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BoP and the Evolution of Canon Harley Quinn

This isn’t a new Harley Quinn, this is the vintage HQ all polished up

  • Lindsay Traves Lindsay Traves
  • February 25, 2020
  • 4 Minute Read

The first trailer for Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One, Harley Quinn was decidedly a middle finger to the adjacent clown-themed DC flicks.

She’s solo now, our Harley Quinn, breaking free from the grills clad Joker, living the lyrics of Suicide Squad’s “You Don’t Own Me,” track, with the old crew in her rearview.  But while the film positioned itself as a self-sufficient take on the new Harley, having broken free from her green-haired beau, it ultimately stands up as the next step in Harley Quinn canon. Harley is on her canon journey of discovering the power of female friendship.

Birds of Prey isn’t the female-fronted antidote to previous iterations, it’s the continuation of the prime iteration. Paying mind to Harley’s character’s past media, Birds of Prey takes her on a journey through her history and forward into the next phase of her evolution.  This isn’t a brand-new Harley, this is the Harley, and where she is now.

Birds of Prey starts exactly where Harley began; in a cartoon. Though often viewed as a comic book favourite, Harley was created for Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. For the episode “Joker’s Favour,” HQ was created to be a one-off role, who ultimately became Joker’s love interest.  Later, a comics issue tied to TAS, “Mad Love,” told Harleen’s full back story and how she ended up stapled to her red-lipped love.

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Lindsay Traves

Lindsay Traves

After submitting her Bachelor's thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” Lindsay decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. She covers movies and games for CGMagazine and you can follow her work on Twitter @smashtraves.
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