Ever have one of those days where ya just can’t catch a break? A day where you’re really trying not to get into trouble while your girlfriend is out of town, but then some jerk attacks you at brunch, you get arrested for some teensy-weensy property damage, and you’re sentenced to community service? Why, I tell you, it’s enough to make a gal start seein’ cartoon fishies every which way and such! Also featuring a very special in-continuity dream of Harley Quinn starring, you guessed it, moi, in the role of a lifetime-the magical-girl-clown protector of Gotham City!
If Harley Quinn #28 is just a taste of what's to come, then we're in for a stellar ride. With Harley in a teacher's role as well as once again holding the fate of the universe in her hands, it sure will be a journey. This opening chaptergives an excellent opportunity to join in as Harley starts down a new adventure. Not only is this issue accessible to new fans, but regular readers will sink into a warm pool of spoiled wonder. Read Full Review
Final ThoughtsHarley Quinn #28 is a home run of a debut issue. Harley is written wonderfully, we get some great confrontations between her and Two-Face, and there are a couple of big surprises that shake up Harleys life, setting up intriguing stories to come. Highly recommended. Read Full Review
Ultimately, Harley Quinn #28 is an entertaining case study in Relativism. Tini Howard's expert script work is on full display throughout the issue. Her ability to subtly weave this philosophical doctrine as a theme throughout the narrative is exceptional and her humor is spot-on for the title character. Additionally, the script is bolstered by Sweeny Boo's vibrant, kinetic, and playful artwork. There's one thing Harley Quinn #28 makes absolutely clear: this duo is the perfect team for this book. Read Full Review
While created in two very different stylings, both tales are modern and colorful, focusing on character expression and form. They also feature some cool fight scenes with tones that perfectly match the different situations. Read Full Review
From the traditional Gotham City crime war to court to community college to an encounter with an overwhelmingly cosmic entity, its a hell of a lot of ground to cover in very little time, but Howard manages to make it work. With a better connection to the script, Sweeney Boos work could really take Harley in an interesting new direction. Read Full Review
This issue is much more ambitious than Howard's usual crime-influenced Gotham stories, and that's both a positive and a negative. This is a big, crazy, messy issue and while I'm not 100% sold yet, I am intrigued. Read Full Review
Harley Quinn #28 ultimately captures the main characters soul but struggles to settle. The protagonist is superbly written and is in safe hands with Howard. Read Full Review
There is a lot going on in Harley Quinn #28 and, at some points, almost too much for it to make sense or even less sense than most Harley stories, anyway. Read Full Review
Harley Quinn #28 turns the wackiness up to 11 with wildly colorful art and a nonsense plot. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but at least it has a direction, so we'll see if the new writer can make the trip worth taking. Read Full Review
Despite some improvements, Tini Howard has given her Harley Quinn run a relatively weak start. Will the artwork and Harley's return to crime draw people back in? Or is it finally time for DC to turn away from a Harley Quinn ongoing book? That's probably not what DC wants to do. If "Harley Mania is over for now though, we'll see what the future really holds for the character. Read Full Review
My apprehensions about Howard's plans for Harley are not assuaged by this issue. The community college device is deeply insulting and should never have passed editorial review. Read Full Review
Sweeney Boo carries this one, her art fits Harley Quinn's nonsensical wacky character so well.
Tini Howard is hated by default but I'm above opinoins of pesants. She did fine, she takes Harley out of the main continuity à la Conner/Palmiotti but in a more cohesive way than whatever those two were trying to do (which is not a very high bar). The little story at the end was pretty cute.
A certainly interesting new direction for Harley under Tini Howard. Boo’s art is pretty good and, for whatever reason, I’m surprised she’s doing interiors instead of just covers. Howard’s scripts are solid and the story is fun, but what holds this book back for me is the pacing. I feel like the pages used for the backup story (which was straight-up absurd, but also fun) could have been used to expand on the main story a bit. To keep the backup story, I feel like this story could have been stretched across one or two more issues. Overall, this was a fun start to Howard & Boo’s run on Harley and I just hope the pacing and writing improve as time goes on.
This is a back-step from what Stephanie Phillips was doing.
Sweeney Boo is good.
That's it.
Practically everything has been wrong. The plot does not make sense, there is not even one concrete, but three different ones, Harley goes from fighting with two faces to being a teacher, and the only plot that seems to go somewhere comes in the last three pages and is plagued by overexplanation. Also, what happens with two faces? It's a complete opposite of the one in detective comics, and they're in the same time space. The only decent thing, the drawing, the rest, a horrible comic.
Wow! I usually don't rate comics this low but this truly was an awful issue. The plot of the main story didn't make any sense and each page was something different. For example, Harley was arrested and then became a teacher and tried to take down Two-Face. I think DC is attempting to make as much bank as they can off of Harley Quinn seeing how she has been a fourth pillar amongst the Trinity since her debut. But each run has gone further downhill for the character and this proves it. DC truly has no idea what to do. My opinion - cancel this series.
At the very least, assemble the Gotham City Sirens again rather than putting effort into not having a strategy for a character as part of the "Dawn of DC" initiative.
Please Tini go back to larping all day long, I beg of you.
Unfocused, unfunny and unreadable.
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