner make up for her past actions]], while clashing with her new EvilCounterpart Punchline.

[[folder:Post "Joker War" series]]

** #42 and the subsequent ''Old Lady Harley'' miniseries parody TheApunkalypse in general, but specifically ''Franchise/MadMax'' and Marvel's ''Old Man...'' BadFuture stories.

* ByronicHero: A rare female example. In more recent mature stories, like ''Joker War'', Harley drops a lot of her HeroicComedicSociopath schtick and reveals a deeper self-loathing over the things she did as the Joker's minion. She knows that she can never make up for the atrocities she helped him commit or all of the lives she helped destroy, but tries regardless because it's the only way she can live with herself. This vulnerability is what allows people, even someone like Batman, to take pity on her, and make her a tentative unofficial member of the extended Bat-Family.
** It's also one of the reasons she genuinely hates [[EvilCounterpart Punchline]], as she can't help but see a version of herself in Joker's new sidekick, but one with absolutely ''zero'' redemptive qualities.

* CaptainEthnic: Intentionally invoked with the Gang of Harleys. The Jewish member is dubbed Hanuquin, while the Indian member is dubbed Bolly Quinn. Averted with Harley Queen. She's Chinese-American, but Harley chose to give her [[CaptainGeographic a name that reflects the fact that she lives in Queens]], rather than anything pertaining to her ethnicity.

* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Miz Diangelis takes a wooden spoon to her teenage daughters for lying about their age to join Hareley's gang. Subverted a few issues later when Harley advises a client against beating her rebellious daughter, reasoning that "a good old-fashioned beating" would only alienate her further in her current state.

* FightClub: After being rapidly banned from her initial roller derby league for being too violent, Harley gets recruited to a "skate club" that is an illegal no-rules fight club on roller skates. And we mean "no rules" - Harley has even been known to accidentally [[SpectatorCasualty kill or maim]] members of the audience with no consequences.

** The ''Road Trip Special'' is a ComicBook/GothamCitySirens reunion, as Harley, Ivy and Selina team up for the titular road trip. Also, one of Harley's kid photos features her dressed as Golden Age Wonder Woman.

* TamerAndChaster: The 2021 relaunch featured a new costume designed by Rossmo, which is basically a tank top and tight full-length pants, in contrast to the extremely revealing costumes that Harley's been known for since the New 52 era.

** #42 and the subsequent ''Old Lady Harley'' miniseries parody TheApunkalypse in general, but specifically ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' and Marvel's ''Old Man...'' BadFuture stories.

** 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 [[PetTheDog smile and politely say she's sorry and didn't realize her voice was so lout. Even better, Ivy points out after that Harley seems to [[TookALevelInKindness be learning to control her temper better.]]

'''''Note: This isn't a character page.''''' This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by Franchise/TheDCU incarnation of the character, see Characters.BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1. Or you can just [[SelfDemonstrating/HarleyQuinn ask her yourself]].

** Issue #2 includes a guest appearance by the original founder of the comics' Birds of Prey herself, Barbara Gordon, who wasn't in the movie. Instead of being Oracle, though, she's Batgirl but is out of action due to a broken leg (accident).

'''''Note: This isn't a character page.''''' This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by Franchise/TheDCU incarnation of the character, see [[Characters/DCAUHarleyQuinn here]]. Or you can just [[SelfDemonstrating/HarleyQuinn ask her yourself]].

'''''Note: This isn't a character page.''''' This page is about Harley's various solo series and the tropes therein. For character tropes related to all appearances by Franchise/TheDCU incarnation of the character, see Characters.BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1. Or you can just [[SelfDemonstrating/HarleyQuinn ask her yourself]].

In 2021, the series was relaunched from #1 again, with Stephanie Phillips as writer and Riley Rossmo as main artist.

* TruerToTheText: Inverted case in ''Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey''. Ostensibly a spin-off from the ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' film, the title's characters are more accurate to their original comic versions instead of the movie's. Harley is the same as from her ''Rebirth'' solo comics, ComicBook/BlackCanary is the traditional blue-eyed-blond white woman, Cassandra Cain is more like her Orphan identity but still mute like back when she first debuted and then was the new ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, and [[Comicbook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]] is a composite of both her ''New 52'' and ''Rebirth'' versions, while Renee Montoya is a composite of her [[ComicBook/GothamCentral comic]] and movie versions.

* ArmedWithCanon: The controversy over Harley's New 52 costume redesign (which included some writers who preferred the old costume openly mocking the new one in their own comics) is alluded to in #21, where Harley has a run-in with a character impersonator on Hollywood Boulevard who is wearing her old costume. Harley says that she only wears that costume on "special occasions", and when the impersonator accuses her of making a [[YourCostumeNeedsWork complete mess]] of being Harley, Harley pistol-whips her.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Harley's first appearance, in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Favor", was intended to be a one-shot, so many of the jokes, particularly describing herself as a wannabe beautician, clash with her later development.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Harley's first appearance, in the ''Series/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Joker's Favor", was intended to be a one-shot, so many of the jokes, particularly describing herself as a wannabe beautician, clash with her later development.