Fresh off the blowout from issue one, Harley finds herself alone, adrift and without direction. Even a bizarre cameo by Poison Ivy (among others) can't get our darling little nut-job out of her funk -- but maybe a new job will? Enter Two-Face, and a wild kidnapping scheme which only gets stranger as the job unravels. And if that weren't enough, a familiar face is now hunting for Harley, and the Penguin drops by for a visit.
Karl Kesel (Victor, New York) is an American comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for DC Comics. He is a member of Periscope Studio. In 2017, he started Panic Button Press with Tom Grummett to publish the creator-owned graphic novel Section Zero.
Significant drop off from the first issue. The bad guys are generic and stereotypical. I know I should expect that from Batman, especially the 2000 era Batman, but that doesn't make it any easier to swallow. I guess I should be happy that the bad guys slap Harley around constantly, it shows they actually are bad guys. Her tolerance of it is also frustrating but expected from the set up from issue one. I'm hoping for some more character development and maybe a decent multi issue event, but I'm expecting some ups and downs throughout. Still hoping it is solid enough that I'm able to finish and that it doesn't get stale. There's only so much hitting people in the head with mallets, cheesiness, and repetition I can handle.