This issue of Harley Quinn stands as a powerful testament to the character's lasting allure, weaving together humour, heart, and a touch of madness to craft an enthralling and delightful story. This issue masterfully captures the chaos and charm of Gotham's favourite mallet-wielding clown, promising a journey as unforgettable and unpredictable as Harley herself. It offers a delightful peek into Quinn's life, entertaining in its own right, yet it's the buildup to something even more monumental that ensnares you. Quinn and Mr. Freeze are on a collision course, and this issue skillfully begins laying the groundwork for what promises to be an epic showdown. Read Full Review

I'm not sure what happened; this run was going pretty well for a while. We want Harley to be zany, but we also want some level of coherence. This approach worked in the multidimensional stuff with S. Boo art, but nothing about this new arc makes sense. We can't hold comics to a serious standard of realism, especially this one, but the level of buffoonery here with respect to how police, probation, jobs, apartments, and therapy work just took me out of the story way too much. The whole point of Harley is that she's goofy in a somewhat more serious world. If the whole world is as zany and nonsensical as Harley, what's the point of her? She has no foil. And if we're abandoning the concept of stakes and consequences to lean into comedy, why isn't this book funnier? I could overlook some of the liberties taken with characters if the jokes were bangers like in the TV show, but this was a slog. It seems like every third story is about Harley overcoming her trauma again and growing as a person. So why does it feel like she's going backwards?
The horny backup story in this issue is excellent. Henderson is slaying it between this and the annual. more