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''Harley Quinn'' is a ComicBook that started in March 2021 and featuring [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]]. Written by Creator/StephaniePhillips with art by Riley Rossmo, it is part of [[Creator/DCComics DC's]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Infinite Frontier]] line following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''. It is also a relaunch of Harley's monthly book following the conclusion of Sam Humphries' DC Rebirth-era run and a spinoff from ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV''.
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''Harley Quinn'' is a ComicBook that started in March 2021 and featuring ComicBook/HarleyQuinn.[[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]]. Written by Creator/StephaniePhillips with art by Riley Rossmo, it is part of [[Creator/DCComics DC’s]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Infinite Frontier]] line following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''. It is also a relaunch of Harley's monthly book following the conclusion of Sam Humphries' DC Rebirth-era run and a spinoff from ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV''.
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* AffectionateParody: Issue #36's secondary story, "Harley the Barbarian", features artwork that is very reminiscent of ''Magazine/HeavyMetal''.
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''Harley Quinn'' is a ComicBook that started in March 2021 and featuring ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Written by Creator/StephaniePhillips and art by Riley Rossmo, it is part of [[Creator/DCComics DC’s]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Infinite Frontier]] line following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''. It is also a relaunch of Harley's monthly book following the conclusion of Sam Humphries' DC Rebirth-era run and a spinoff from ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV''.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time in New Jersey during the New 52 and DC Rebirth eras. Thanks to her assistance during the Joker War and its aftermath, Batman has made her a probationary member of the Bat Family. Harley is trying to honor the Dark Knight's trust and help protect Gotham while atoning for her crimes while working for the Joker.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time in New Jersey during the New 52 and DC Rebirth eras. Thanks to her assistance during the Joker War and its aftermath, Batman has made her a probationary member of the Bat Family. Harley is trying to honor the Dark Knight's trust and help protect Gotham while atoning for her crimes while working for the Joker.
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''Harley Quinn'' is a ComicBook that started in March 2021 and featuring ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Written by Creator/StephaniePhillips and with art by Riley Rossmo, it is part of [[Creator/DCComics DC’s]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Infinite Frontier]] line following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''. It is also a relaunch of Harley's monthly book following the conclusion of Sam Humphries' DC Rebirth-era run and a spinoff from ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV''.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time inNew Jersey Brooklyn during the New 52 and DC Rebirth eras. Thanks to her assistance during the Joker War and its aftermath, Batman has made her a probationary member of the Bat Family. Harley is trying to honor the Dark Knight's trust and help protect Gotham while atoning for her crimes while working for the Joker.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time in
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* BatFamilyCrossover: Issues #6-9 tie in to the "ComicBook/FearState" Gotham crossover event.
* BrickJoke: Several issues later, it turns out the Bat-branded toaster that Harley persuaded Batman to give her was cheap and nasty, and set fire to her flat.
* ByronicHero: A rare female example.
** 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's intelligent, athletic, and conventionally attractive, but she's also ''extremely'' psychologically warped and damaged by her past relationships. 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.
** One of the reasons that Harley genuinely hates [[EvilCounterpart Punchline]] is that Harley can't help but see a version of herself in Joker's new sidekick, but one with absolutely ''zero'' redemptive qualities.
* ChainedToARailway: Keepsake does this to Kevin in order to mess with Harley.
* ByronicHero: A rare female example.
** 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's intelligent, athletic, and conventionally attractive, but she's also ''extremely'' psychologically warped and damaged by her past relationships. 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.
** One of the reasons that Harley genuinely hates [[EvilCounterpart Punchline]] is that Harley can't help but see a version of herself in Joker's new sidekick, but one with absolutely ''zero'' redemptive qualities.
* ChainedToARailway: Keepsake does this to Kevin in order to mess with Harley.
* CostumeCopycat: Verdict slaughters a bunch of mafiosi in a restaurant while dressed as Harley in order to frame her.
* CreatorCameo: In the boxing dream sequence in issue #17, artist Riley Rossmo and writer Stephanie Phillips appear in the audience and have a brief dialogue exchange.
* CreatorCameo: In the boxing dream sequence in issue #17, artist Riley Rossmo and writer Stephanie Phillips appear in the audience and have a brief dialogue exchange.
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* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out to be the Verdict.]]
