Harley Quinn and Batman (2017) #1

Harley Quinn and Batman

by Ty Templeton, Keiren Smith (Colorist), Rick Burchett (Penciller)

Harley’s sure she’s the best thing that ever happened to her puddin’, but the Joker treats her like just another henchperson. There’s only one thing to get the Batman involved!

Genres: Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels

23 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 31, 2017

About the author

Tyrone Templeton is a Canadian comic book artist and writer who has drawn a number of mainstream titles, TV-associated titles, and his own series.
He is the brother of internet pioneer and entrepreneur Brad Templeton, and son of Canadian celebrities Charles Templeton and Sylvia Murphy. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[Steven Shinder · Rating 5 out of 5]

After watching the excellent Birds of Prey movie and the latest episode of Harley Quinn, I thought it was time for me to finally watch the Batman and Harley Quinn movie. Turns out there are these prequel comics, so I’m getting through them first. This was a really good issue that flew by, setting up Harley as a solo act (or duo with Ivy) after she’s had it with the neglect from the Joker. In the past, I’ve found that the DCAU art style doesn’t work very well for certain Batman Beyond comics, but it works a bit better here somehow.

[Samhain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, let's hope Ivy isn't abusive to Harl' like she used to be in the old cartoons/comics. Her calling all those dudes out for abusing her is a promising sign, but most writers tend to portray her as uncaring (except when it comes to her plants) so I'm not getting my hopes up. It's nice to see the both of them getting so much love from DC lately, though :)

[Emily Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great story, disappointing artwork

Great story in line with the Batman Animated Series. Unfortunately, the art has a very rough look to it. The black outlines and coloring are shaky, sketchy, and not at all the typically smooth and slick style seen.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the full volume. Found Ivy’s change of heart towards Harley a bit sudden, especially as they didn’t fully explain it. The one-offs at the back ranged from entertaining to eye-rolling. Harley running circles around Nightwing is always fun.

[Juliet G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the art style, loved the batman and nightwing and poison ivy cameos. I love this mature Harley who realizes she doesn´t want to be anyones second choice, i loved hat she confronted both joker and poison ivy about this issue. This is my review for all 5 volumes.

[Marisa Carpico · Rating 2 out of 5]

Trash art and terrible dialogue, but the fan service worked. At least this isn't as sexist as the movie.

[Tom Seely · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was just a short comic.It was ok but I have liked the other Harley Quinn books I have read.

[Andrew Shanks · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this look at Harley Quinn. The art was amazing and I may need to add this to my read list.