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Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats! #1-6
Harley Quinn: The Animated Series Volume 2: Legion of Bats!
When last we checked in with Harley Quinn, she ate, she banged, and she killed—but now it’s time for something a little different. Fresh out of the events of Harley The Animated Series season 3, Harley has found herself a part of a highly unlikely team—the Bat-Family!
Meanwhile, Poison Ivy has found herself prepping for her new job—leader of the Legion of Doom! But while Harley and Ivy adjust to their respective new roles, a ghost from Ivy’s past enters the fray and threatens the relationship between everyone’s favorite clown/plant couple!
This contains tales from Harley The Animated Legion of Bats! #1-6 and Harley The Animated Series - The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special !
Meanwhile, Poison Ivy has found herself prepping for her new job—leader of the Legion of Doom! But while Harley and Ivy adjust to their respective new roles, a ghost from Ivy’s past enters the fray and threatens the relationship between everyone’s favorite clown/plant couple!
This contains tales from Harley The Animated Legion of Bats! #1-6 and Harley The Animated Series - The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special !
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First published September 12, 2023
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December 19, 2025
A fun continuation of the chaos, though not quite as sharply written or gorgeously illustrated as Volume 1. Still plenty of adorable sapphic feels!
March 7, 2024
Writer Tee Franklin took our funny, carefree, and boisterous Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy and weighed them down with the burden of addressing the hot-button issues of today: gender queerness; interracial relationships; the plight of the disabled (ooooops! I meant "differently abled"); environmental pollution; and the list goes on.
This wasn't a Comic Book. It was a Political Manifesto. If writer Tee Franklin has some axe to grind, she needs to do it somewhere else, and get out of the way of Harley and Ivy.
In fact, by dumping EVERY interracial, environmental, disability equality, LGBTQ+ , and social justice issue in one book, instead of making EVERYTHING seem important, Tee Franklin did the reverse. NOTHING seems important if you're telling me EVERYTHING is important. This is "Chicken Little" all over again. Total downer. The writer trivialized important issues pointlessly.
This wasn't a Comic Book. It was a Political Manifesto. If writer Tee Franklin has some axe to grind, she needs to do it somewhere else, and get out of the way of Harley and Ivy.
In fact, by dumping EVERY interracial, environmental, disability equality, LGBTQ+ , and social justice issue in one book, instead of making EVERYTHING seem important, Tee Franklin did the reverse. NOTHING seems important if you're telling me EVERYTHING is important. This is "Chicken Little" all over again. Total downer. The writer trivialized important issues pointlessly.
dnf-abandon
January 16, 2024I loved the first volume in this series, but the stories in this one seem to have been created while aiming to check as many items as possible off a list of current popular themes that need to be addressed for marketing purposes. Sexual diversity, race, disability, environment - you name it! I rarely DNF a comic book or graphic novel, but this is the worst case of trying too hard to be modern and relevant I’ve seen lately. I appreciate attempts at modernizing old series and characters, but they don’t have to feel so desperate, like a puppy begging for attention.
July 17, 2023
Hot women are hot
April 29, 2025
Ten tanto sentido meter este cómic entre as dúas temporadas!!! Oxalá o tivese lido a primeira vez que vin a serie (non sabía nin que existía este cómic xd), porque xa me parecía raro que Harley uníndose á Bat-family e Ivy sendo a líder da Legion of Doom funcionasen tan ben desde o principio… Bueno, polo menos agora poden explotar a trope de rivals-to-lovers jejeje.
O feliz que fun na primeira metade do cómic co románticas que eran estas estúpidas, e tendo a Harley chamándolle ‘Goddess’ a Ivy… para despois pasar a ver como discutían 👁👄👁 (polo menos foi gracioso como todos pararon de pegarse para atender á discusión xddd. O cotilleo vai primeiro).
Non sei a quen se lle ocorreu que Ivy fose unha dévota de Démeter, pero GRAZAS! Amei ese detalle.
En resumo, eu cada vez que leo un cómic de Harley Quinn: ✨chorar✨.
