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Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley #1-4
Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley
Who's crazy enough to steal from the Joker?
Come on.
You know who.
Harley Quinn has avoided Gotham City ever since she broke up with the Joker and found a home, and a kind of family, in Coney Island. But when she gets an offer she can’t refuse, she has no choice but to slip back into the city as quietly as she can, hoping to be gone before anyone—especially her ex—learns she’s there to steal Joker’s legendary cache of loot. But for Harley, “as quietly as she can” is plenty loud… and before she can say “Holee bounty hunters, Batman,” the Joker’s sicced every super-villain in the city on her pretty ombré head—and the only people tough enough (or crazy enough) to come to her defense are Black Canary, Huntress, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra the Birds of Prey!
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti—the duo who redefined Harley Quinn for the modern era—return to put an exclamation point on their legendary run! This hardcover collects Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1-4 and a short story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12.
Come on.
You know who.
Harley Quinn has avoided Gotham City ever since she broke up with the Joker and found a home, and a kind of family, in Coney Island. But when she gets an offer she can’t refuse, she has no choice but to slip back into the city as quietly as she can, hoping to be gone before anyone—especially her ex—learns she’s there to steal Joker’s legendary cache of loot. But for Harley, “as quietly as she can” is plenty loud… and before she can say “Holee bounty hunters, Batman,” the Joker’s sicced every super-villain in the city on her pretty ombré head—and the only people tough enough (or crazy enough) to come to her defense are Black Canary, Huntress, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra the Birds of Prey!
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti—the duo who redefined Harley Quinn for the modern era—return to put an exclamation point on their legendary run! This hardcover collects Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1-4 and a short story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12.
160 pages, Paperback
First published March 23, 2021
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Amanda Conner
799 books309 followersAmanda Conner started out in comics working small projects for Marvel and Archie while working as an illustrator for New York ad agencies Kornhauser and Calene and Kidvertisers. working a number of launches and campaigns such as Arm & Hammer, PlaySchool and Nickelodeon.
However, loving comic books and cartooning the most, Amanda found herself working for Marvel on their Barbie line (much of Amanda’s covers inspired designs for the line of Barbie toys), Disney line which included the Gargoyles books. At the same time she was illustrating “Soul Searchers & Co.” for Claypool Comics and worked on other Marvel projects, such as Excalibur for the X-Men line and “Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils”.
During an assignment for Crusade (‘Tomoe’) she and Jimmy Palmiotti became a real team as penciller/inker.
Amanda then moved on to do what is probably one of her best known works. She did several years as penciller on the hit series “Vampirella” for Harris Comics and drafted 24 issues. While illustrating “Vampirella”, Amanda worked with the top writers in the field, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Warren Ellis.
Continuing to expand her horizons, Amanda illustrated the best-selling crossover “Painkiller Jane vs. the Darkness”, and went on to work on “Painkiller Jane” #0 (the origin book). She also wrote and illustrated a story for “Kid Death and Fluffy”.
Since then, Amanda has worked on many of the top titles in comics such as “Lois Lane”, “Codename: Knockout”, and “Birds of Prey” for D.C. Comics Vertigo line, “X-Men Unlimited” for Marvel, co-created “Gatecrasher” for Blackbull Comics, and “The Pro”, an Eisner nominated creator owned book for Image Comics with Jimmy Palmiotti and Garth Ennis. Recently she worked on the highly publicized Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre series with Eisner winning creator Darwyn Cooke.
Amanda’s work can also be seen outside the comic book community in such places as ABC’S Nightline, the New York Times, Mad Magazine, the new sci-fi Stan lee “So You Want to be a Superhero” series and the upcoming Disney Underdog movie character designs for film and television, character designs for the Los Angeles Avengers stadium football team and is featured in a Biography magazine commercial on A&E. Amanda does spot illustrations in “Revolver” magazine each month and has had a huge success with the JSA Powergirl miniseries in previous years, each issue going into 3rd printings.
