Harley Quinn #56

Not onlydoes this issue feature a special guest villain, but also a guest writer. Ithelps keep the title fresh after 50+ issues. Ive been with it since thebeginning, and while I sometimes find the character of Harley a bit tiresome,her adventures are always interesting and entertaining. Read Full Review

If you follow comics at all, you're probably aware of something called Comicsgate and if you follow Harley Quinn you that the character -- and the book -- aren't one to turn away from a ridiculous fight. That's right, Harley and Comicsgate -- I mean, "Pettergate" -- collide in #56 and it's some of the most brilliant satire you'll read. Read Full Review

Harley Quinn #56 provides excellent social commentary without taking itself too seriously nor diminishing the message. Read Full Review

Harley Quinn #56 is a fun one-shot story that is surprisingly substantial. Filled with real-world relevance and whimsy beyond belief, the issue manages to deliver exactly what the series needed after a few less than stellar issues. Read Full Review

Harley Quinn (2016-) #56 is a different kind of story for Harley Quinn, but packed with all the typical Harley shenanigans. Mark Russell writes Harley Quinn with all the charm readers have grown to love and plenty of gusto. Mirka Andolfo's art adds subtle details to Russell's story, bringing the whole issue together. Read Full Review

There is no subtlety in this issue. Anyone who follows comics, especially on social media, knows some or all of the circumstances that prompted this story. It's an attack on gatekeeper fandom and it is amusing. There isn't any deep message to it and it's not trying to create one. Read Full Review

There's some fun visual gags, and I liked how the book makes clear that a lot of these goons are dudes trying to overcompensate for their own insecurities. They're pitiable cartoons, not the warriors they see themselves as. But while this issue definitely means well, it still lacks the style and depth of Humphries' run. Can you really parody something that's already a sad joke? Read Full Review

An interesting but non-essential issue to the Harley canon. A fun diversion with a cool message. Read Full Review

This story is not for me, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Both Russell and Andolfo are good at what they do, and so this comic is up to professional standards for sure. That said, I am missing character development and in the end this didn't really feel like a story to me, but just a sequence of weird jokes that don't always land with me because it's not always my kind of humor. Read Full Review

It's okay, but for us, it's just one cat pun too many. Read Full Review

Until then, what are your thoughts? What do you think of the newest issue of Harley Quinn? Let us know in the comments below. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue was a let down for me. Were it not for the increased quality of theHarley Quinn comic, this would have fit the previous style. There has been a marked improvement over the last few issues, which means that this one falls short. Read Full Review

A half-formed commentary on ComicsGate masquerading as a complete story. Read Full Review

Comic Princess

Dec 20, 2018

I loved it. LOL

Darkseid24

Dec 19, 2018

Harley Quinn was a real mess lately, but I really enjoyed this issue. Maybe it’s the cute cats. The plot is simple: Harley tries to find a new home for her neighbors cats, because she has an allergy against them. They are special cats, cat burglars actually. Doesn’t take a genius to think of the one, who would love these cats. It’s a typical Harley Quinn comic, but with these cute cats, you just have to like it.

Nihilist

Dec 19, 2018

Rolling Stones once wrote "you can't always get what you want". Phenomenal song, although if I had to pick the personal favourite of mine, it would be Gimme Shelter. Anyways, why do I mention it? To recommend something good, which this comic definitely isn't? Yeah... I guess that too. But what matters is, you indeed can't always get what you want, and when I started reading this issue, I was very, very pleased to find a quote by Harley: "not half bad... as a matter of fact, it's all bad", which I was hoping could perfectly summarize this comic, it could be just perfect. But then again, you can't always get what you want. The first half of the comic is relatively readable, thus as much as I'd like to say, it's not "all bad". It's not good either, mind you, but compared to utter trash Palmiotti, Conner, Sebala, Tieri and Humphries served us in the not so distant past, it has SOME redeeming qualities. For example, I think Harley uses her awfully obnoxious, overused accent less than usual, which definitely is a good thing. Very good thing, and a step in the right direction, which could ave the character from being a parody of her (good) old self. There's some humor I don't find absolutely cringeworthy, like Harl being a YouTuber or anything. It's still hardly fun, but at least I won't have to make an appointment with a shrink after reading it, to deal with my PTSD. More or less halfway, shit hits the fan, however, and the comic turns into something that reminds me of garbage written by James Patrick, whom to my knowledge is responsible for starting Harley's transition into a wannabe Deadpool. And that's exactly what we see here - a massacre, maybe more subtle than usual, but still a massacre nonetheless, and unsurprisingly, I hate it, mostly because it feels unnecessary and meaningless. Still can't say the comic's all bad, as much as I'd like to. The art is the only good thing about this book. It's cute, Harley is incredibly expressive, and Mirka Andolfo is the best pick for the series' artist I could imagine. Keep her full-time, ditch fan-fic writers and you can get a fun, beautiful looking series I could give huge thumbs up, and possibly buy a trade paperback of it, to put it on my shelf. But then, finding a good Harley writer is like looking for a needle in a haystack. For every Sean Murphy, there's ten Jimmy Palmiottis, Amanda Conners, James Patricks, Sam Humphrieses, Brian Azzarellos, Frank Tieris and Christopher Sebalas, fighting who can write a worse pile of shit. more

Psycamorean

Dec 20, 2018

Somehow an issue drenched in social commentary focused on a movement that only a select minority of comic book readers would even know about is still better than the shit that Humphries gives us every 2 weeks. Harley's annoying accent gimmick isn't used nearly as much. The story isn't in itself a gimmick. It's just Harley trying to sell cats. And then the writer felt the need to make fun of a movement called Comicsgate. Someone who's so invested in it as this writer must be should know that it's a small group of readers with leaders like Diversity & Comics and Ethan Van Sciver, who constantly trip over themselves, and look and act ridiculous. It's not worth your time, but no, we need an issue that might've been relevant before the jokes the rein weren't overused by anyone who knows anything about that community. Even if you're on a side in this stupid back-and-forth, even if you are in the know, you shouldn't really derive any pleasure from this issue. It's so very basic. It does nothing new or intelligent. But even STILL, it's better than Humphries. more

BatQuinn

Aug 02, 2020

As someone who loves Harley and has been reading her for years, this issue is...an insult in all honesty; it doesn't fit canonically with Harley suddenly having a bad allergy to cats, despite her entire third floor being filled with animals including cats, it did however have some okay political stature and the art was great but overall, the issue itself sucks

Sei

Dec 19, 2018

Just terrible, why can't they actually write a good cerebral compelling story, Quinn On Batman whit Knight comes across as a very intelligent character. On this Issue it was the author using her as a mouthpiece for their social commentary. One more awful book like this and am going to have to cancel it.

P-3331

Jan 01, 2019

The story ignores us who live in other countries and have nothing to do with USA politics, it ignores everyone who either doesnt know about it because we are foreign or everyone that doesnt care and just wants to read a good harley quinn story. Its as if the creators made this issue for themselves, like beginer comic makers tend to do. I felt completely excluded as a non USamerican while reading this comic. Even after informing myself about comicsgate later, I felt that even as a satire the jokes are too on the nose, not smart at all. Just bad.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln

Jan 07, 2019

Mark Russel got angry about comicsgate and wrote a whole issue about it. Harley deserves better than to be a trashy soap box.