O feliz que fun na primeira metade do cómic co románticas que eran estas estúpidas, e tendo a Harley chamándolle ‘Goddess’ a Ivy… para despois pasar a ver como discutían 👁👄👁 (polo menos foi gracioso como todos pararon de pegarse para atender á discusión xddd. O cotilleo vai primeiro).
Non sei a quen se lle ocorreu que Ivy fose unha dévota de Démeter, pero GRAZAS! Amei ese detalle.
En resumo, eu cada vez que leo un cómic de Harley Quinn: ✨chorar✨.
August 11, 2023
Love these characters, but this was a very boring & anticlimactic storyline.
February 19, 2024
This ain't it chief.
After pushing through the first few chapters, I had to start skipping pages and soon almost entire stories just so I could see what is going on. Having leafed through all of it, I must say that while there are fun and even refreshingly lovely parts here and there, Harley and Ivy being cute and loving being the main one, so much of this feels like it tries to check every box imaginable to come out as sensible as possible - and making a complete ass out of themselves in the process.
As one example, a character is asked how come she is with a woman now as she has been previously been (i.e. portrayed/written) with some quite iconic DC male-heroes. So why the change? And not just with a woman but one who has lost her other leg! And, kid you not, the answer is an angry: "I have always loved girls how dare you be so ableist." And, double kid you not, then everyone clapped (in the studio audience where the scene takes place). If that aint a certified boss babe behaviour (BBB), I don't know what is.
It may come as a surprise then, but the story is quite cringe. It feels bad to describe anything as cringe but there is no other word for, this makes me cringe. And, thank god, I'm not the only one as seen by the other reviews. The writing, the "gags", and even some of the stories are blatant attempts of being as gay and as thoughtful as possible to the detriment of everything else.
Add insult to injury, there are several artists, one of which seems to be more iconic, cartoony style, one that has this weirdly AI-generated look, and one just... bad.
While I would have happily read a light spin-off focusing on Harley and Poison Ivy and their budding romance, there's no way I could have powered through this. The constant "Wink, am I not the cleverest?" jabs, the poor execution and the even worse story make it unbearable. And while I realized that I am far from the target audience to the point I even wondered if I should say anything about it, I feel like that some of the other reviews confirm that this is a more wide-spread problem.
I doubt I would recommend this to anyone.
After pushing through the first few chapters, I had to start skipping pages and soon almost entire stories just so I could see what is going on. Having leafed through all of it, I must say that while there are fun and even refreshingly lovely parts here and there, Harley and Ivy being cute and loving being the main one, so much of this feels like it tries to check every box imaginable to come out as sensible as possible - and making a complete ass out of themselves in the process.
As one example, a character is asked how come she is with a woman now as she has been previously been (i.e. portrayed/written) with some quite iconic DC male-heroes. So why the change? And not just with a woman but one who has lost her other leg! And, kid you not, the answer is an angry: "I have always loved girls how dare you be so ableist." And, double kid you not, then everyone clapped (in the studio audience where the scene takes place). If that aint a certified boss babe behaviour (BBB), I don't know what is.
It may come as a surprise then, but the story is quite cringe. It feels bad to describe anything as cringe but there is no other word for, this makes me cringe. And, thank god, I'm not the only one as seen by the other reviews. The writing, the "gags", and even some of the stories are blatant attempts of being as gay and as thoughtful as possible to the detriment of everything else.
Add insult to injury, there are several artists, one of which seems to be more iconic, cartoony style, one that has this weirdly AI-generated look, and one just... bad.
While I would have happily read a light spin-off focusing on Harley and Poison Ivy and their budding romance, there's no way I could have powered through this. The constant "Wink, am I not the cleverest?" jabs, the poor execution and the even worse story make it unbearable. And while I realized that I am far from the target audience to the point I even wondered if I should say anything about it, I feel like that some of the other reviews confirm that this is a more wide-spread problem.
I doubt I would recommend this to anyone.
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November 3, 2025Nooooo Harlivy don't introduce a bunch of very serious relationship issues while dragging along old communication problems and then slap a bandaid on them you're so sexy aha
February 3, 2025
I wish this installment had focused more on Harley and Ivy’s relationship. The character development overall felt lackluster, and I didn’t find the progression particularly engaging. I even found myself skimming through sections that centered on supporting characters with unremarkable backstories. Unfortunately, this one didn’t hold my attention as much as I’d hoped.