She continuously produces cover work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and an assortment of independent titles.
With PaperFilms co-founder Jimmy Palmiotti, they are currently working on the highly received Harley Quinn series and other Harley Quinn related titles for DC Comics, in addition to several upcoming DC related projects. Garnering national attention and sales results, the team continues to receive accolades for their work on these titles. The new relaunch of Harley Quinn for DC in the Rebirth line garnered an estimated 250,000 copies ordered.
However, loving comic books and cartooning the most, Amanda found herself working for Marvel on their Barbie line (much of Amanda’s covers inspired designs for the line of Barbie toys), Disney line which included the Gargoyles books. At the same time she was illustrating “Soul Searchers & Co.” for Claypool Comics and worked on other Marvel projects, such as Excalibur for the X-Men line and “Suburban Jersey Ninja She-Devils”.
During an assignment for Crusade (‘Tomoe’) she and Jimmy Palmiotti became a real team as penciller/inker.
Amanda then moved on to do what is probably one of her best known works. She did several years as penciller on the hit series “Vampirella” for Harris Comics and drafted 24 issues. While illustrating “Vampirella”, Amanda worked with the top writers in the field, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Warren Ellis.
Continuing to expand her horizons, Amanda illustrated the best-selling crossover “Painkiller Jane vs. the Darkness”, and went on to work on “Painkiller Jane” #0 (the origin book). She also wrote and illustrated a story for “Kid Death and Fluffy”.
Since then, Amanda has worked on many of the top titles in comics such as “Lois Lane”, “Codename: Knockout”, and “Birds of Prey” for D.C. Comics Vertigo line, “X-Men Unlimited” for Marvel, co-created “Gatecrasher” for Blackbull Comics, and “The Pro”, an Eisner nominated creator owned book for Image Comics with Jimmy Palmiotti and Garth Ennis. Recently she worked on the highly publicized Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre series with Eisner winning creator Darwyn Cooke.
Amanda’s work can also be seen outside the comic book community in such places as ABC’S Nightline, the New York Times, Mad Magazine, the new sci-fi Stan lee “So You Want to be a Superhero” series and the upcoming Disney Underdog movie character designs for film and television, character designs for the Los Angeles Avengers stadium football team and is featured in a Biography magazine commercial on A&E. Amanda does spot illustrations in “Revolver” magazine each month and has had a huge success with the JSA Powergirl miniseries in previous years, each issue going into 3rd printings.
She continuously produces cover work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and an assortment of independent titles.
With PaperFilms co-founder Jimmy Palmiotti, they are currently working on the highly received Harley Quinn series and other Harley Quinn related titles for DC Comics, in addition to several upcoming DC related projects. Garnering national attention and sales results, the team continues to receive accolades for their work on these titles. The new relaunch of Harley Quinn for DC in the Rebirth line garnered an estimated 250,000 copies ordered.
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April 11, 2021
This is just a continuation of Conner and Palmiotti's Harley Quinn run, but with Amanda Conner providing the art as well. Oh, and since this is Black Label the swear words aren't bleeped out. Their schtick really started to wear on me. You really needed to have read that run to know who all of the bazillion characters in the book were. There. is. so. much. dialogue.
Reading this digitally was really difficult. It looked really compressed since it was originally printed in the European comic book size and the word balloons often needed a magnifying glass to read them even on my 24 in monitor. I tried using my ipad first and it was impossible to read.
Reading this digitally was really difficult. It looked really compressed since it was originally printed in the European comic book size and the word balloons often needed a magnifying glass to read them even on my 24 in monitor. I tried using my ipad first and it was impossible to read.
March 10, 2021
I really enjoyed this one but a couple of things let it down.
Firstly, it just felt too much like a Deadpool book with Harley in the Deadpool role, particularly when Harley starts breaking the fourth wall and the way it ended with .
