Old Lady Harley is such an enjoyable read that I cannot wait to get my hands on the next issue, to find out what happens next! Read Full Review

Old Lady Harley gives us a trip to a probable future made to Harley measures, is a comic full of cameos and situations that I found particularly fascinating and very well handled in this dystopian world of Harley Quinn. Read Full Review

A compelling future take with strong characters and a sense of style – this is an excellent comic book series. Old Lady Harley has some surprisingly strong legs, both as a character and concept. Highly recommended. Read Full Review

In a market saturated with the Clown Princess Of Crime, this one stands out from the crowd. Read Full Review

Old Lady Harley (2018-) #2 continues to entertain, packed with pop-culture references and villains galore! Frank Tieri's script begins to take shape, developing what promises to be an interesting journey for Harley and team. Read Full Review

I saw a bunch of reviewers having a bunch of problems with the first issue of this mini and I just want to tell them to chill out and have some fun for once.  Most of them give crazy high scores to books that "humanize" our heroes with misery and death, but I'd rather have this type of book any day of the week...and twice on Sundays!  Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda give Harley readers an alt-future of her solo book that is way more fun than her current solo book by a mile. Read Full Review

I'm liking this series way more than I anticipated. Harley Quinn is somehow the more level-headed in a futuristic DC universe where everything has fallen by the wayside. Tieri and Miranda are clearly having a lot of fun and we're benefiting from it. Read Full Review

Old Lady Harley #2 is a dark yet whimsical issue that successfully utilizes character development rather than action to drive the story forward in an interesting way. This creates a believable and truly remarkable world filled with both danger and plenty of laughs! Read Full Review

Here's the bottom line: Old Lady Harley #1 was not a fluke. Frank Tieri continues to craft a story that is equal parts bonkers and compelling. Read Full Review

Unfortunately, I'm not too fond of this issue. There are some great ideas here and the artwork is really solid, but the jokes are still as forced as they were in #1 and I just don't think they are funny. For example, I'm getting tired of Red Tool constantly repeating how many spouses Harley has had. Lastly, the story takes a long time to go anywhere, and right now, it's still not going anywhere. Maybe this will pick up with #3, but with this only getting 5 issues in total I'm skeptical. As such, I can't really recommend this issue. Read Full Review

This isn't a very good comic on its own, but it looks so much worse when compared to the excellent Sam Humphries run that's going on right now. Old Man Logan, this is not. We're not likely to be seeing any spinoffs here. Read Full Review

I said it while reviewing the debut issue - Old Lady harley has potential, and could be a really original take on the character. If only done right. And knowing Tieri's work with Harley, it's clear as day he can't do her right.

First of all, it's a modern Harley comic, with all its typical flaws. The humor is unfunny and often forced, like the "ex" joke being repeated. Cut it. Heath Ledger's Joker was repeating the "would you like to know how I got these scars?" line few times in The Dark Knight, but each time the story behind them was different, unique - meaning, it was unpredictable. The same punchline, delivered time and time again is, however, boring, tedious - and these were emotions I felt while reading this comic.
Secondly, its second crucial flaw, the most important, I suppose, is protagonist's personality - she's literally the Palmiotti/Conner Harley, no more, no less, and that's unforgivable. Not only because of how terrible job these two did throughout the entire New-52 and the first year of Rebirth, but mostly because it makes the entire run pointless. What's the point of making an old version of a character if their personality is still exactly the same? Give her some experience, depth, relative maturity, whatever. Anything. No killing rule established in flashbacks is a good start, but it's just that - a start. Distance this Harley from the modern day one. Different hairdo and wrinkles are not enough, I'm afraid.

I do not recommend this comic - it's the same thing as regular Harley's series, except dressed up in different clothes. Not literally, though - her clothes are also practically the same, except dirtier.
It could have been a pretty refreshing run. I like the idea. Its execution ends up terrible, however. more

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Darkseid24 - Nov 28, 2018

She has a no killing rule? Wasn’t it stated in the first issue, that she killed Penguin? I think the Harley marrying like everyone was too much. She isn’t likable to me here.

Nihilist - Nov 28, 2018

Yeah, she mentions it herself, ironically also mentioning Pengy on the same page. She returned to Joker, but demanded he kills no one, which obviously doesn't work. But hypocritical of her or not, I have to say, it was this issue's highlight to me - it suits her, no killing. Since Dini and Timm created her, she was super compassionate, loyal and empathic, in her own twisted way. Yeah, I agree, marrying everyone was too much. One thing worse than a bad joke is a bad joke repeated multiple times.

