Comic Book Resources broke the news earlier this week about a new Harley Quinn title coming to the New 52 later this year. As a Harley Quinn collector, some of you contacted me this week about the announcement. If it were not for the problems with the server migration yesterday, I would have published this much earlier.
Harley Quinn will have her own New 52 title.
Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti on Harley Quinn
I like the idea of having these two writers on Harley Quinn together. First off, they have done a good (if not great) job in the past when working as a team. At the same time, I really like the idea of having a woman working on Harley Quinn. Also, Amanda Conner is very good at bringing out a female character’s sensuality without having to try to force sexuality.
Bring in Joker?
During the interview with CBR, the creators talked about how there is still going to be a focus on the Joker in Harley Quinn’s life. This gets me going as I would love to see Mistah J. cross into the new title and add more depth to his character in the New 52.
The Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn
One issue which concerns me is that Harley Quinn fans might forget about Suicide Squad now that the character is going to have her own title. I have said for a long time that I believe the only reason why Suicide Squad is in the Top 100 on Diamond’s list is because of everyone’s favorite bad girl. I would not be surprised by a significant sales dip when Harley’s new title comes out. I doubt the team title would last very long after dropping from the Top 100.
The New Costume
Well, I have to say that I like the new costume more than I like her current one or her costume from Arkham Assylum (which is my least favorite). I am not sure if I would place it higher than the nurse costume, but it is an improvement. The only thing is that I look at it and think that she is getting ready for a roller derby. It might take a while for this one to grow on me, but at least it has potential in my eyes.
I am looking forward to the new Harley Quinn title and hope that it is the best that could be offered on the character. Will I pick it up the day it comes out? Yes. Will I pick up all of the variants as well? Probably. Will I purchase a figure with the new costume? Chances are pretty damn good. Ok, they got me.