Secondly, the characters just weren't introduced well enough or in time. Red Tool, for example, wasn't introduced/explained until issue four, despite appearing in the preceding issues. Absolutely terrible for new/casual readers.
The artwork was really nice, though, and I did laugh quite a bit. 3.5 stars, rounded down.
My next book: Hellblazer: Rise and Fall
Firstly, it just felt too much like a Deadpool book with Harley in the Deadpool role, particularly when Harley starts breaking the fourth wall and the way it ended with .
Secondly, the characters just weren't introduced well enough or in time. Red Tool, for example, wasn't introduced/explained until issue four, despite appearing in the preceding issues. Absolutely terrible for new/casual readers.
The artwork was really nice, though, and I did laugh quite a bit. 3.5 stars, rounded down.
My next book: Hellblazer: Rise and Fall
September 18, 2021
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey is a four-issue limited series that has Harley Quinn trying to fix her life by going to Gotham City to find those who caused her life chaos and return some at the same time. It was written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Amanda Conner. Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley collects all four issues of the 2020–2021 limited series.
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley is a four-issue limited series that has Harley Quinn having a lover's tiff with Poison Ivy only to discover that bad sorts have burned down her home. Fortunately the adopted band of misfits who live there get out mostly unharmed, but Harley, already frustrated, decides to seek vengeance, which involves a hare-brained schemed and a journey to Gotham city that attracts the Birds of Prey: Huntress, Black Canary, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya.
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti have penned the entire trade paperback. For the most part it was written moderately well. Together, they has created a narrative that is fun and silly with copious amount of violence and swearing that the Black Label from DC Comics would allow. Gathering that this is a continuation or epilogue of their earlier Harley Quinn run (which I have yet to read in entirely), this book is full of running gags, which those who have not read their earlier run would miss out.
Amanda Conner penciled the entire trade paperback. Since she was the only penciler, the artistic flow of the trade paperback flowed exceptionally well. For the most part, Conner's penciling was done wonderful well and does humor rather well.
All in all, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley it is a moderately constructed series that doesn’t take itself too seriously and rather fun to read.
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley is a four-issue limited series that has Harley Quinn having a lover's tiff with Poison Ivy only to discover that bad sorts have burned down her home. Fortunately the adopted band of misfits who live there get out mostly unharmed, but Harley, already frustrated, decides to seek vengeance, which involves a hare-brained schemed and a journey to Gotham city that attracts the Birds of Prey: Huntress, Black Canary, Cassandra Cain, and Renee Montoya.
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti have penned the entire trade paperback. For the most part it was written moderately well. Together, they has created a narrative that is fun and silly with copious amount of violence and swearing that the Black Label from DC Comics would allow. Gathering that this is a continuation or epilogue of their earlier Harley Quinn run (which I have yet to read in entirely), this book is full of running gags, which those who have not read their earlier run would miss out.
Amanda Conner penciled the entire trade paperback. Since she was the only penciler, the artistic flow of the trade paperback flowed exceptionally well. For the most part, Conner's penciling was done wonderful well and does humor rather well.
All in all, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley it is a moderately constructed series that doesn’t take itself too seriously and rather fun to read.
December 3, 2022
Charming at times, it's an oddly paced, text heavy Harley and co. adventure which offers moments of fun amidst a lot of ever-growingly tedious dialogue.
March 31, 2021
That could have been better. Apparently a Black Label comic just means they can swear and show blood. So much for being adult. The Joker swearing is not that interesting. There was not much action, but so much dialog in this comic it was just about boring. Oh well.
June 19, 2023
Worth it just for (ONLY FOR, actually...) the Amanda Conner art. I mean, how could you NOT fall in love with her Harley?