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* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out Averted. After being briefly reunited with Ivy, Harley breaks up with her again in #10, after Ivy wanted to be round off their date with a spot of armed robbery despite Harley genuinely trying to stop committing crime.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Harley knows that she can never make up for theVerdict.]]atrocities she did in the name of the Joker, nor can she rebuild all of the lives she helped destroy. But she tries to do the right thing regardless, because it's the only way she can live with herself. It's this side of Harley that allows her to gain a second chance from the Batfamily.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Harley knows that she can never make up for the
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* EasilyForgiven: Harley lampshades how easily Hugo Strange seems to get hired as the head of SAFE despite his own lengthy history of MadScientist and PsychoPsychologist supervillainy.
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* EyeScream: Verdict's calling card is to remove one of each of her victims' eyes, as a pun on "eye for an eye".
* FaceDoodling: Harley's idea of a disguise after Batwoman breaks her out of prison in the "Verdict" arc is to draw a moustache and goatee on her face.
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out to be the villain Verdict.]]
* GoKartingWithBowser: In the 2021 Annual, Kevin and Solomon Grundy do a mysterious and sinister deal with Mr. Freeze for information on Keepsake. It's then revealed that the "deal" was for the two of them to act as childrens' entertainers at Freeze's niece's birthday party.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Kevin is trying to decide whether to rescue Lockwood from a fire, his shoulder angel and devil are both sexy versions of Harley, who then have a CatFight.
* InPrisonWithTheRogues: When Harley is accused of murder, she ends up in Blackgate prison with a bunch of female prisoners who despise her attempt to go straight and want to ingratiate themselves with Punchline by killing her.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:When Kevin finds out that she's Verdict and rejects her, Sam decides to suicide-bomb Gotham City Hall and kill everyone inside, regardless of how corrupt or not they are]].
* MookFaceTurn: Harley's new sidekick Kevin is a reformed former mook for the Joker.
* MythologyGag: Bengal's variant cover for #14 shows Harley's bedroom. Among the clothes hanging up are her corset-style dress from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', her harlequin-pattern minidress from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and her red dress from ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Keepsake sets up a literalised "trolley problem" for Harley by setting up a train laden with explosives that will either run into central Gotham and explode or run Kevin over. She naturally choses the second option and saves Kevin.
* PetTheDog: After nastily confronting Harley at the beginning of the first issue, at the end of it Batman leaves her the Bat-branded toaster that she'd asked him for.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler:Before Harley beats her up, Kevin tells Sam that their break-up was entirely her fault.]]
* PseudoCrisis: Issue #4 ends with Harley being confronted with an apparently raging Solomon Grundy in Gotham's sewer system. At the beginning of the next issue, they're having a friendly conversation.
* {{Retool}}: The series, after some years, brings Harley back to Gotham and is far more closely aligned with ''Batman'' and general DC continuity.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: In the flashback to [[spoiler:Verdict's origin]], Harley immediately kills a corrupt cop who was bribed by the Joker to let her escape custody.
* SafeWord: When arrested and handcuffed by the cops in the "Verdict" arc, Harley jokes that her safeword should be "sauerkraut" because "it's fun to say".
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Keepsake uses mind-control drugs borrowed from Hugo Strange to temporarily turn Harley's friends into inferior knock-offs of various big-name Gotham villains.
* ShoutOut:
** While fighting Keepsake at one point, Harley goes on a lengthy rant about her love for the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise and Sarah Connor in particular.
** In her narration in #13, Harley admits to having a sexual attraction to the hero of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''.
* SpecialPersonNormalName: As Harley's sidekick and would-be hero in his own right, Kevin hasn't developed a costumed-character name yet, leading to various characters being underwhelmed when he introduces himself.
* FaceDoodling: Harley's idea of a disguise after Batwoman breaks her out of prison in the "Verdict" arc is to draw a moustache and goatee on her face.
* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out to be the villain Verdict.]]
* GoKartingWithBowser: In the 2021 Annual, Kevin and Solomon Grundy do a mysterious and sinister deal with Mr. Freeze for information on Keepsake. It's then revealed that the "deal" was for the two of them to act as childrens' entertainers at Freeze's niece's birthday party.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Kevin is trying to decide whether to rescue Lockwood from a fire, his shoulder angel and devil are both sexy versions of Harley, who then have a CatFight.
