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Harley's Little Black Book #1 - Little Black Book

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Harley has decided it's up to her to help out Wonder Woman whether or not Wonder Woman wants her help.

How does Harley Quinn get into these sort of situations? The obvious answer is because of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. The basic story is Harley and her Gang of Harleys beat down some of the local criminal element and discover a bigger dastardly plan in motion. Wonder Woman is being targeted at her home in England. Here's something we didn't know, Harley is actually a huge Wonder Woman fan. That means she'll be cooking up a plan to head over there in a way only Harley can in order to help out Wonder Woman.

Conner and Palmiotti make the situation pretty much as absurd as you would expect. Regardless of other possible ways for Harley to help, she's doing to do it in her style, regardless if Wonder Woman actually wants or needs her help. This is what gives us the wacky story. We find out the story behind Harley's fascination with Wonder Woman. What goes down in England is pretty priceless.

We're treated to some amazing art. Conner gives us over twenty pages of art with John Timms doing the rest. I'm sure I don't need to mention how great it is seeing Conner on interiors. The colors by Paul Mounts and Hi-Fi help mesh together Conner and Timms' art so the change doesn't really pull you out of the story. Does this story change the status of Harley or Wonder Woman in the DC Universe? No. It's not meant to. This is just a great comic to dive into and forget about everything around you.

It should also be mentioned there is something different going on with the variant covers. This obviously doesn't affect the score but DC is doing a blind-polybagged variant (by J. Scott Campbell here) in three different versions (penciled, inked, and colored). You can see how it all works in this VIDEO.

Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are still having a blast writing Harley Quinn and it shows. Only these two could come up with such a wacky team up between Harley and Wonder Woman and make it work in this fashion. John Timms' art is great but it's a treat to see Conner's art in the interiors as well. If you're looking for a nice escape and dig what Conner and Palmiotti are doing with Harley, you're going to love this issue.