February 5, 2022
Arlequina e as Aves de Rapina: Todos Contra a Arlequina é um quadrinho do selo Black Label da DC Comics, voltado ao público maduro. O que ele tem de adulto? Pouca coisa, alguns palavrões e olhe lá. O que acontece é que essa série saiu na esteira do filme das Aves de Rapina e também fora da cronologia da Arlequina. Já que é uma espécie de continuação da fase de Amanda Conner e Jimmy Palmiotti no título da palhacinha piradinha. Em defesa do título, eu achava bem divertida a fase de Conner e Palmiotti com a Arlequina. Por outro lado não gostei muito deste encadernado capa dura com meus guilty pleasures (sim, tanto Arlequina como Aves de Rapina) porque a história é absurdamente enrolada que a gente cansa do que está lendo e quer acabar de ler logo. Parece que os autores ficaram enchendo linguiça na história. Para quem, como eu, acompanhou essa fase, é possível que vá entender o que acontece neste encadernado. Mas acredito que as pessoas que tem o primeiro contato com este material, os personagens e as tramas da turma louca da Arle, irão boiar bastante.
February 9, 2021
This basically served as a finale (or maybe an epilogue) to the Harley Quinn Rebirth series. For some reason I enjoyed this more than I did the Rebirth series. It could be the freedom of the Black Label imprint or the fact it guest starred Joker, the Birds of Prey and a ton of Batman villains.
Harley Quinn's hotel home is burned down by loan sharks when she defaults on her loan so she heads to Gotham to even the score. The Joker gets involved, then the Birds of Prey and things go downhill from there.
Visually the series looked just like Harley Quinn Rebirth, and overall this was one of the better recent Harley Quinn stories.
Harley Quinn's hotel home is burned down by loan sharks when she defaults on her loan so she heads to Gotham to even the score. The Joker gets involved, then the Birds of Prey and things go downhill from there.
Visually the series looked just like Harley Quinn Rebirth, and overall this was one of the better recent Harley Quinn stories.
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November 5, 2022Clearly intended as a tie-in to one of DC's three half-decent films of the 21st century, and published under the Black Label imprint, but really it's just Conner and Palmiotti returning to their long Harley run. Pretty much ignoring everything which has come since too, from what I can tell, which I normally find a bit off when working in a shared universe, but given the state of modern DC in general, and the shoddy treatment of Harley in particular, in this case I'm glad of it. Granted, this also avoids much direct use of the Harley/Ivy relationship which got the suits so spooked, but here it's very much a temporary break because Harley did something daft, and only after it's been made abundantly clear that the two of them were definitely fucking, rather than some confused mess of 'we never said that' and multiple Ivies and whatever the hell has been going on in the interim. Although, interestingly, the greater leeway afforded by Black Label is still expressed more in the use of bad language than anything overtly sexual – maybe they're still playing safe on that count after the whole Batwang debacle. There is a fair amount of bloody violence, true, but I'd need to look closely at the old run to check whether it's more so than there, and because now Conner is drawing as well as co-writing, which happened too seldom on the main run, it's all very cartoony and cheerful ultraviolence, not least because anyone we see getting theirs in any detail richly deserves it. On which note, the Gotham villains are mostly played as thugs with gimmicks rather than psychologically fascinating, which you could argue cheapens them, but because it makes Batman look even worse and I hate Batman, I can forgive that. Not at all the self-contained read it pretends to be, but still a lot of fun.
August 12, 2021
i love No One like i love harley and ivy <3
March 29, 2022
ivy coming to save harley yeah i love my girlfriends ❤️
August 10, 2021
Harley y Poison Ivy <3
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February 29, 2024Søkte ut denne fordi jeg har fått så dilla på Birds of Prey, men tror jeg må lese eldre stoff om jeg skal finne det jeg er ute etter. (Oracle hvor er du?!)
Ellers veldig søt. Likte spesielt godt montasjen på slutten. To be loved is to be changed og sånt <3
Ellers veldig søt. Likte spesielt godt montasjen på slutten. To be loved is to be changed og sånt <3
March 28, 2022
I think this blasted its way right into my top 3 harley comics.
