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word of advice : hold spoiler forHarley Quinn # 10 !
After over two tenner of being a homicidal , violent baddie , Harley Quinnis formally a DC Comics hero after present her final test . Harley ’s journeying has been long and arduous , fill up withconfrontations with Batman , the Jokerand plenty of figures from her past . But in Harley Quinn # 10 , DC ’s latest superhero finally attains the deed of conveyance by passing the last challenge : refuse temptation from the adult female she make love , Poison Ivy .
Modern laughable reader may not know that Harley Quinn did n’t debut in comic at all , but rather theBatmananimated series of the 90s . Critically acclaim for its atmosphere and glum matter matter , the author decide to create Harley out of a need for the Joker to have scenes with a memorable crony . Harley Quinn was born ; her backstorywas explain in the episodeMad Love , in which viewers learn thatDoctorHarlene Quinzel was demoralise by the Joker after numerous psychopathology sessions in Arkham Asylum .
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Since then , Harley ’s popularity extend to her debut in theNo Man ’s Landarc in the comics ( and finally make her cinematic debut in 2016’sSuicide Squad ) . The character has slowly forgone her evil ways over prison term ; she ’s realizedthe Joker used her for his schemes andneverloved her , she ’s stopped committing crime and violence acts , and perhaps most important of all , enter into a relationship with Poison Ivy . Now inHarley Quinn # 10 , the two are out on the township … but while Harley has strike on from her life of crime , Ivy has not .
Ivy lead Harley to an off - limits section of a museum to a case containing a priceless ball field . “Do you agnise how much this one infield is worth?“Ivy says , and it ’s clear she intends to steal it with Harley . The diamond is more than enough to allow the pair to leave Gotham forever - but Harley reject . After everything she ’s been through , she ’s able-bodied torefuse enticement from Poison Ivyto return to her former , perhaps soft life sentence - even if it take a chance her family relationship with Ivy .
At the end of the issue , the two reconcile ( Harley for not realize that Ivy must change at her own stride , and Ivy for injure Harley during a fight with two museum guards ) , but it ’s well-defined that Harley has mature and is no longer the psychotic malefactor she once was . resist the enticement from a friend to resume one ’s malefic wayssignifies that Harley has for good changed , and wo n’t be swayed again . Harley Quinn’sredemption is well - earned , test that if over - the - top comic record villains can make a sincere campaign to change and become honest people , so can the rest of the world .
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