Harley
is in a pickle, captured by the cannibals who have been eating NYC’s homeless.
Fortunately, she’s got Red Tool coming to her rescue. Lucky her.
Meanwhile,
the mayor (who once said he didn’t want to know of his aid’s plan to reduce
homelessness in the city) wants to know the details. It’s been a successful
operation, but now it’s time to pull the plug (assuming nobody is stopping up
the drain.).
But that’s
not all this issue has to offer. In a veritable sequel to Paul Dini and Bruce
Timm’s Mad Love comes the back-up feature, “Harley Loves Joker.” Though
co-written by Dini, the feature is drawn by Brett Blevins and J. Bone, who do a
bang-up job of channeling the style of the animated Batman series of 25 years
ago (Wow! Really? Has it been that long?)
Meanwhile
there is a sub-plot that has been building in recent issues, courtesy of Joseph
Michael Linsner. Something about a high-tech Batwoman journeying from 2167 to
take on Harley. I can’t say I’m terribly excited at this point, because the
teases have been coming too small to have much affect on me. Two to three pages
is not enough to whet my appetite for more.
I’d
grown weary of the Harley series, quite frankly. It’s like when they turn a SNL
skit into a two-hour movie, it’s just not funny enough in the extended format.
But the flashback to her days alongside the Joker has breathed new life into
the old gal. Unfortunately, it won’t last. Soon enough we’ll be back to trading
barbs with Red Tool or some other New Yorker on Harley’s block in Brooklyn.