March 28, 2022
(No Spoilers) I was hoping that with the Black Label designation this would have the vibe of the Harley Quinn animated show - which is amazing and you should be watching it if you aren’t - and it is a step in that direction.
I feel like Harley is not a character that works as well when she isn’t aloud to be more “adult”, and the tone of this book was perfect. There is a dash of Deadpool DNA in here (I mean, Red Tool?? LOL) along with a dash of the animated shows vibe, but all through the lens of Amanda Conner/Jimmy Palmiotti’s take on the character. All-in-all, I’d buy the hell out of a series like this if it was on-going. The adult language and humor made all the difference.
If you like Amanda Conners art, then you know what to expect here. She’s already mastered Harley Quinn and that is very clear here. The art is excellent, and she really seems to stretch out and make good use of the Black Label formats larger page size.
This was a surprisingly dense read, and found it was best reading it a chapter at a time. It took me about a week to read, a little at a time, and it was a fun way to enjoy the book, which is a little too dense to read comfortably in one sitting.
My favorite relationship in comics is Harley & Ivey, so I was a little disappointed that most of the story did not include her, though she is central to several funny and satisfying scenes.
In sincerely hope this creative team returns for more Black Label Harley Quinn stories, but the way this ends feels like a “and they lived happily ever after” kind of capstone to their very long run with the character. And good on them.
I feel like Harley is not a character that works as well when she isn’t aloud to be more “adult”, and the tone of this book was perfect. There is a dash of Deadpool DNA in here (I mean, Red Tool?? LOL) along with a dash of the animated shows vibe, but all through the lens of Amanda Conner/Jimmy Palmiotti’s take on the character. All-in-all, I’d buy the hell out of a series like this if it was on-going. The adult language and humor made all the difference.
If you like Amanda Conners art, then you know what to expect here. She’s already mastered Harley Quinn and that is very clear here. The art is excellent, and she really seems to stretch out and make good use of the Black Label formats larger page size.
This was a surprisingly dense read, and found it was best reading it a chapter at a time. It took me about a week to read, a little at a time, and it was a fun way to enjoy the book, which is a little too dense to read comfortably in one sitting.
My favorite relationship in comics is Harley & Ivey, so I was a little disappointed that most of the story did not include her, though she is central to several funny and satisfying scenes.
In sincerely hope this creative team returns for more Black Label Harley Quinn stories, but the way this ends feels like a “and they lived happily ever after” kind of capstone to their very long run with the character. And good on them.
August 20, 2021
Harley Quinn and The Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley Quinn collects issues 1-4 of the series written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti and art by Amanda Conner.
Harley Quinn has decided to steal the Joker's secret stash of valuables which kicks off the Gotham Underworld tracking Harley down to collect a $20 million bounty.
I haven't read Conner and Palmiotti's New 52 run on Harley so I wasn't familiar with all the characters and I am much more of a fan of a serious Harley (or at least a more serious version than was presented here). This is basically a comedy book full of sexual innuendo. There are a few moments I found funny but for the most part it isn't my style of humor. I also felt some of the characters were written very differently than they usually are, especially The Joker. The Joker just comes off as bitter asshole instead of the criminal mastermind/psychopath that we all have come to know. The art was the saving grace for me with Conner's style really adding to Harley's over the top shenanigans. With this being a Black Label book, DC produced a nice hardbound edition with quality pages. They definitely know how to produce a pretty book.
Harley Quinn has decided to steal the Joker's secret stash of valuables which kicks off the Gotham Underworld tracking Harley down to collect a $20 million bounty.
I haven't read Conner and Palmiotti's New 52 run on Harley so I wasn't familiar with all the characters and I am much more of a fan of a serious Harley (or at least a more serious version than was presented here). This is basically a comedy book full of sexual innuendo. There are a few moments I found funny but for the most part it isn't my style of humor. I also felt some of the characters were written very differently than they usually are, especially The Joker. The Joker just comes off as bitter asshole instead of the criminal mastermind/psychopath that we all have come to know. The art was the saving grace for me with Conner's style really adding to Harley's over the top shenanigans. With this being a Black Label book, DC produced a nice hardbound edition with quality pages. They definitely know how to produce a pretty book.
