![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Speaking of the Joker, I had a friend mention that Sejic's take on the Joker was ridiculous. Sejic also establishes a pretty basic and relatable reason for why Harley may have been drawn to a destructive personality like the Joker's in the first place. ![]() Harleen was a grown-ass woman prior to her journey into madness. This isn't a wide-eyed girl being groomed by the Joker. It may be a throwaway line to most but it stuck out to me because setting the character at thirty works to give her a bit more agency in her decisions. I don't know why but I always saw the character as early to mid-twenties. What surprised me as I was reading was the reveal that Harleen became a villain at the age of thirty. The book is entirely from Harleen's POV and the impression I gathered was that the book is generally being honest about her past and origins which is a big contrast to deep dives to Jokers origins We get a look at Harleen's early life before we finally get into her first enc ounters with the Joker. Harleen: Book 1 provides a definitive look at Harleen Quinzel and is the most mature and thoughtful take I've seen on the character. Her background as a brilliant psychotherapist was generally played for laughs or during brief moments of clarity. I'm not the biggest fan of Harley Quinn to start and never got the appeal of the character beyond simply being Jokers sidekick. The only selling point I had for this series was the art by St Jepan Sejic. ![]()
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