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Summary
After twelvemonth of doubt as to where her allegiance lie , DC confirms thatHarley Quinnis no hoagy . Quinn ’s independence from the Joker has culminate in a redemption arc forthe former Cupid of Crime . However , the harder she leans into heroism , the hard it actually becomes to distinguish whether she is truly a Italian sandwich or a scoundrel .
InPoison Ivy#23 by G. Willow Wilson and Haining , Harley Quinn makes it clear which side of the hero - villain fence she lies . When both of her lover , Poison Ivy and the human being that almost broke them up , Janet from HR , are in danger , Harley chooses to salve Ivy instead of the defenseless homo , something that a real hero would never do .
While the alternative that Harley makes is n’t heroic by any way , one can argue that the fact that she ’s actively take not to be a torpedo is the unspoiled pick for her : it ’s certainly truthful to character , particularly when the pick she ’s really making is to save her beloved girl , Poison Ivy .
With a therapist ’s perspective , Harley Quinn has some notes for the heroes of the DC Universe : perchance some more therapy , a little less punching ?
Harley Quinn Is Officially NOT a Hero
She Turns Her Back on Someone Who Needs Saving
A making love triangle has developed between Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , and Janet from HR , who manages to have separate affairs with both char without either get it on about their collaborator ’s escapades . Meanwhile , Poison Ivy has her hands full with the retort of Professor Woodrue , Poison Ivy ’s equivalent to the Joker . As the Floronic Man , Woodrue traps Ivy and her friend in a swamp where they are attack by zombi thatPoison Ivy regrettably unleashed . To their deliverance — in the nick of time — comes Harley Quinn .
From the here and now she enrol the field , Harley Quinn makes it exculpated that she has one thing on her mind : saving Poison Ivy . She hacks and slashes through each zombie in her path just to get to Ivy , until she hears Janet telephone out her name . Janet ’s been trap in Ivy ’s swamp lair alongside Killer Croc and Solomon Grundy . Janet from hour pleads for help , but Harley tells her that she ’ll require to waituntil she help Poison Ivy first .
intelligibly , Janet is lay waste to and , of course , still in danger and at risk of choke due to Harley ’s negligence . Croc endeavor to console Janet . moment before abandoning her to help Grundy , Croc reminds her thatHarley"ain’t a champion - none of us is . She ’s gon na save the one she jazz . Everything else amount second . “As if Harley Quinn reject to serve a citizen in suffering was n’t bad enough , she afterward go on to use the flamethrower on Jason Todd ’s Batbike to burn Woodrue into soot .
Harley Quinn Has a History of Flip-Flopping
The Road Between Hero and Villain
Harley Quinn has struggled for years to earn her redemption . She ’s taken steps to show that she genuinely wants to vary , but old habit seem to die hard . Sometimes , Harley wants to do the right thing and is actively try out to do the correct thing , but because she spent so long doing the wrong thing as a bad guy , wickedness is too ingrained in her by nature to select the more positive option . Case in point : as recently asDC ’s Spring Breakout!#1 one - shot , she breaks herbest friend on the Suicide Squad , King Shark , out of prison house in the shortsighted story " Field Trip " by Joey Esposito , Vasco Georgiev , and Jame .
Harley Quinn hear her best to be on the side of goodness , and in her idea , more often than not , she conceive she ’s doing goodness .
Harley certainly thinks she ’s doing a good deed of conveyance by give her Suicide Squad pal a nowadays for his birthday , but breaking an infamously homicidal villain out of prisonisn’t the pick that the idealistic hero would make . Neither is what Harley does inPoison Ivy#23 . In Harley ’s mind , she is prioritizing her forever love , and that pick could be noble , but she turns her back on a citizen in need to save a superpowered individual who not only is equal to of protect herself but who is dubiously " evil " herself .
It ’s no wonderment thateven the Justice League questionswhether Harley is a existent hero or not . turn her back on a citizen when she is beg for assistant is not something that a hero does , and this sceneimmediately rules Harley Quinn out of any material hero conversationsfor the foreseeable futurity . Harley Quinn tries her best to be on the side of good , and in her mind , more often than not , she opine she ’s doing goodness . But thinking good and doing good are two completely different things . Then again , maybe trying to suppose heroically is precisely where Quinn ’s gone wrong .
There’s Still Hope for Harley Quinn’s Role as a Hero
Harley Needs to Work on Her Heroism
While Harley Quinn ’s action in this issue disqualify her for any hoagy considerations for now , that does n’t mean that she ’ll be lock out of the grinder gates forever and a day . Whether she ’s a on-key hero is a true riddle , but Harley Quinn herself is a true conundrum . She has n’t had the blank changeover from villain to hoagie , for the most part because she does n’t have the tidiest headspace for valorousness . consider all the evil that she has committed , it was never go to be sluttish for the character or her various creative teams to convince audiences that Harley Quinn is bomber material .
interview may have problem calling her a hero or a villain , but one thing they can always call her is Harley Quinn .
With that order , that fencing - sitting almost pretend it fit for Harley Quinn to not fit neatly into a hero corner — or even a villain box — becauseHarley Quinn herself does n’t fit neatly into any box . She ’s one of a kind , and she ’s also as complex as they number . Audiences may have trouble calling her a hero or a villain , but one thing they can always call her is Harley Quinn . When reader remember Harley Quinn ’s former electric discharge in her efforts to become a sub , the key is that she ’s alwaystriedto be a hoagy .
But What Does Harley Quinn Want for Herself?
Does Harley Want to Be a Hero to Others?
Like the hearing and critics at home reading her comics , Harley Quinn had an mind of what the idealistic superhero was in her mind and was painfully aware that she did not fit that mould . This theme is highlighted comfortably during the beginning arcs of Stephanie Phillips and Riley Rossmo ’s running on theHarley Quinntitle — specifically the first topic , where she ’s reprimanded by citizens judge her as a scoundrel despite her new term of a contract on life . She ’s actively trying to be a poor boy but is n’t being praised or recognize for her efforts , which eat on her up at heart .
Though Harley Quinn tries hard to do good , it does n’t yield favorable results . Alternatively , whenHarley Quinn simply act like Harley Quinn , doing what she imagine feel right in her heart , she prove up to of saving the globe . Again , it ’s complicated , because when she ’s render to be a superhero , she fail at being a superhero , but also when she ’s just trying to be herself , that ’s when her bomber potential shines . She ’s going to necessitate to fine tune herself to reach her full potential , but at her best , Harley Quinnis something greater than a hero or villain .
Poison Ivy#23is usable now from DC Comics .
envenom IVY # 23 ( 2024 )
