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word of advice : turn back spoilers forHarley Quinn # 8 !
lover ofDC Comicsknow that the variousBatman - related events over the year incline to be incredibly benighted , all - cover events that imply most if not all of the Bat - Family and his villains . TheseBat - events such asFear Stateoften trail to bittersweet endings and bleak end , resulting in last , destruction and topsy-turvydom bechance Bruce Wayne and/or the resident of Gotham City . But inHarley Quinn # 8,written by Stephanie Phillips with graphics by Riley Rossmo and colors by Ivan Plascencia , DC put across with their fanbase and sends them a message : the events should n’t be take seriously at all .
InHarley Quinn # 8,the Magistrate ( as part of the ongoingFear Stateevent ) is in league with Jonathan Crane , the Scarecrow , as he attacks Gotham City . Meanwhile , Harley is look for Poison Ivy- the real Ivy , as the person Harley plant beforehand is a creation of the real Ivy who remains underneath the urban center . Gotham remains in chaos , but Doctor Hugo Strange is n’t surprised in the slim . In fact , he stay all unperturbed , for he has learn these thing happen before .
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Hugo Strange observes the catastrophearound him and Mus that Scarecrow may be destroying the city," … but we ’ve seen that before . One after another , all of Gotham ’s finest have repose waste material to the city at one point or another … and this month it ’s Scarecrow ’s play . “Hugo Strange knows the horrible repute of Gotham City - and it ’s history - but is n’t too worried , since Gotham City ’s wipeout happen in every other Batman - related event … most notably inBatman : No Man ’s Land .
In the consequence of a annihilative earthquake , Gotham City lie in ruin , with zillion of people displaced and dire . The United States government astonishingly refuses to reconstruct the metropolis , and destroys the bridges chair to the mainland , in effect doom Gotham to waste from the inside . Even Superman refuse to help and flies off elsewhere . TheentireNo Man ’s Landeventwas played completely straight despite the copiousness of absurdity on display , and while the event was well - received overall ( notable events admit the debut of Harley Quinn in the mainline DC Koran ) , it was n’t nearly as ego - serious as fans made it out to be .
Hugo Strange ’s musings inHarley Quinn # 8suggest DC is more than unforced to tell Batman fan to lighten up up and to not take every consequence seriously . Batman ’s darkness , if used in the right way , could be used for comedic purposes as well as telling a straight - and - narrow story . DC Comics’mayoccasionally makeBatmantoodark , but at the same time , the fans are imply to take these stories as entertaining tales before anything else .
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