March 12, 2023
Enjoyed the unique art style and colours.
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September 20, 2023eat bang kill tour was sm better :(
i still enjoyed it but idk it felt a little repetitive at times? at least wrt to harlivy relationship troubles
i still enjoyed it but idk it felt a little repetitive at times? at least wrt to harlivy relationship troubles
December 3, 2023
3.5
Didn’t enjoy this as much as the first volume!
Didn’t enjoy this as much as the first volume!
January 28, 2024
this could’ve been so much more fun. I am disappointed.
June 7, 2024
Another fun check in with the Harley Quinn universe! It was a cool choice to focus more on some of the side characters this time round, but that also meant I didn’t quite enjoy it as much as the first volume. Still a fantastic comic though and great to see some other artists on display! I mean, that cover alone? Stunning.
February 2, 2025
Mannnnnnnn I love Harley Quinn so much and I love her relationship with Ivy and I love how the show is letting them shine but this was not it. The first volume was better and i was able to enjoy it but this one not so much. I love the artists and some of the stories were fun but I didn’t care for them too much. The biggest issue i have with this book is how they tried SO HARD to make it inclusive and forward and politically correct and it just took away from everything. I am absolutely NOT against having inclusivity and all that but they really just slam it in your face in this one. Just having people who are POC, Disabled, LGBTQ+, etc etc is all you need, please let them shine too but holy crap you don’t need to make the reader feel guilty about it.
Here are some lines that made me cringe, roll my eyes, and smh;
The whole part of Tawny asking Vixen why she’s dating a women, a women with one leg, even though she’s dated many men in the past.
“No need to be ableist, Frank”
King Shark, Joker, and Psycho talking about being fathers.
“You don’t have to qualify them as “shark” babies. They are babies just like human babies are!”
Joker calling the mysterious murderer a “he” and king shark responds with “and how do we know this murderous maniac isn’t a *in bold letters* she!”
Changing the Legion of Doom to “The Ladies and Non-Binaries of Doom”
A very superficial gay character saying “Where are you old biddies going?”
“But Miia is a *in bold* black trans woman. Resources aren’t usually spent when a black woman goes missing.”
I know the show is made on HBO Max but like mentioning Euphoria and Zendaya gave me the ick for some reason.
A gender-fluid character that is introduced as such and Ivy asks them their pronouns and preferred name.
Black Mask and his criminal gang interrupt the Joker marrying a black and Asian gay couple. Black mask and his gangs kidnap the joker and let the gay couple go because they are a newly wed gay couple.
The about the author section; Tee Franklin is a black, queer, disabled, autistic, award winning, best selling comics, writer, etc etc.
Here are some lines that made me cringe, roll my eyes, and smh;
The whole part of Tawny asking Vixen why she’s dating a women, a women with one leg, even though she’s dated many men in the past.
“No need to be ableist, Frank”
King Shark, Joker, and Psycho talking about being fathers.
“You don’t have to qualify them as “shark” babies. They are babies just like human babies are!”
Joker calling the mysterious murderer a “he” and king shark responds with “and how do we know this murderous maniac isn’t a *in bold letters* she!”
Changing the Legion of Doom to “The Ladies and Non-Binaries of Doom”
A very superficial gay character saying “Where are you old biddies going?”
“But Miia is a *in bold* black trans woman. Resources aren’t usually spent when a black woman goes missing.”
I know the show is made on HBO Max but like mentioning Euphoria and Zendaya gave me the ick for some reason.
A gender-fluid character that is introduced as such and Ivy asks them their pronouns and preferred name.
Black Mask and his criminal gang interrupt the Joker marrying a black and Asian gay couple. Black mask and his gangs kidnap the joker and let the gay couple go because they are a newly wed gay couple.
The about the author section; Tee Franklin is a black, queer, disabled, autistic, award winning, best selling comics, writer, etc etc.
May 30, 2024
Harley Quinn the animated series is something I love, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy is one of my first ships ever. I hate to add a negative review when there is legions of weirdo bigots rating it negatively without really understanding why some of the issues here feel off. Ultimately there is a lot of issues with this comic from inconsistent art, character voice being off, and more.
