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Full text of "Harleen Volume 1-3 (Stjepan Sejic)
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STJEPAN SEJIC
STORY AND ART
GABRIELA DOWNIE
LETTERS
STJEPAN SEJIC
COVER AND VARIANT COVER
HARLEY QUINN CREATED BY
PAUL DINI AND BRUCE TIMM
) FIVE DAYS.
AFTER...THE MUG,
HOW THE HELL DID
1 GET HEREPY
I MEAN, IT WAS THREE IN THE
MORNING, AND THERE I WAS
WIDE AWAKE ON MY BED,
MENTALLY BACKTRACKING MY
WAY THROUGH LIFE...
«CONNECTING THE DOTS
THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN THE
DREAM I’D JUST HAD.
THEY SAY A LAWYER WHO DEFENDS
THEMSELF HAS A FOOL FOR A CLIENT.
I WONDER IF THE SAME IS TRUE FOR
PSYCHIATRISTS?
ANYHOW...PATIENT’S NAME:
HARLEEN QUINZEL.
PATIENT’S BAD COLLEGE
EXPERIENCE LED TO YEARS
OF EMOTIONAL ISOLATION.
PATIENT LATER CHANGED HER WORK
ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT HAD LITTLE
EVEN WHEN SHE WAS SURROUNDED EFFECT ON HER SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
BY PEOPLE, SHE WAS ALONE--SHYING THE ONLY PERSON SHE TALKED TO WAS
AWAY FROM RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE " A GRUFF SECURITY CHIEF WHO RARELY ———
SHE FELT THERE WERE ALWAYS PEOPLE EVEN CRACKED A SMILE.
WATCHING, WAITING, EAGER TO THIS LED TO A LOT OF
MAKE HER THE BUTT OF THEIR JOKES. UNRESOLVED RESENTMENT
AND ANGER.
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IT MADE A SAD KIND OF SENSE
THAT IN THE END, I GRAVITATED TO.
THE ONE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY
SEEMED TO NEED ME...
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«THE ONE PERSON WHO.
MAYBE EVEN LIKED ME... d
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THE PERSON WHO TWICE
HELD MY L/FE IN HIS HANDS.
THE FIRST TIME HE GAVE
ME NIGHTMARES...
THE SECOND
TIME...
WELL, THE SECOND TIME HE
GAVE ME SOME VERY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF DREAMS...
THAT DOES
SEEM TO BE THE
PREVAILING OPINION AMONG
THE BIRDS, THE CATS, AND
THE BATS...
HOWEVER, I DO.
ASSURE YOU THIS SENSE
OF CONTROL 'S JUST
AN ILLUSIONS
os YES...VERY
DIFFERENT.
OR
MAYBE...
MAD PERSON'S
DELUSION?
STILL IN
YOUR LAB COAT.
UNIFORMS...THEY DO.
BRING A CERTAIN SENSE
OF CONTROL WITH
THEM, DON'T
THEY?
OKAY, CARDS ON THE TABLE:
I SPENT FIVE HOURS SORTING
THROUGH THE MAD HATTER’S
PATIENT HISTORY, SO THERE WAS
SOME OF THAT IN MY DREAM
AS WELL,
OR YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE
COME HERE!
rN
LAY
BUT THE REST
OF IT WAS ALL
HIM.
HEH,..WELL,
IL GUESS THAT
DOES MAKE
SENSE...
) DESPERATELY WISHED
I COULD HAVE CALLED
IT A NIGHTMARE...
..BECAUSE THE TRUTH
WAS TOO DISTURBING.
HE GOT UNDER
MY SKIN.
I DIDN'T JUST SNAP
OUT OF THAT DREAM
FEELING SWEATY.
I WOKE UP
WET...
=a X
COVERING THE
CAMERA WHILE ALONE
INA ROOM WITH
THE JOKER?
NO! 1 SAW
THOSE PREVIOUS
INTERVIEWS. THIS IS
DIFFERENT!
1 HAD TO.
HE FELT WATCHED.
IT’S...HE WAS BACKING OUT
AFTER 1’D GOTTEN HIM TO
OPEN UP TO ME.
WHAT MAKES:
YOU THINK YOURE SO SPECIAL
THAT HE WOULD OPEN UP TO YOU WHEN
FAR MORE SEASONED PSYCHIATRISTS
HAVE Lea arties AND OVER:
AGAIN?
WHAT /$
WRONG WITH
Your!
OH FOR
CRYING OUT LOUD,
DR. QUINZEL, JOKER HAS SO
FAR “OPENED UP” TO SIX DIFFERENT
PSYCHIATRISTS--AND BY OPENED 1
MEAN OPENED THE SEWAGE
DRAIN AND SPILLED HIS
BULLSHIT!
