Harley Quinn #39

While the book doesn't need it to keep you coming back, the perfect pacing of this story will definitely have you eager to find out what happens next. Read Full Review

It's been a real treat seeing all these supervillains make New York their playground. All I really want to see is a showdown between Harley and Condiment King. Read Full Review

An extremely entertaining read and a strong continuation in this already strong run! Recommended! Read Full Review

Writer Frank Tieri and artist Ikani Miranda are really hitting their stride with Harley Quinn. Read Full Review

HARLEY QUINN #39 features a few different stories that never really come together. The art and inherent silliness help to keep the reader entertained. Read Full Review

I'm not going to lie, the newest design of Harley Quinn is driving me crazy, and not in a good way. S looking more and more like a Bratz doll smashed together with Tank Girl. The rest of the character designs have stayed the same, it's just Harley they're changing. I'll admit the artwork itself it just fine, in fact it's really well done, it's just that she no longer looks like the character I love, and that is incredibly frustrating. Read Full Review

As Coney Island slides into a gritty, urban, supervillain-infested ghetto, Harley Quinn faces her secret benefactor and tells him to buzz off. The mastermind behind all of this chaos is revealed, and it's not someone I'd have expected! If the art was a little better, I'd be clanging bells for this series. Read Full Review

I am uncertain about Inaki Mirandas artwork in this issue. I hate to get judgmental right out of the gate, but I was a bit turned off. But I'm willing to keep anopen mind and allow Inaki to settle in more before I start comment on artisticchoices. Read Full Review

We can expect numerous clashes between multiple characters in issues to come. The fight for dominance over New York City will be a rumble. Read Full Review

The Penguin's takeover of Coney Island continues in Harley Quinn #39, as villains from around Gotham invade the shore. Unfortunately, it's the most violent issue of Tieri's run yet, with little humor beyond the opening few pages. Read Full Review

I can't help feeling at this point like Frank Tieri had an opportunity to use a bunch of interesting old (even second-rate) villains in a new and unusual way, but by lumping them all together, they're just being flipped through like an old deck of cards. Read Full Review

Nihilist

Mar 07, 2018

Another month, another issue of Harley Quinn, and another reminder she, as a character, shines when paired with someone else to share a story, but being solo just doesn't do her justice. Not that I wouldn't like to read her solo comics - contrary. But the way New 52 changed her, and created the path Frank Tieri continues to follow now, is completely bland, forgettable and unfunny, if I got to be honest. This run lacks creativity, witty jokes, heart and actual depth I've seen for the last time in... I guess Timm and Dini's works. Maybe despite all my efforts to like Harley's solo run and pick it up every month, I ignore the simple truth I'm not its target audience, but on the other hand, being naturally really open minded I don't reject any thing without giving it a chance. I genuinely would like to like this series, but every month I end up disappointed seeing that nothing in it changes, and everything remains on the same empty, shallow track. more