* InPrisonWithTheRogues: When Harley is accused of murder, she ends up in Blackgate prison with a bunch of female prisoners who despise her attempt to go straight and want to ingratiate themselves with Punchline by killing her.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:When Kevin finds out that she's Verdict and rejects her, Sam decides to suicide-bomb Gotham City Hall and kill everyone inside, regardless of how corrupt or not they are]].
* MookFaceTurn: Harley's new sidekick Kevin is a reformed former mook for the Joker.
* MythologyGag: Bengal's variant cover for #14 shows Harley's bedroom. Among the clothes hanging up are her corset-style dress from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', her harlequin-pattern minidress from ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', and her red dress from ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Keepsake sets up a literalised "trolley problem" for Harley by setting up a train laden with explosives that will either run into central Gotham and explode or run Kevin over. She naturally choses the second option and saves Kevin.
* PetTheDog: After nastily confronting Harley at the beginning of the first issue, at the end of it Batman leaves her the Bat-branded toaster that she'd asked him for.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler:Before Harley beats her up, Kevin tells Sam that their break-up was entirely her fault.]]
* PseudoCrisis: Issue #4 ends with Harley being confronted with an apparently raging Solomon Grundy in Gotham's sewer system. At the beginning of the next issue, they're having a friendly conversation.
* {{Retool}}: The series, after some years, brings Harley back to Gotham and is far more closely aligned with ''Batman'' and general DC continuity.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: In the flashback to [[spoiler:Verdict's origin]], Harley immediately kills a corrupt cop who was bribed by the Joker to let her escape custody.
* SafeWord: When arrested and handcuffed by the cops in the "Verdict" arc, Harley jokes that her safeword should be "sauerkraut" because "it's fun to say".
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Keepsake uses mind-control drugs borrowed from Hugo Strange to temporarily turn Harley's friends into inferior knock-offs of various big-name Gotham villains.
* ShoutOut:
** While fighting Keepsake at one point, Harley goes on a lengthy rant about her love for the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise and Sarah Connor in particular.
** In her narration in #13, Harley admits to having a sexual attraction to the hero of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''.
* SpecialPersonNormalName: As Harley's sidekick and would-be hero in his own right, Kevin hasn't developed a costumed-character name yet, leading to various characters being underwhelmed when he introduces himself.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Subverted with Keepsake and Harley, he acts stalkerish to her but he isn't motivated by desire for her so much as really, really wanting to be the Joker, with having Harley as a girlfriend being part of that.
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* 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. (Although [[DependingOnTheArtist some artists other than Rossmo]] draw it with a ''lot'' of cleavage.)
* TankTopTomboy: Harley's costume in this era has a tank top, and she's as violent and crass as ever.
* TattooedCrook:
** Rossmo's new design for Harley gives her playing-card-suit club and diamond (which sometimes changes to a heart depending on her mood) tattoos on her shoulders.
** Kevin has a MonsterClown face tattooed on his enormous chin.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: Harley attempts to set up a support group for other ex-Joker minions, but its first meeting gets attacked by agents of Hugo Strange's anti-"clown" group SAFE.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Harley persuades Annie not to kill Keepsake by convincing her of this.
* VigilanteMan: The brutally murderous new Gotham vigilante known as Verdict.
* TankTopTomboy: Harley's costume in this era has a tank top, and she's as violent and crass as ever.
* TattooedCrook:
** Rossmo's new design for Harley gives her playing-card-suit club and diamond (which sometimes changes to a heart depending on her mood) tattoos on her shoulders.
** Kevin has a MonsterClown face tattooed on his enormous chin.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: Harley attempts to set up a support group for other ex-Joker minions, but its first meeting gets attacked by agents of Hugo Strange's anti-"clown" group SAFE.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Harley persuades Annie not to kill Keepsake by convincing her of this.
* VigilanteMan: The brutally murderous new Gotham vigilante known as Verdict.
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* WheresTheKaboom: Happens when Verdict tries to detonate the bombs at City Hall, because Batwoman defused them.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: During the "Fear State" tie-ins, Hugo Strange tries to kill all his former SAFE minions by burning down the building.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: During the "Fear State" tie-ins, Hugo Strange tries to kill all his former SAFE minions by burning down the building.