April 28, 2021
This was disappointing, it felt like a filler story midway through a longer run and is definitely aimed more at the people that have read the previous Harley stuff (which I haven't). I know Harley is known for breaking the fourth wall, but she only does it in the second half of the last issue, so all the meta stuff feels really out of place. Saying all that, it's not a bad story as such, just not up to the caliber of the other Black Label titles I've read so far. Plus a beaver joke is only funny the once...
July 24, 2022
❤️ CASS ❤️
Always here for Conner and Palmiotti's Chaotic Neutral Harley and her shenanigans. Plus amazing Cass, great Birds of Prey in general (poor Renee), Harley/Ivy...
(See also: my eternal soapbox about how dumb it is the stuff comics are allowed to do while forbidding characters from using Naughty Words, what a dumb double standard, it's so nice not to get stupid symbols.)
Always here for Conner and Palmiotti's Chaotic Neutral Harley and her shenanigans. Plus amazing Cass, great Birds of Prey in general (poor Renee), Harley/Ivy...
(See also: my eternal soapbox about how dumb it is the stuff comics are allowed to do while forbidding characters from using Naughty Words, what a dumb double standard, it's so nice not to get stupid symbols.)
May 25, 2021
Harley and her Beaver jokes!
....sigh.
....sigh.
October 25, 2024
LOVED the art and all of the crew that got to be featured here💕
September 10, 2021
General thoughts:
1. I like this plot, it does feel motivated and epic enough for Harley to need help from the Birds of Prey. However, I think it is too easy. Joker is really quite dumb here, and so are a lot of the A list villains. I like watching Harley outwit the Riddler, or just hurt Clayface's feelings with her crassness, but we had so many villains and not enough time to use them. I think Two Face did nothing worth noting in the story, so why was he here?
Also, we don't get too too much of Black Canary or Huntress, so they have a similar problem as well--it'd be nicer if this was longer/more epic to really allow all the people included a chance to shine (if we needed this many people). Or maybe it would mean editing out some of the side characters/plots to allow the whole team more attention.
2. The mortgage company guys are wonky. The Riddler's design matches the design of the head loan shark too much. While I liked some of the ideas about how Harley would deal with that, that whole plot feels incomplete.
3. I don't understand why Harley was in a 4 month coma from what she suffered compared to other injuries she's taken and the logic of this world. I don't mind it, but I also didn't understand. I think that needed to be explained a bit better.
4. Love Ivy and Harley together. No real criticisms there, just love them together.
5. I really hate Harley Sinn. It felt like she was included because the writers knew this and wanted to dunk on her...but man seeing her at all was annoying.
6. I'm not a big fan of the overall idk, juvenile horniness of the series? There's a lot I do like, but I'm tired of beaver jokes and cracks about Power Girl. Idk, there's just some things about the series that I don't think were really thought out before they were thrown into the mix.
7. I liked the little black white and red story, it's the kind of dumb Harley story I enjoy, although it's weird to see the Tiger King nod and I don't know how to feel about that.
Generally I had fun though, which is what I was looking for. The art is beautiful, and wanting more of a thing isn't bad. I appreciate them putting the film's team up together too, since I want more of these characters together.
1. I like this plot, it does feel motivated and epic enough for Harley to need help from the Birds of Prey. However, I think it is too easy. Joker is really quite dumb here, and so are a lot of the A list villains. I like watching Harley outwit the Riddler, or just hurt Clayface's feelings with her crassness, but we had so many villains and not enough time to use them. I think Two Face did nothing worth noting in the story, so why was he here?