DR. QUINZEL
YOU ARE A PROMISING
PSYCHIATRIST. I UNDERSTAND YOUR’
EAGERNESS, BUT I MUST INSIST
THAT YOU EXERC/SE EXTREME
CAUTION WITH THESE.
PEC
OR. STRANGE,
HE |S COMPLETELY
RESTRAINED. PLEASE. LET
ME CONTINUE THIS.
ae STAY
I DON’T LIKE LIVING
ors DANGEROUSLY!
FINE. TELL
JENNIFER TO HAVE YOU
SIGN A WA/VER. I’M NOT
HAVING YOU SUE ARKHAM.
ASYLUM JUST BECAUSE
YOU LIKE LIVING
DANGEROUSLY.
MEANT THAT.
S AND I HONESTLY
IT’S JUST...
WELL, EVERY TIME I RELEASED HIM FROM WHAT HAVE
HIS STRAITJACKET, TO FULLY GAIN HIS TRUST, YOU DONE TO
WE ENDED UP LIKE THIS SOMEHOW... Me?
IF ANYONE
ELSE FREED ME LIKE
THIS L’D HAVE PUNISHED
THEIR STUPIDITY
WITHOUT A SECOND
THOUGHT...
HAH! T KNEW
THAT SM/LE WOULD
BE AMAZING/ I'M SO
GLAD I DIDN'T PULL
THE TRIGGER THAT
NIGHT!
1 KNOW SHE
SIGNED IT BUT I'M
STILL GONNA CHECK
(ON HER,
WAS THAT {
FLIRTING...OR A
THRE/ /
NOBODY'S
DONE THAT FOR ME...
NOT FOR A LONG,
LONG TIME,
ou?
THOUGHT YOU Uf
WERE OUT OF
BULLETS? / |
FOR YOU?
NEVER! / |
{
DON’T
BUCKLE ALL OF
THEM!
Hi
DOC! JusT
WANTED TO SEE
IF YOU NEEDED ©
ANYTHING.
gust, YOu
KNOW, IF THIS AN/MAL
TRIES ANYTHING
sTu--
ALSO...
MR. BRONSON,
I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO
REFRAIN FROM CALLING MY
PATIENTS ANIMALS OR BEASTS
OR MONSTERS OR ANYTHING (J
OF THE KIND FROM
NOW ON.
ARE
HARLEY...I ALSO, YOU'RE WE GONNA
LOVE WHEN YOU GOOD AT THIS WHOLE NEED A SAFE
SMILE. BUT...DAMN, Y RESTRAINING THING...LIKE worl? f
YOU ARE SEXY WHEN y YOU'VE-DONE-THIS-BEFORE
YOU'RE ANGRY! KIND OF GOOD.
1 Just
DON’T LIKE HIM
USING THAT
WORD.
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IT’S JUST...
SOME OF US LOST
FRIENDS DURING HIS LAST
BREAKOUT AND... YOU
KNOW WHAT?
DOESN'T
MATTER, POINT IS
IT’S OKAY,
MR. BRONSON.
JUST MAKE
IT A RULE NOT TO
INTERRUPT MY SESSIONS
ANYMORE AND WE'RE
FINE. DEAL?
DEAL!
HEY, DOC...
YOU REALLY DO
THINK YOU CAN
HELP HIM,
HUH?
Une» Dae DM IT WON'T HAPPEN
SORRY ABOUT THE AGAIN.
WHOLE THING IN
THERE.
WHAT MAKES:
YOU THINK YOL/RE SO SPECIAL
THAT HE WOULD OPEN UP TO YOU
WHEN FAR MORE SEASONED
PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE FA/LED
OVER AND OVER
AGAIN?
AND THATS HOW I KNOW I CAN
HELP HIM. IN FACT, I’M THE ONLY
‘ONE WHO CAN.
1 SEE THAT
vou =a DOCTOR-PATIENT
SPOKE TO MY CONFIDENTIALITY STOP IT,
DOCTOR? MEANS L/TTLE TO HARVEY:
a GOTHAM GENERA THEY
HOSPITAL. CONTACTED
ME BECAUSE YOU
REFUSED TO CALL
THEM BACK. J
YOU HAVE
CONFIRMED BRAIN
DAMAGE, AND IF WE PLAY OUR
CARDS RIGHT WE CAN MAKE THAT
WHOLE TV INCIDENT DISAPPEAR
AND GET YOU YOUR
JOB BACK!
T DON'T HARVEY, COME I TOLD ALL RIGHT...
THINK 50, ON, MAN. TALK TO ME! YOU, I'M DOING JUST KEEP ME IN
J AT LEAST LET ME COME FINE. THE LOOP,
SEE YOU! L gust
WANT TO RECOVER
ON MY OWN
IT WAS A
SHORT EPISODE.
I’M BETTER
NOW.
EVENING,
SIR. NO CAUSE
FOR ALARM, DOT LaOR
TL ASSURE ALARMED?