I want to quickly address the weirdos in the room who are mad that they reference trans people, Harley Quinn season 4 did too. It's be weirder for a Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy series to not bring in queer people of all kinds and disability and stuff too. Poison Ivy is like the most radical kind of activist, wake up folks like she has to be friends with mostly queer anarchists. However, I will say that the way the comic brings up social justice issues is poor. It's outside of the voice of the series itself and outside of the voice of the characters. I think with a series like Harley Quinn they could have actually been much more aggressive about the social justice issues because I mean they are loud and proud and violent and why wouldn't they be? It's this kind of let's inform the liberal audience about this issue rather than kinda radically taking a position of being pro something that can make it jarring and I do think honestly it might be part of what causes the friction for the losers who are mad about this stuff. Frankly it's done poorly when it could be done a lot better. Especially given they mention a black trans woman has been kidnapped but they don't ever bring a trans woman into the comic it makes it feel even more like "Oh this is an issue we just want to mention" rather than a true deep care for black trans women. And the Legion and Non Binaries Of Doom could have easily been like The Queers Of Doom or something like that, again kinda radically centering it rather than this awkward long phrasing that attaches non binary people to women. Everyone in the legion ended up being gay so there was really no reason for it to not be something that centered that rather than their gender.
There was a lot of room to improve these parts of the story that were instead filled with story lines that felt dropped and only to be sorta picked up later. Like Harley and Ivy are fighting over who's side someone should join and that seems dropped, seems like she chose villain off screen and then seems like she quit but then she was in a crowd shot so she didn't quit? There was a lot of little inconsistencies like that. There is also the compulsory monogamy between Harley and Ivy in their relationship discussion here despite them both fantasizing about other women in this story. Like we go from Harley flirting with Vixen to her being like "No woman should be touching my girl" then getting horny about Wonder woman, really fast, with in a few pages of each other. Now, I get that here in this story Harley and Ivy are really bad at communication to any annoying degree but I think again this might have been a point where it could have taken time to explore a kind of radical queerness that is outside of the mainstream and simply not make excuses for it, just say fuck you if you don't like it.
I don't particularly love how characters are handled, character voice and the general tone seems a little off. Like I feel like idk this is a comic for adults based on an adult series but it's afraid to say too many fucks and shits and stuff despite the show it's being based on being very crass and bloody. I don't think everyone is done poorly but people feel a little bit off especially compared to how they are shown in season 4 which I watched before reading this.
I still like Harley and Ivy here and their cute and it's nice that they have a lot of fun sex with each other. There is a few jokes that land fairly well and there is some fun scenes and ideas. There are things I'd have loved to see more of in the animated series and some solid ideas. I didn't hate my time reading it, I finished it, I think there was a lot to like it just constantly missed me in little ways in little places. I think the writing wasn't that strong and the art was inconsistent but it was built on strong roots so I can't hate it.
Quick canon nerd thing is this story just doesn't fit the canon of Harley Quinn animated right like it just sets up a bunch of stuff that isn't in the season. That's fine it's just weird when it's billed as being canon and fitting somehow between seasons 3 and 4. . I don't think this will be treated as like a hard and fast rule for the animated show to follow given they just ignored it in season 4 so it's possible we'll see an older version of a character like Cassandra Cain in a future season rather then the little kid version we got in the comic and stuff.
Jon Mikel's art is so dissonant with Alexis Quasarano's art that it is a very jarring experience as a collected series. I am not a big fan of Jon's style in general and he sadly draws some of the parts I think are better makes it a bit sadder too. Even two good art styles with in one story arc can feel weird but it feels even weirder when it's put up against a house style animated series and now your at three layers of different art. I think they really needed to stick to one artist and lock them in for this story, pay them well.
