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DC is officially drink down offHarley Quinnin its chief persistence , as the Gotham antihero finally encounters a menace she ca n’t improvise her way out of . Dr. Harleen Quinzel ’s disgraceful destiny will quetch off a murder mystery hunting for her killer , which DC promises will be one of her comedian ’s wildest arcs yet .
A former scoundrel , Harley is no stranger to the afterlife , and once evencheated death because neither Heaven nor Hellwere uncoerced to allow her entry . However , it seems an upcoming issue will take this idea more seriously than in the past , killing off the fan - favorite hero follow her coming adventure in space . While dying is seldom lasting in superhero comics , it does tend to be a huge accelerator for modification , and can soak fans of their favorite reference for years on end before their eventual resurrection . If that ’s the slip for Harley , it may ultimately cease her finding a place in the Dark Knight ’s protracted Bat - Family , as well as removing the one person who might be able-bodied todissuade Poison Ivy from her renewed missionto pass over the worldly concern clean of human life .
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The death is coming in September 27’sHarley Quinn # 22 , from Stephanie Phillips and new artist Matteo Lolli . In the yield ’s cover - from Lolli - Harley is pictured manifestly lying dead alongside the phrase ' Who kill Harley Quinn ? ' The issue ’s precis - narrated by Harley herself - die to extreme lengths to communicate her carte du jour really is differentiate , insisting"I get wipe out in this one … for real ! Dead . Deceased . Former . Late . Pushing up daisies . “WithDark Crisishaving give up off with thedeath of the Justice League , fans will be scandalise to hear that the acrobatic super - genius will apparently meet with the same fate in just a few months . Enjoy the issue ’s cover and synopsis from DC Comics below :
The Quinn is dead ! Long hold out the Quinn ! I get kill in this one … for real ! beat . Deceased . Former . belatedly . Pushing up daisies . Somebody need to solve my slaying , and since I do n’t see Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot around , I guess that ’ll have to be me . Though , since I ’m dead … there are sealed hurdles to master . The Harley - est , wildest arc begin right on here … get quick for murder , Multiversal mischief , and more Edgar Guest appearance , with Stephanie Phillips and new Harley Quinn artist Matteo Lolli !
Harley ’s death is surprising , though it seems the character will somehow be part of the investigation into her own killing ( a effort that ’s not so unsufferable in a globe packed with afterlives , knockoff , and multiversal doppelganger . ) queerly , the art bear some similarity to the controversial leaked masking toHeroes in Crisis # 7 , in whichHarley ’s former married person Poison Ivywas likewise depict as deceased in art that was criticized as sexualizing the moment and ultimately change by DC . It seemsHarley Quinn # 22will run further into bodily fluid than that prior serial , however context will only come with the issue itself .
There is still some hope that there may be a way for Harley to ' survive ' her own expiry , especially given the reference of"Multiversal mischief . “Suicide Squadrecently broughtanother realism ’s Harley Quinnto DC ’s mainstream Earth , and there ’s the possibility that it will be this or another alternate - reality version of Harley who decease . While this would be something of an bathos given Harley ’s insistence that the write up ’s conceit is legitimate , the suggestion that her destruction causes hurdles hint that even if the ' real ' Harley lives , she may allow herself to be recall dead to catch the killer , mean fans would get all the dramatic play of miss her without actually plump without Harley ’s dangerous undertaking . Only clip will tell what the dying ofHarley Quinnactually stand for for her future tense , though with death and resurrection a rite of passage for any major superheroes , fan may postulate to arouse for the forged .
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Harley Quinn # 22is coming September 27 from DC Comics .
