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WRITERS: Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
ART: Amanda Conner, Becky Cloonan, Tony S. Daniel, Sandu Florea, Stephane Roux, Dan Panosian, Walter Simonson, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Bruce Timm, Charlie Adlard, Adam Hughes, Art Baltazar, Tradd Moore, Dave Johnson, Jeremy Roberts, Sam Keith, Darwyn Cooke, Chad Hardin
COLORS: Paul Mounts, Tomeu Morey, John Kalisz, Lovern Kindzierski, Alex Sinclair, Lee Loughridge, Dave Stewart, Alex Sollazzo
LETTERS: John J. Hill
COVER: Amanda Conner with Paul Mounts
VARIANT COVER: Stephane Roux
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (May 2014 – second printing)
Rated “T” for “Teen”
Harley Quinn created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm
DC Comics began publishing a new Harley Quinn comic book series by writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti and artists Chad Hardin (pencils and inks) and Alex Sinclair (colors) at the turn of the year. As a tie-in to the new series, DC published Harley Quinn #0, which was also written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Harley Quinn #0 is essentially a stand-alone, anthology comic book. This issue has a single narrative, which basically breaks the fourth wall, allowing Harley Quinn and Connor and Palmiotti to interact. The two sides are arguing about the type of artists that should draw Quinn and her adventures. The anthology part is that 17 artists draw at least one page of the 20 pages of story in Harley Quinn #0. Amanda Conner draws the opening two pages, and Chad Hardin, the artist of the new ongoing Harley Quinn series, draws the three pages that end the story. That leaves 15 pages for the 15 other artists.
I am a fan of many of the artists contributing to Harley Quinn #0, and some of them are familiar to me, but only in passing. I grabbed a second printing of Harley Quinn #0 as soon as I read the names of the artists listed on the cover. I was most looking forward to seeing art by Jim Lee and Bruce Timm, but was somewhat disappointed by their contributions. The best page is by Walter Simonson – transposing his classic version of Manhunter onto Harley Quinn.
The biggest surprises for me were Stephane Roux, Dan Panosian, and Jeremy Roberts, and Tradd Moore’s page makes me want to see more of his work. Of course, I am always happy to see anything by the genius named Darwyn Cooke. I have one question for Harley: can we do this again?
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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