I want to quickly address the weirdos in the room who are mad that they reference trans people, Harley Quinn season 4 did too. It's be weirder for a Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy series to not bring in queer people of all kinds and disability and stuff too. Poison Ivy is like the most radical kind of activist, wake up folks like she has to be friends with mostly queer anarchists. However, I will say that the way the comic brings up social justice issues is poor. It's outside of the voice of the series itself and outside of the voice of the characters. I think with a series like Harley Quinn they could have actually been much more aggressive about the social justice issues because I mean they are loud and proud and violent and why wouldn't they be? It's this kind of let's inform the liberal audience about this issue rather than kinda radically taking a position of being pro something that can make it jarring and I do think honestly it might be part of what causes the friction for the losers who are mad about this stuff. Frankly it's done poorly when it could be done a lot better. Especially given they mention a black trans woman has been kidnapped but they don't ever bring a trans woman into the comic it makes it feel even more like "Oh this is an issue we just want to mention" rather than a true deep care for black trans women. And the Legion and Non Binaries Of Doom could have easily been like The Queers Of Doom or something like that, again kinda radically centering it rather than this awkward long phrasing that attaches non binary people to women. Everyone in the legion ended up being gay so there was really no reason for it to not be something that centered that rather than their gender.
There was a lot of room to improve these parts of the story that were instead filled with story lines that felt dropped and only to be sorta picked up later. Like Harley and Ivy are fighting over who's side someone should join and that seems dropped, seems like she chose villain off screen and then seems like she quit but then she was in a crowd shot so she didn't quit? There was a lot of little inconsistencies like that. There is also the compulsory monogamy between Harley and Ivy in their relationship discussion here despite them both fantasizing about other women in this story. Like we go from Harley flirting with Vixen to her being like "No woman should be touching my girl" then getting horny about Wonder woman, really fast, with in a few pages of each other. Now, I get that here in this story Harley and Ivy are really bad at communication to any annoying degree but I think again this might have been a point where it could have taken time to explore a kind of radical queerness that is outside of the mainstream and simply not make excuses for it, just say fuck you if you don't like it.
I don't particularly love how characters are handled, character voice and the general tone seems a little off. Like I feel like idk this is a comic for adults based on an adult series but it's afraid to say too many fucks and shits and stuff despite the show it's being based on being very crass and bloody. I don't think everyone is done poorly but people feel a little bit off especially compared to how they are shown in season 4 which I watched before reading this.
I still like Harley and Ivy here and their cute and it's nice that they have a lot of fun sex with each other. There is a few jokes that land fairly well and there is some fun scenes and ideas. There are things I'd have loved to see more of in the animated series and some solid ideas. I didn't hate my time reading it, I finished it, I think there was a lot to like it just constantly missed me in little ways in little places. I think the writing wasn't that strong and the art was inconsistent but it was built on strong roots so I can't hate it.
Quick canon nerd thing is this story just doesn't fit the canon of Harley Quinn animated right like it just sets up a bunch of stuff that isn't in the season. That's fine it's just weird when it's billed as being canon and fitting somehow between seasons 3 and 4. . I don't think this will be treated as like a hard and fast rule for the animated show to follow given they just ignored it in season 4 so it's possible we'll see an older version of a character like Cassandra Cain in a future season rather then the little kid version we got in the comic and stuff.
Jon Mikel's art is so dissonant with Alexis Quasarano's art that it is a very jarring experience as a collected series. I am not a big fan of Jon's style in general and he sadly draws some of the parts I think are better makes it a bit sadder too. Even two good art styles with in one story arc can feel weird but it feels even weirder when it's put up against a house style animated series and now your at three layers of different art. I think they really needed to stick to one artist and lock them in for this story, pay them well.
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February 24, 2025i rly rly wanted to like this vol since i quite enjoyed the first volume but the storylines in this volume were hard to follow and weren’t too rewarding and had little payoff :/ i rly feel like they just banked on the fact that including characters like nightwing and wonder woman would make up for the messy writing 3
April 27, 2025
A definite decline in story quality. The primary conflict was a clichéd dramatic contrivance that could be resolved with a conversation, while, also, neglecting to resolve the only act of consequence in said main conflict.
