Issue three of the six-issue miniseries Batman: White Knight Harley Quinn deals with old Hollywood. And Harley of course.
In this well-constructed follow-up to Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight, it’s two years later. Harley is adjusting to life as a single mother, raising twins. New villains are on the rise, waking up early and disturbing everyone’s sleepy time. Old movie stars are here for their second début, it seems.
The Hollywood aspect is quite interesting, and the low-key “Post Coney-Island” Harley is an intriguingly complex character. The story, by Sean Murphy, is strongly coherent and reads well, adding more value than a typical ‘procedural cop story’.
Matteo Scalera and Dave Stewart (colours) give us solid, sober artwork too. With a few exceptions, the panels decode clearly, the story unfolds and smoulders sensibly, and we get great entertainment throughout. The characters verge on slight caricature, balancing nicely between exaggerated expression and body proportions (small heads, extra long limbs, bendy and twisty in gesture). It’s all part of the show: the cartoon and the main feature.
DC, Black Label, Batman: White Knight Harley Quinn #3 (of 6), $4.99 for 23 pages of content.
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