Saturday, July 21, 2007

Bright Lights, Big City part 1: Welcome to Metropolis


Harley Quinn #14
January 2002
This issue opens with Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy having a run-in with the police squad of Metropolis, that has been specially designed to bring in super-powered baddies. However, they didn't count on Harley being insane enough to escape by driving her bike off a hundred-foot drop. The book then jumps back to earlier in the day where we see the two wandering villains have decided to set up shop in Metropolis. After a brief tussle with Thorn, who the two quickly subdue & place in a public/embarrassing situation, we see them rejoin the opening scene, where they survive their fall, thanks to Ivy's plant controlling ability. The two villains then get themselves a penthouse suite, as they are lucky enough to arrive when the owner kills herself, thus allowing them free reign of the place. We then follow Harley as she has a chance meeting with Jimmy Olson, who allows Harley to get a job as the new love/advice columnist for the Daily Planet. Let the mayhem begin

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