Darkseid24 - Nov 28, 2018

I don’t think that fits her. She enjoyed killing in many stories. Remember her villains one shot, she killed children out of joy there.. As you said, she is a big hypocrite& as long as DC won’t address this, I don’t buy her her „hero“ turn in any story.

Nihilist - Nov 28, 2018

Was it something from New-52? "Harley Lives", or something like that? I truly despise the New-52 take on the character, which really ruined her completely, and definitely don't remember the classic pre-Flashpoint Harl killing children. I may be wrong, though - never claimed to have read every single comic with her, but still, killing, to me, is definitely against the character. The original one, at least.

Darkseid24 - Nov 28, 2018

Maybe the one from the animated series, but that was a show for kids. Ever since Harley was introduced in the canon timeline during No Mans Land she had no problem with killing. She helped Joker killing all those people Huntress protected in NML& also to kidnap the babies Joker wanted to kill, but shot Gordon‘s wife Sarah in the end. It was in her villains one shot during Forever Evil. She killed those kids to get Jokers attention. This story is still canon. Harley enjoyed murder, while she was

Darkseid24 - Nov 28, 2018

with Joker, No matter if it was Pre52 or New52. That’s why she is such a big hypocrite to me& why I hate her nowaydays.

Nihilist - Nov 29, 2018

Oh, Forever Evil, so around 2013. To me the problem is what direction James Patrick, and then Palmiotti and Conner took her, that counts to FE too. They've ruined the character and changed her from being more of a manipulated victim to a psychopath, just to realize people don't like it, thus they made her a bit more sympathetic. If you want to know my opinion, the best solution would be to retcon everything from last decade related to her. Scrap everything, and leave just the good Dini stuff.

Nihilist - Nov 29, 2018

Especially here, in an elseworld story. Sean Murphy did great job, ignoring all the garbage and sticking to what made Harl popular in the first place. Rebirth should have made the same, instead of just continuing the trash fan fic caravan of Palmiotti and Conner. Truly, I could care less about continuity in this case. But hey, it's Tieri, he's just piggybacking Palmiotti and Conner instead of doing something actually fresh and new.

myconius - Nov 29, 2018

i could see Harley eventually adopting a "no kill" rule. in her original origins she was never a killer until she became corrupted by the Joker. i would hope that a murderer could actually be reformed. not without proper probation, of course.

Darkseid24 - Nov 29, 2018

@Nihilist She killed Pre52 though& had no problem with it, so it’s not an issue with New52. New52 did her character more justice, because she wasn’t portrayed as a hypocrite back then. Nowadays Harley& DC just ignores the fact, that Harley killed& enjoyed killing people Pre52& New52/ Rebirth. She even killed in Rebirth& not in the nice way. She beheaded a woman remember? I also don’t blame Joker, he never forced her& there is a limit for blaming other for your own mistakes.

Darkseid24 - Nov 29, 2018

@myconius I don’t know, first step would be Harley stopping to blame Joker for her crimes. She was a big hypocrite in Injustice 2& there she was on Batmans side, while I think she didn’t deserve any better than Joker there. Even after her hero turn she still killed. Remember the mayor storyline.

Darkseid24 - Nov 29, 2018

And yeah murderers can, but I think with the Batman villains it’s different. Many of them are a bunch of psychos& Harley isn’t much different. She is the kind of girl, who would kill you, if her boyfriends demands it& laugh about it,

myconius - Dec 1, 2018

i'm all for people in real life reforming. but i find Harley Quinn much more interesting a character when she's a villain. same goes for Poison Ivy, Clayface and Red Hood (Jason Todd).

Darkseid24 - Dec 1, 2018

Totally agree. Me too.

myconius - Dec 1, 2018

a hero is only as good as their adversaries. if they keep trying to turn all of Batman's greatest foes into heroes (or anti-heroes) what will he have left?

Amazing Psycamorean - Dec 1, 2018

His libido. His one true enemy.

Darkseid24 - Dec 1, 2018

Lol exactly. Bruce kissed Harley twice anyway.

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All of the jokes fall flat. This world could've been a cool idea if you took Harley and the comedic stylings of her solo series out of this book. DC needs to fix this character so badly. This is ridiculous.