A review by bookishrealm
Harley Quinn (2021-) #1 by Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a Harley Quinn book that's not for everyone. From what I've grown to understand, Harley Quinn is now becoming more of an anti-hero after what happened during the Joker War (don't worry I'm preparing to read this) so this is an introduction to her attempting to balance doing good things for Gotham City while trying not to pick up her old habits. I think I made the mistake of reading Punchline before this because Punchline literally feels like a copy of what I always expect Harley Quinn to be. I won't lie. I struggled to get through this one. The art was not my style. In fact, I knew that the artwork was rumored to be different from what we usually see; however, I really I didn't expect it to be so jaring. It actually detracted from the work as a whole. I believe that I would have rated this higher if it wasn't for the artwork. Nevertheless, I think that I may give this one more issue before I take it off my pull list.