I don’t know if there is anyone reading this who hasn’t also been watching the show, but I guess they want to make sure those people aren’t totally lost. While we get hints of what is yet to come for this series, a lot of the first issue is devoted to recapping the events of the show up until now. In a vacuum that’s something that I find interesting and a worthwhile topic to explore, but the show just got done exploring it. Though, through Harley’s monologue in the beginning of this issue, as well as her cagey interactions with the Bat family and Ivy, it seems that that’s going to be one of the main focuses of this story as well. Season 3 ended by having her finally come to grips with the fact that she wants to be a good guy, and that’s ok even if Ivy wants to keep being a villain. This series is, at least initially, going down a similar path with Harley’s internal conflict of how to handle being a “hero”. However, since Tee Franklin didn’t know what would happen in season 3, (or at least wasn’t allowed to reveal it) she ended up revisiting that same “what will happen between Harley and Ivy?” question that had just been resolved. It had just come off the heels of the season 2 finale, which finally settled the “will they, won’t they?” drama that had been running up until that point. This was largely because of its relationship with the show. One of my problems with the Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Eat! Bang! Kill! Tour series was that, while it was fun to read, it felt a little empty. However, it runs the risk of sharing the same feeling of being ultimately inconsequential for the world of Harley Quinn: The Animated Series and its characters. Like the last tie-in comic series for the show, this series seems to want to revisit the conflicts of the previous season, while giving plenty of extra focus to the characters’ relationships. Picking up right where season 3 of the show left off, Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats! #1 focuses on Harley’s new struggle to reconcile her heroic status with how she once thought of herself as a villain.

Harley’s back, and she’s got a new squad.

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