Harley Quinn, erstwhile girlfriend of the Joker and current Suicide Squad member, is dreaming. Dreaming of the comic book she might have, and the artists who might draw her – who would best capture her mischievous magnificence? Tony Daniel? Becky Cloonan? Art Baltazar? Any one of the other 14 artists on this teaser for the upcoming Harley Quinn series written by coupled creators Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti?
You can see all their names on the cover above, and not one page disappoints – just look at some of this stuff:
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| Walt Simonson |
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| Art Baltazar |
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| Dan Panosian |
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| Jeremy Roberts |
Otherwise, it’s seasoned pros all the way, illustrating the fresh prose of Palmiotti and Conner, who spend most of the issue as disembodied voices chatting to a fourth-wall breaking Harley, before eventually getting dragged into the action.
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| Darwyn Cooke |
I don’t know if the regular series will be as much fun as this, but Conner, Palmiotti, their army of artists and, of course, Harley have convinced me to put my prejudices aside and give it a try.
Too Dangerous For a Girl 2 
Actually, Stormwatch kicks the bucket in April with #30. But that's besides the point.
This was a glorious issue to me (I handed it a 9.5 over on AiPT). The complete and utter opposite of DC's dark and grim outlook on most of their books, with a bright and colorful world with humor and an upbeat vibe to it. Sure, it's a dream, but dang it, it's just so nice regardless.
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Ta for the correction, IG! Fixed now, I'm off to read your review …
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I wanted to like it, and I probably would have loved it, but I can't stand Harley's ugly-ass new52 look. as you say, the art through-out is lovely, but the awful character design puts a mocker on it for me.
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Oh, damn, after reading your positive review and viewing some of the examples of the great artwork inside, now I'm probably going to have to buy this. Looks like a lot of fun… wait, is fun even allowed in the New 52? We will have to wait & see how the actual ongoing series plays out, of course. At least Harley's look was modified somewhat away from that demented clown dominatrix redesign to something a bit more comedic and akin to her classic costume.
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I loved this book.
It felt back to Harley's roots of silly and fun and irreverant.
Hurrah!
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Yeah, I don't blame you, Joe. I have a feeling the classic will be back within a year or two, with its appearance this time just the beginning.
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You'll not regret it, Ben, it's a great-looking, fun comic.
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Aw yeah!
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I for one love the classic look myself it just works
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Great review, I enjoyed the comic too. I think too much Fourth Wall smashing would get old fast (Harley promises to stop it), but this was fine.
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Yeah, I think the regular title will keep that final wall up.
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I love how DC runs a talent search for 'New, Undiscovered Talent', but then just makes the winner a guy who has been working for them and other publishers for the past 10 years.
Totally legit contest, that.
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