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The basic plot is Harley Quinn trying to take down the Batman in order to win Joker’s love. So with Joker: Folie à Deux coming soon (starring Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga), let’s see how Mad Love could inspire the next version of the Joker and Harley Quinn! Batman in Mad Love (DC Comics) Mad Love: The story of Joker and Harley Quinnīatman Adventures: Mad Love is one long 64-page story but it’s a breezy joy to read. One of the key elements of the book is how the creators fleshed out Harley’s origin, and her toxic dynamic with the Joker. Playfully funny with a sinister layer of dark tragedy, Batman Adventures: Mad Love is the most important Harley Quinn story ever told. Harley Quinn can do anything in the DC Universe. Her stories have taken her far from her roots as the Joker’s henchwoman. With Mad Love, Timm & Dini created a singular three-dimensional comics character who has the freedom to evolve beyond their initial status quo. Timm & Dini established Harley Quinn so clearly that readers understood not only who Harley was, but also who Harley could be. The complexity of Mad Love is the reason why Harley has been able to evolve so many different times over the past few decades. After being lauded with praise and winning both an Eisner and a Harvey Award for Best Single Issue, the two creators later adapted it in The New Batman Adventures (the final season of Batman: The Animated Series).

This is where, for the first time, Timm & Dini outlined the now-iconic origin story of Harley Quinn and the full depths of her relationship with the Joker. Mad Love was the first comic to feature Harley, and it remains the most foundational. But it all starts with Batman: The Animated Series creators Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, and the powerful Harley Quinn story they crafted in Batman Adventures: Mad Love. Harley Quinn is a relatively new player in the world of comicbook characters, but has quickly exploded across the world of pop culture through animation, comics, video games, and movies.

Batman harley and ivy the deluxe edition