Also, we don't get too too much of Black Canary or Huntress, so they have a similar problem as well--it'd be nicer if this was longer/more epic to really allow all the people included a chance to shine (if we needed this many people). Or maybe it would mean editing out some of the side characters/plots to allow the whole team more attention.
2. The mortgage company guys are wonky. The Riddler's design matches the design of the head loan shark too much. While I liked some of the ideas about how Harley would deal with that, that whole plot feels incomplete.
3. I don't understand why Harley was in a 4 month coma from what she suffered compared to other injuries she's taken and the logic of this world. I don't mind it, but I also didn't understand. I think that needed to be explained a bit better.
4. Love Ivy and Harley together. No real criticisms there, just love them together.
5. I really hate Harley Sinn. It felt like she was included because the writers knew this and wanted to dunk on her...but man seeing her at all was annoying.
6. I'm not a big fan of the overall idk, juvenile horniness of the series? There's a lot I do like, but I'm tired of beaver jokes and cracks about Power Girl. Idk, there's just some things about the series that I don't think were really thought out before they were thrown into the mix.
7. I liked the little black white and red story, it's the kind of dumb Harley story I enjoy, although it's weird to see the Tiger King nod and I don't know how to feel about that.
Generally I had fun though, which is what I was looking for. The art is beautiful, and wanting more of a thing isn't bad. I appreciate them putting the film's team up together too, since I want more of these characters together.
March 3, 2021
The ridiculous lock that Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti have on Harley Quinn titles (seriously, what do they know about whom that has kept them with the job so long?!) shows no sign of ending. Here, Quinzel is on the rampage against the gangsters that allegedly did her wrong. And again, both she and the book are so asinine, teenagery (well, childish would be pushing it) and downright annoying, you're more on the side of the hoods than you were ever supposed to be. This is still peppered with the same smutty incredulity that lesbianism exists as when the creators started their shtick, and even the guys who put all those quips about Mrs Slocombe's pussy into "Are You Being Served?" would be bored to tears by the single entendres regarding Harley's stuffed beaver.
This isn't awful – it's just not my taste, and it's quite ridiculous how long the one-note, one-joke franchise has been sustained, and quite galling that it dresses everything to serve their idea of the Harley Quinn character at the expense of everything else, to such an extent that my preferred Birds of Prey all look ugly, interest-free nonentities, and Barbara Gordon's blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo has her talking like a teenager. DC branding has changed several times since AC+JP took over, and this is one of their Black Label titles. All that means a whole heap of doo-dah when you have just the same old, same old within the covers.
This isn't awful – it's just not my taste, and it's quite ridiculous how long the one-note, one-joke franchise has been sustained, and quite galling that it dresses everything to serve their idea of the Harley Quinn character at the expense of everything else, to such an extent that my preferred Birds of Prey all look ugly, interest-free nonentities, and Barbara Gordon's blink-and-you'll-miss-her cameo has her talking like a teenager. DC branding has changed several times since AC+JP took over, and this is one of their Black Label titles. All that means a whole heap of doo-dah when you have just the same old, same old within the covers.
April 27, 2021
I ordered this book for my library because we have a large Harley Quinn patron base and I am a fan of Amanda Conner's art work. In my opinion she has the best facial expressions on her characters of any comic book artist.
Overall I enjoyed Amanda and her husband Jimmy Palmiotti's run as writers on the monthly Harley Quinn stories. They fleshed out the character Harley and created a new world of characters and stories in the Harley Quinn mythos. However, after a while the stories got stale and with a few exceptions I lost interest in their run of this title. After reading and enjoying different titles outside the Harley series by Jimmy and Amanda I believe that they were stifled by the restrictions of the DC comics code to be more teen and pre-teen friendly on the monthly Harley series. This book is a perfect example of how these two can breath new life into the Harley stories with having more artistic freedom.
Also this would make an excellent Harley Queen and the Birds of Prey sequel. It would be worlds better than the first movie.