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Philips' run ended in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' with ''Harley Quinn'' #27. Following her departure, Creator/TiniHoward inherited custodianship of the book for ''ComicBook/DawnOfDC''.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: A jailbreak while Harley was still working with the Joker set off the chain of events that destroyed Sam's faith in the GCPD and Gotham's institutions -- and turned her into the Verdict]].
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: A jailbreak while Harley was still working with the Joker set off the chain of events that destroyed Sam's faith in the GCPD and Gotham's institutions -- and turned her into the murderous Verdict]].
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* ContinuityOverlap: As part of the ''Infinite Frontier'' publishing initiative, and a spinoff of Tynion's Batman'', Phillips' narrative is impacted by events both in Gotham and in the larger DCU. This was very much intentional and the culmination of the shift that had begun during the post-Amanda Conner/Jimmy Palmiotti ''Harley'' era (wherein their New 52/DC Rebirth run had been taking place in its own bubble and was all but disconnected from larger DCU developments).
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* CrimefightingWithCash: Hilariously averted. As a probationary Bat Family member, Harley naturally expects to be given access to the same kinds of resources the rest of the kids get. She's more than a little miffed Batman isn't even paying her. It's justified, though, between Harley's probationary status ''and'' Bruce's finances having been hit hard due to events in Tynion's ''Batman''.
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* CrimefightingWithCash: Hilariously averted. As a probationary Bat Family member, Harley naturally expects to be given access to the same kinds of resources the rest of the kids get. She's more than a little miffed at Batman isn't even paying her.when the latter bluntly tells her she's not getting a paycheck. It's justified, though, between Harley's probationary status ''and'' Bruce's finances having been hit hard due to events in Tynion's ''Batman''.
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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Ironically and cleverly utilized as the catalyst for "Task Force XX". It's ''because'' of this Trope (due to the concurrent events of ''Dark Crisis'') that [[spoiler: Luke Fox]] recruits Harley for the team.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: As an ambitious henchman, Keepsake has cycled through nearly all of the Gotham rogues -- and all of them have inevitably fired him. While it's mostly a combination of Keepsake's laziness and kleptomania, Keepsake's also turned out to be creepy even to the hardened veterans of Arkham Asylum.
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''Harley Quinn'' is a ComicBook that started in March 2021 and featuring ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. Written by Stephanie Philips and art by Riley Rossmo, it is part of [[Creator/DCComics DC’s]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Infinite Frontier]] line following ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''. It is also a relaunch of Harley's monthly book following the conclusion of Sam Humphries' DC Rebirth-era run and a spinoff from ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV''.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time in New Jersey during the New 52 and DC Rebirth eras. Thanks to her assistance during the Joker War and its aftermath, Batman has made her a probationary member of the Bat Family. Harley is trying to honor the Dark Knight's trust and help protect Gotham while atoning for her crimes while working for the Joker.
Philips' run ended in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' with ''Harley Quinn'' #27. Following her departure, Creator/TiniHoward inherited custodianship of the book for ''ComicBook/DawnOfDC''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Played with for "Task Force XX". While the ending of "The Verdict" leads directly into it, Phillips' Harley-centric story from the ''ComicBook/ShadowWar'' tie-in anthology reveals in advance that [[spoiler: Luke Fox]] is the team's benefactor.
* ArcVillain: There isn't a single overarching villain of the run. Rather, Phillips utilizes a rotating roster of antagonists:
** Hugo Strange is the run's initial antagonist through ''Fear State' before [[spoiler: ultimately fleeing Gotham to avoid the heat from Simon Saint's downfall and S.A.F.E.'s links to the Magistrate program.]]
** Keepsake is an interim villain between ''Fear State'' and "The Verdict".
** The Verdict: Takes over following Keepsake's brief tenure.
* TheAtoner: Harley. It's part of why she bonds with Kevin (who likewise is trying to make up for his actions as a Joker goon during ''Joker War'').
* BigBadWannabe: Keepsake. He tries. Bless his heart, he tries, but he's more of a SitcomArchNemesis than the BigBad he envisions himself to be.
* ContinuityOverlap: As part of the ''Infinite Frontier'' publishing initiative, and a spinoff of Tynion's Batman'', Phillips' narrative is impacted by events both in Gotham and in the larger DCU.
