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Warning : Spoilers forAre You Afraid of Darkseid ? # 1 !
InDC Comics , Harley QuinnandDarkseidare an unusual mating , and in a spooky campfire story set against the background of theDC Universe , Darkseid ’s only alive because Harley made it so ! serve it to say , allow DC ’s version of the folkloric entity shout Bloody Mary take down Darkseid would have been a tops promiscuous way to off this baddie for good , it ’s just too bad Harley ’s pestiferous conscience get in the fashion before it could happen .
part with during the first story in the Halloween - distort one - shot ofAre You Afraid of Darkseid ? # 1 , “ Bloody Mary , ” by Kenny Porter and Max Dunbar , view Darkseid , Harley Quinn , and a bunch of unmindful Gotham citizens take on a ghostly legend that bear ties to theDark God of Apokolipshimself . Breaking into the swanky Gotham Riverfront Hotel to once and for all test whether the story of Bloody Mary is rightful , three Gothamites are met by a mallet wielding Harley Quinn who just so happens toalsobe on the hunting for Mary .
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Continuing to take her larger-than-life duty severely when it comes to saving innocent lives , Harley want to take Bloody Mary down ( she even constitute a hilarious Bloody Mary want poster for the occasion ) and is shocked by the surprisal arriver of Darkseid . Going on to excuse thatBloody Maryused to be one of his Female Furies , Darkseid reveals that Mary is hunting him down as vengeance for his retiring action that led her to her current terrifying state . Crashing through a nearby mirror , Bloody Mary spend a penny her front known , and it ’s here where Harley makes a determination that provide Darkseid to continue living .
Viciously attacked by Bloody Mary in good order off the bat , Harley realizes that they ’re “ pretty much screwed ” and believe that teaming up with an evil infinite god is their best — and only — chance at survival . finally incur a way to shatter a specific mirror with an omega beam charged hammer , Harley get off Bloody Mary back to the mirror vacuum she come from , simultaneously saving herself , the civilian around her and evenDarkseidfrom a fate worse than death in the process . But before he smash thermionic valve out , Harley is sass by Darkseid and shoots back in her own sassy way by saying “ you ’re only alive because I helped ya , dingbat ! ” compactly ( and justly ) telling this Dark God that he owes her his life .
Not one to aid out unsound cat now that she ’s on the consecutive and minute , Harley decide not to assist a villain that could have understandably killed Darkseid if given the chance is a decision that may come back to haunt her . An existential threat to all life across the universe , Darkseidis a job that could have well been crush by Bloody Mary , but due to Harley now putting the protection of civilian first — i.e. the three Gothamites still advert about — team up up with an ultimate evil to vanquish another evil is something that sets Harley apart from her late villainous way , even though the implication of allowing Darkseid to go are morsel headspring - scratching .
So while it ’s reliable this story might not be canonic — peculiarly considering it ’s being told by the not always reliable narrator of Damian Wayne — Harley body forth the mindset of Batman or Superman by putting civilians ’ lives first before worry about who she ’s fighting for or against is a character moment that ’s still fun to see . Darkseidtotally owesHarley Quinnhis life , but it ’s doubtful he ’ll ever care enough to give the favor .
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