Overall I enjoyed Amanda and her husband Jimmy Palmiotti's run as writers on the monthly Harley Quinn stories. They fleshed out the character Harley and created a new world of characters and stories in the Harley Quinn mythos. However, after a while the stories got stale and with a few exceptions I lost interest in their run of this title. After reading and enjoying different titles outside the Harley series by Jimmy and Amanda I believe that they were stifled by the restrictions of the DC comics code to be more teen and pre-teen friendly on the monthly Harley series. This book is a perfect example of how these two can breath new life into the Harley stories with having more artistic freedom.
Also this would make an excellent Harley Queen and the Birds of Prey sequel. It would be worlds better than the first movie.
June 20, 2021
Oof! I had to slog through this one. The art by Amanda Conner is top notch as always but the story was unnecessarily too wordy and very boring. The first issue I read and than waited several days before reading the next. Then it got to a point where I would read half an issue an then walk away for several days before getting back to it. I finally got through the graphic novel but it literally took me 6 weeks to finish it.
The team of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner have had an awesome run with Harley Quinn but sadly this is not one of them.
The team of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner have had an awesome run with Harley Quinn but sadly this is not one of them.
August 23, 2021
Harley Quinn has a bounty on her and the Birds of Prey step up to help keep her safe.
What I liked -
This was released to coincide with the Birds of Prey movie and as far as media created to capitalise goes this isn’t too bad; it helps the writers/ artists have a good history with Harley. The story is basic but bolstered by a good sense of comedy and strong art.
What I disliked -
Much like the movie it’s inspired by, the Birds of Prey aspects of the story aren’t entirely necessary or that interesting. They don’t detract but they don’t add anything.
3/5.
What I liked -
This was released to coincide with the Birds of Prey movie and as far as media created to capitalise goes this isn’t too bad; it helps the writers/ artists have a good history with Harley. The story is basic but bolstered by a good sense of comedy and strong art.
What I disliked -
Much like the movie it’s inspired by, the Birds of Prey aspects of the story aren’t entirely necessary or that interesting. They don’t detract but they don’t add anything.
3/5.
March 28, 2021
2.5 stars rounded down. I couldn’t quite bring myself to round up. It was OK but with such a huge cast, all speaking at the same time, the panels were really busy and harder to follow. I also got bored of all the beaver jokes.
My full review can be found here https://www.britishfantasysociety.org...
My full review can be found here https://www.britishfantasysociety.org...
April 13, 2021
THIS BOOK HAS EVERYTHING.
• Harley fucking over the Joker as best and hard as she can.
• Harley and her laaaaaadies!
• Harley and a lovely little found family!
• HARLEY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT IVY
• IVY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT HARLEY
• HARLEY AND IVY
Anyway, I loved it, highly recommend for a quick, fun, satisfying read! Doesn't get five stars simply because it does have the Joker and I do hate what he does to both Harley and Ivy even though they get theirs in the end.
• Harley fucking over the Joker as best and hard as she can.
• Harley and her laaaaaadies!
• Harley and a lovely little found family!
• HARLEY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT IVY
• IVY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT HARLEY
• HARLEY AND IVY
Anyway, I loved it, highly recommend for a quick, fun, satisfying read! Doesn't get five stars simply because it does have the Joker and I do hate what he does to both Harley and Ivy even though they get theirs in the end.
April 5, 2021
Movie synergy done right! This book features the same team as the movie Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) but fits into comic book canon nicely. The comic does a good job highlighting where they are similar to their movie counterparts while not forgetting how they are different. Great entry point for someone who liked the movie and wants to get into the comics
January 1, 2022
A fun romp. Too often it is forgotten that Harley is highly intelligent. The ways she went after Mistah J and the Defeos showed her brilliance. I frankly could have done without so much profanity, but that's just me. I think I find it jarring because I am not used to it with these characters. Or, alternately, I am just showing my age.
July 23, 2021
the gays win ALWAYS !!!
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