Gotham City Sirens
Warning : SPOILERS forGotham City Sirens#1
Summary
TheGotham City Sirenshave finally reunite for a new story , and this chaotic mystery story is the thoroughgoing re - introduction to the devotee - favorite squad of Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , and Catwoman . Between the man - eating plants , riot - enciting vim drinks , and biomechanical stampeding bison , Gotham — and these anti - heroic char — may never be the same .
Gotham City Sirens#1 by Leah Williams and Matteo Lolli is the truly wizardly first installment in the hebdomadal series , which will run for four issues throughout August . While Harley , Ivy , and Catwoman may be starring in their own ongoing titles , those serial publication are taking a pause this August to let their teamwork beam inSirens . And glisten it does , asGotham City Sirensreunites the three charwoman for , in the words of both Harley and Catwoman , " something really # $ @% . "
Though this first issue primarily works as set - up for the larger plot — involve a weird avatar - based video plot , bison hunting , a satirically popular energy drink , andthe Joker ’s girlfriend , Punchline — it also does n’t worry about over - explaining its story or the characters ' kinship , instead trusting the reviewer , like Harley , to simply jump on the back of some weirdie ’s quad in the middle of Gotham and enjoy the bison - hunting drive .
The baddie - turn - Hero of Alexandria Harley Quinn officially decline to be a hero - yet , somehow , refusing to be one prove to make her an even bigger hero .
Gotham City Sirens#1 Embraces the Chaos of Gotham’s Favorite Rogues
Harley Quinn Shines in the New Miniseries
The Gotham City Sirens have a short but beloved history . Like a super - villainous rendering of the Birds of Prey , the Sirens — Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , and Catwoman , three iconic Gotham rogues — united as a squad for 2009’sGotham City Sirensseries , which ran until 2011 , when DC bring up its macrocosm forthe New 52 epoch . Though the three women have been tentative allies — and , eventually , friends and devotee — in the years since , this raw miniseries reunite them under their prescribed name for the first time since 2011 .
lover can get their paw on a topnotch - low-priced edition ofGotham City Sirens’first thirteen issues in the DC Compact Comics collectionHarley Quinn and the Gotham City Sirens , usable September 4th , 2024 from DC Comics .
For a serial likeGotham City Sirens , which stars three eccentric with separate ongoing history , it would be easy to feel bogged down by the core of DC persistence . But this first issue succeeds by only ignoring all of that trumpery and embracing a unlike kind of nonsense : three loopy quality with singular relationships among themselves , unconcerned by the turgid going - on of the DC Universe .
Though Harley , Ivy , and Selina have each have their own unequalled versions of " redemption,“this fib allows them their morally - gray quirks without comment . It only makes gumption for Harley and Ivy to eat some dead bodies to Pam ’s Isle of Man - feed plant , after all . Though these women have save the world before , what makes this issue a fend - out is the absence seizure of grandstanding . These anti - champion are n’t joining forces to keep the world , drive by ideals and secret plan ; they ’re three curious bystanders united by love life and friendship , the payoff instead aim forward by their banter and personality .
Gotham City SirensHas the Perfect Creative Team for the Sirens' New Adventure
Must the Fun Stop at Issue #4?
The issue ’s character work is , of course , led by Lolli ’s expressive artistry and Tríona Farrell ’s complemental , shadowed colors . Along with the artistry , Hassan Otsmane - Elhaou ’s unique and bombastic inscription panache — also an indispensable aspect of the honor - winningPoison Ivyseries — brings these voices to life , an integral part of such a dialogue - driven issue . Harley ’s exuberance just would n’t be the same in any other bubble .
Fans can catch one’s breath secure that the Gotham City Sirens are in expert hands after all these years .
If the plot of this issue seems thin , it ’s a forgivable offence — not only because the characters ' vocalism and interactions are so authentically fun , but because readers have only seven days to hold off until the next installment hits stands , likely kick in a few more details about what , exactly , Punchline is up to with her footling video game streaming / vitality boozing venture , a delightfully snide sarcasm of modern-day streaming culture ( a sodding battle given Punchline ’s skittle alley ) . Until then , fans can rest assured that theGotham City Sirensare in good hands after all these year and look forward to the action , romance , and himbo cowboy to come .
Inducted into Batman’s rogues gallery in the 1960s, Poison Ivy is a metahuman who terrorizes Gotham with her poisonous touch and control over plant life. A misanthropic eco-terrorist, Poison Ivy is also depicted as an anti-hero, using her powers in attempts to regrow the environment in the wake of pollution and deforestation. Together with her lover Harley Quinn, the two are always ready to wreak havoc in Gotham.
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GOTHAM CITY SIRENS # 1 ( 2024 )
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Inducted into Batman’s rogues gallery in the 1960s, Poison Ivy is a metahuman who terrorizes Gotham with her poisonous touch and control over plant life. A misanthropic eco-terrorist, Poison Ivy is also depicted as an anti-hero, using her powers in attempts to regrow the environment in the wake of pollution and deforestation. Together with her lover Harley Quinn, the two are always ready to wreak havoc in Gotham.