January 7, 2024
Utterly abysmal. Stop giving talentless activists the reigns to beloved characters
December 1, 2025
I really enjoy Franklin's take on these characters - this book constitutes an earnestly joyful celebration of both Harley and Ivy's queerness, and marginalised identities writ whole - but there's a palpable tonal disconnect, I fear, between the comic and the animated series proper. Not a disconnect that's unpleasant, mind, but Franklin very much transforms what is, in my opinion, the very tongue-in-cheek approach to diversity and representation in the cartoon (used, at least from what I can tell, more as a punchline than anything genuinely positive), into something without even a winking cynicism, and that's... interesting, I suppose? Honestly, I'd love if Harley Quinn: The Animated Series was even half as unflinchingly inclusive as Franklin et. al. portray it in their comics, but it does make it tough to evaluate as an extension of the show it's ostensibly a tie-in to.
But that's just marketing, I suppose. So, a heads up for prospective readers: while it sells itself as the mid-season adventures of the HBO Max original series, it's better approached as more original Harley Quinn stories - stories that just so happen to be contractually obligated to reside within the creative confines of that series' continuity. Is it as funny as the show? No, not really. It's often written more like a sincere romantic drama with occasional, fleeting, DC references. It's also not as spiteful, or as leering, or as pessimistic as the show... and that's good. I've been going back and forth on how best to rate this volume, but at the end of the day... geez, I'd be some sorta real jerk if I marked it down for surpassing its source material in ways that actually matter.
But that's just marketing, I suppose. So, a heads up for prospective readers: while it sells itself as the mid-season adventures of the HBO Max original series, it's better approached as more original Harley Quinn stories - stories that just so happen to be contractually obligated to reside within the creative confines of that series' continuity. Is it as funny as the show? No, not really. It's often written more like a sincere romantic drama with occasional, fleeting, DC references. It's also not as spiteful, or as leering, or as pessimistic as the show... and that's good. I've been going back and forth on how best to rate this volume, but at the end of the day... geez, I'd be some sorta real jerk if I marked it down for surpassing its source material in ways that actually matter.
June 1, 2025
i’m sorry but this volume was so bad 😭😭 i love the harley quinn series (at least the first 2-3 seasons) but this actually embodied everything that was wrong with season 4 and made it even worse.
nothing really happens ig? they make such a big deal of harley keeping joining the batfam a secret from ivy, making it as if it’s the worst thing she’s ever done?? and it’s honestly so underwhelming that that’s the main conflict in the story, in the end they didn’t even care for the “mission” they initially had.
the pacing is off, plot lines don’t make sense, the dialogue is cheesy and the “references” to jokes and lines in the show are just not it 😪.
i saw tons of people complaining abt the “forced inclusion”, i honestly didn’t think it was THAT bad, yes there are unnecessary lines here and there and scenes that are just there to make you notice a shallow character, that is just there for the sake of inclusion, but i think you can get past that.
i love harley and ivy together but most of the “sex” scenes were so unnecessary too, and at a point repetitive, it happened like 5 times per issue and again, didn’t add a thing to the story.
anyways, i was planning on buying the eat bang kill tour volume and this kinda turned me off 😺
i’m not going to nitpick every single thing i didn’t like cause believe me i was face palming the whole way through, but in a kinda broad sense, that’s that.
nothing really happens ig? they make such a big deal of harley keeping joining the batfam a secret from ivy, making it as if it’s the worst thing she’s ever done?? and it’s honestly so underwhelming that that’s the main conflict in the story, in the end they didn’t even care for the “mission” they initially had.
the pacing is off, plot lines don’t make sense, the dialogue is cheesy and the “references” to jokes and lines in the show are just not it 😪.
i saw tons of people complaining abt the “forced inclusion”, i honestly didn’t think it was THAT bad, yes there are unnecessary lines here and there and scenes that are just there to make you notice a shallow character, that is just there for the sake of inclusion, but i think you can get past that.
i love harley and ivy together but most of the “sex” scenes were so unnecessary too, and at a point repetitive, it happened like 5 times per issue and again, didn’t add a thing to the story.
anyways, i was planning on buying the eat bang kill tour volume and this kinda turned me off 😺
i’m not going to nitpick every single thing i didn’t like cause believe me i was face palming the whole way through, but in a kinda broad sense, that’s that.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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May 22, 2024The first volume of this cartoon tie-in balanced an occasional earnestness with loopy road trip energy; alas, this tips way more towards the former. The departure of Max Sarin from art duties doesn't help (though he does make a contribution to the opening anthology special, alongside the great Erica Henderson); of his replacements, Shae Beagle at least brings a similar sense of fun, but is then in turn swapped out for Jon Mikel, whose work here feels characterless in a way that doesn't suit the source material at all. But the visuals can't take all the blame; a set-up that's ripe for screwball farce (Harley is hiding that she's fighting crime alongside Batman's sidekicks, while Ivy is now running the Legion of Doom) instead gets used as a vehicle for lots of perfectly sound but not remotely amusing messages about the importance of honesty in relationships.