** ''ComicBook/FearState'': In addition to running parallel with ''Batman'', Harley's tie-ins are ''heavily'' intertwined with Ram V's ''Catwoman'' tie-ins (to the point where you need to be reading both books to get the full story).
** ''ComicBook/ShadowWar'' Harley ties into event's anthology (and it serves as the prelude to "Task Force XX"
** ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'': While it doesn't directly cross over, "Task Force XX" runs parallel with the event (and is actually the catalyst for Harley's recruitment).
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: A jailbreak while Harley was still working with the Joker set off the chain of events that destroyed Sam's faith in the GCPD and Gotham's institutions -- and turned her into the Verdict]].
* CrimefightingWithCash: Hilariously averted. As a probationary Bat Family member, Harley expects to be given access to the same kinds of resources the rest of the kids get. She's miffed Batman isn't even paying her. It's justified, though, between Harley's probationary status ''and'' Bruce's finances having been hit hard due to events in Tynion's ''Batman''.
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out to be the Verdict.]]
* TheDragon: Hugo Strange's assistant Lockwood.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Ironically and cleverly utilized as the catalyst for "Task Force XX". It's ''because'' of this Trope (due to the concurrent events of ''Dark Crisis'') that [[spoiler: Luke Fox]] recruits Harley for the team.
In the wake of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', Harley has returned home to Gotham City for good after her time in New Jersey during the New 52 and DC Rebirth eras. Thanks to her assistance during the Joker War and its aftermath, Batman has made her a probationary member of the Bat Family. Harley is trying to honor the Dark Knight's trust and help protect Gotham while atoning for her crimes while working for the Joker.
Philips' run ended in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' with ''Harley Quinn'' #27. Following her departure, Creator/TiniHoward inherited custodianship of the book for ''ComicBook/DawnOfDC''.
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!!General Tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: Played with for "Task Force XX". While the ending of "The Verdict" leads directly into it, Phillips' Harley-centric story from the ''ComicBook/ShadowWar'' tie-in anthology reveals in advance that [[spoiler: Luke Fox]] is the team's benefactor.
* ArcVillain: There isn't a single overarching villain of the run. Rather, Phillips utilizes a rotating roster of antagonists:
** Hugo Strange is the run's initial antagonist through ''Fear State' before [[spoiler: ultimately fleeing Gotham to avoid the heat from Simon Saint's downfall and S.A.F.E.'s links to the Magistrate program.]]
** Keepsake is an interim villain between ''Fear State'' and "The Verdict".
** The Verdict: Takes over following Keepsake's brief tenure.
* TheAtoner: Harley. It's part of why she bonds with Kevin (who likewise is trying to make up for his actions as a Joker goon during ''Joker War'').
* BigBadWannabe: Keepsake. He tries. Bless his heart, he tries, but he's more of a SitcomArchNemesis than the BigBad he envisions himself to be.
* ContinuityOverlap: As part of the ''Infinite Frontier'' publishing initiative, and a spinoff of Tynion's Batman'', Phillips' narrative is impacted by events both in Gotham and in the larger DCU.
** ''ComicBook/FearState'': In addition to running parallel with ''Batman'', Harley's tie-ins are ''heavily'' intertwined with Ram V's ''Catwoman'' tie-ins (to the point where you need to be reading both books to get the full story).
** ''ComicBook/ShadowWar'' Harley ties into event's anthology (and it serves as the prelude to "Task Force XX"
** ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'': While it doesn't directly cross over, "Task Force XX" runs parallel with the event (and is actually the catalyst for Harley's recruitment).
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: A jailbreak while Harley was still working with the Joker set off the chain of events that destroyed Sam's faith in the GCPD and Gotham's institutions -- and turned her into the Verdict]].
* CrimefightingWithCash: Hilariously averted. As a probationary Bat Family member, Harley expects to be given access to the same kinds of resources the rest of the kids get. She's miffed Batman isn't even paying her. It's justified, though, between Harley's probationary status ''and'' Bruce's finances having been hit hard due to events in Tynion's ''Batman''.
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Kevin's girlfriend Sam turns out to be the Verdict.]]
* TheDragon: Hugo Strange's assistant Lockwood.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Ironically and cleverly utilized as the catalyst for "Task Force XX". It's ''because'' of this Trope (due to the concurrent events of ''Dark Crisis'') that [[spoiler: Luke Fox]] recruits Harley for the team.
