Warning ! spoiler forDetective Comics # 1048

The grim new backstory ofHarley Quinnhas been revealed in a recent comedian . It turn out that long before her involvement with the Joker , she still possessed villainous traits as Dr. Harleen Quinzel .

Throughout her mirthful Word account , Harley Quinn has usually been depicted as the corrupted version of psychologist Harleen Quinzel . The impeccant and intelligent Dr. Quinzel was a trusted doctor who treat the criminally mad . After taking the Joker as her patient in Arkham Asylum , she became infatuated with him and shoot on her villainous persona . However , her sudden modulation is n’t so sudden according toDetective Comics # 1048,written by Matthew Rosenberg and Mariko Tamaki with art by Fernando Blanco and Ivan Reis .

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During a flashback chronological sequence , Dr. Harleen Quinzel speaks with a vernal boywho had encountered the Joker . The audience appear to be a distinctive day on the chore , as she evaluates his psychological commonwealth reckon his possible trauma . After he leaves the room and she reconvene with others , it ’s revealed that she views the son as someone to take reward of , learning about the impact of delusional people on young peoples ’ minds . When Bruce ask her,“So you ’re not actually try on to help him?”she replies,“I’m drab . Who are you ? ”

The exchange of dialogue highlights Dr. Quinzel ’s dusty prospect on her work and the lives of her patients . count the scoundrel she later becomes , she is surprisingly factual and miss the empathy that even Harley Quinn has been known to own at time . In her original origin taradiddle , she isseduced by the Joker ’s manipulative schema . This version of Dr. Quinzel appear calloused and hard for anyone to gain ground over . It suggests that she actually saw a part of herself in the Joker , and was n’t as radically transform into his image as fans had previously think .

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To some degree , this reveal makes Harleen ’s transformation into Harley less dramatic , as some of the opus were already in place for her to become a villain . It is much more psychologically interesting for a character to check bad without having any previous hints of a sinister order of business . In equivalence to Harleen , Harley in reality seems to have more compassion . TheJoker might have initially been interestedin Dr. Quinzel ’s rough rationale on patients , making him less fascinate by Harley ’s commute philosophy . As she witnessed straight evil and eventually left the Joker , Harley Quinnbecame humanized in her independency .

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