June 5, 2024
This Volume collects two titles.
The first is the Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special. This special is more of an anthology, bringing in new writer and artist teams each contributing a short revolving around a different character: Batgirl, Clayface, Psycho, and Joker. The result is a more heterogeneous mix than the original, though I appreciated the use of the Tawny Show as a framing device/connective tissue to make the anthology feel cohesive. My favourite bit was still the short Double Date written by Tee Franklin, seeing the return of Vixen and Elle and their developing friendship with HarlIvy.
The second half of the volume is dedicated to issues 1-6 of Legion of Bats! bridging seasons three and four. I was especially excited to see Peaches return!
The first is the Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special. This special is more of an anthology, bringing in new writer and artist teams each contributing a short revolving around a different character: Batgirl, Clayface, Psycho, and Joker. The result is a more heterogeneous mix than the original, though I appreciated the use of the Tawny Show as a framing device/connective tissue to make the anthology feel cohesive. My favourite bit was still the short Double Date written by Tee Franklin, seeing the return of Vixen and Elle and their developing friendship with HarlIvy.
The second half of the volume is dedicated to issues 1-6 of Legion of Bats! bridging seasons three and four. I was especially excited to see Peaches return!
November 10, 2023
I adore these new Harley Quinn comics, they are so refreshingly sapphic and cute. This volume has lots of references to the previous one and the tv show, so I would really advise watching those before.
Unlike most superhero DC comics I know, Harley Quinn is mostly pure fun and weird running jokes (Bane and his pasta machines !!!). And the LGBT content is so sweet, with the Ladies and non-binary of doom, the gay competition for best supervillain couple, Joker officiating gay marriage, sapphic double dates, Harley looking lovingly at Ivy sleeping and drooling, and Harley and Ivy kissing in about every page.
I will definitely keep reading/watching the series !
Unlike most superhero DC comics I know, Harley Quinn is mostly pure fun and weird running jokes (Bane and his pasta machines !!!). And the LGBT content is so sweet, with the Ladies and non-binary of doom, the gay competition for best supervillain couple, Joker officiating gay marriage, sapphic double dates, Harley looking lovingly at Ivy sleeping and drooling, and Harley and Ivy kissing in about every page.
I will definitely keep reading/watching the series !
January 15, 2025
the story was well written.
But I did not like watching the way Ivy betrayed Quinn. I’m pretty sure that’s just due to my past trauma and the resulting difficulties trusting partners with they’re exes. (Way too many past partners have cheated on me with their exes.) so that was rough to get through. The story was well written but I wanted Bella to be a bitch or something, I don’t know.
But I did not like watching the way Ivy betrayed Quinn. I’m pretty sure that’s just due to my past trauma and the resulting difficulties trusting partners with they’re exes. (Way too many past partners have cheated on me with their exes.) so that was rough to get through. The story was well written but I wanted Bella to be a bitch or something, I don’t know.
July 15, 2024
The main storyline of Harlivy working out the bumps in their relationship with Harley joining the Bat-family and Ivy heading the Legion of Doom. All of that is woven in between segments of Tawny Talks that highlight the supporting characters in the Harley Quinn TAS universe. It was an interesting approach but didn't work quite as well as Vol. 1
August 24, 2024
This graphic collection focuses on the romantic relationship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy – known for being psychotic villains of Batman and Gotham City - Not too serious in its story line, though the LGBT+ themes are strong
November 1, 2024
This took me way too long to get through - reading just a few pages at a time while eating my lunch at work for multiple months - but Tee Franklin and the arts and editing teams have really given us a gift with these extensions of the amazing show.
December 14, 2023
Loved it! Great tie-in between season 3 and 4!
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