You.
WELL IF IT’S.
~ NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE,
wile cake oe. S BBD sie, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND
e I WANTED TO MEET A TRUE HERO OF
FOR YOU? GOTHAM IN PERSON, SHAKE HIS
HAND, AND HAVE A
TALK...
SEE, WE ALL
WATCHED YOUR BIG SPEECH
ON TV AND...WELL, WE HAPPEN
TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON
GOTHAM’S PROBLEMS
WITH CRIME.
WE THOUGHT
THAT MAYBE TOGETHER,
UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP,
WE COULD IMPLEMENT A
PERMANENT
SOLUTION.
HE SEEMS
LIKE A SMART MAN,
‘A GOOD MAN. WHY
N’T YO
YOU'RE WITH UKE 1 SAID,
THE EXECUTIONERS. WE ALL SAW YOUR
YOU MURDERED MARON/ SPEECH THAT DAY,
Hl Ici ‘MR. DENT.
INSPIRING AND
APPRECIATED.
TALKING
AMONGST OURSELVES,
WE REALIZED WE NEED TO
TAKE THE EXECUTIONERS
TO THE NEXT
LEVEL.
AND
WHO BETTER TO
LEAD US THAN
you?
I’M AN
OFFICER OF THE
COURT.
THAT'S RIGHT,
AND YOU SINGLE-HANDEDLY
LED THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
FALCONE FAMILY IN YOUR SECOND
YEAR AS DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
TWAS
THERE, SIR.
THE WAY WE
SEE IT, ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO |S PROSECUTE, POINT
US AT THE GUILTY PARTIES AND
WE'LL DO THE REST.
AFTER
ALL, THAT’S WHAT
THE EXECUTIONERS
ARE FOR.
COME ON, BUT YOU
HARVEY! YOU THOUGHT WERE ALL ALONE, THEN. AND
ABOUT IT FOR YEARS,..EVEN NOW WE'RE TOGETHER IN THIS,
AND THEY CAN BE
BEFORE MARON|, YOU KNEW
THE WAY TO WAKE UP
THIS CITY!
‘AS WELL.
WE
CAN DO IT IF
WE SHOW THEM
THE WAY. fl
I FIND
THIS HELPS MY
DECISION-
f AND IF FOMETHING
WE’RE GONNA MAKE THAT WILL FORCE THEIR
THIS CITY WAKE UP, WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO DO MAKE THEM
SOMETUNG) AcTI
GOTHAN'? oREATEsT
50...HEADS,
IT’S BLACKGATE
PENITENTIARY.
TRUE FOLUTION
To _OUR CITY’? UNewE
BRAND OF REPEAT
.. OFFENPER?. -
—— 70 Wn
me NE LET LO09E
_ THE WOLIE?| ==
ALL OF THEM
m= WE FINGE THE GREATEST
TRIZON BREAKOUT EVER, =
PETTING ALL THIF CITY'Z
MONATER? BACK
UPON IT.
Z NIGHT Of
” oor 10 roOnce
THE POLITICIAN?
10 ACT!
WE ONE CHANGE,
NE CHOICE,
EVER SINCE
MY COMA I’VE BEEN
HAVING SOME...DIFFICULTIES
DISTINGUISHING FANTASY
FROM REALITY.
XN
HAND...AKE THEM AFRAIZ...
ARR EAM ASYEUM
' .
$0
WHAT WAS
IT LIKE?
‘I MEAN,
FULL-BODY NERVE
DAMAGE SEEMS...
‘SURREAL,
WELL...WHEN
I FELL IN THE CHEMICALS, IT
FELT LIKE I WAS SET ON FIRE. BUT
LATER IT FELT LIKE MY WHOLE BODY
WAS NUMBED WITH NOVOCAIN.
AND IT’S BEEN LIKE THAT
EVER SINCE.
EVERYTHING
WORKS... BUT
TOUCH HAS TO BE...
INTENSE.
AHEM. ANYWAYS, IT WAS GOING
GREAT. MR. BRONSON WAS A MAN
OF HIS WORD AND MY SESSIONS WITH
MR. JAY REMAINED UNINTERRUPTED,
AS FOR MY OTHER PATIENTS,
RESULTS WERE A MIXED BAG.
SOME REMAINED
FRUSTRATINGLY UNCHANGED...
NOT MUCH, BUT 1
THOUGHT YOU WOULD
GIVEN YOUR SPECIAL
CONDITION.
(T WAS A SLOW PROCESS, BUT
THERE WAS HOPE. LITTLE BY LITTLE
HE OPENED UP TO ME. BIT BY BIT,
I LEARNED MORE ABOUT HIM.
ALSO THAT NIGHT I MAYOR f
MAY NOT HAVE FANTASIZED
ABOUT MY NAILS IN HIM, a
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SOON I
REALIZED THAT ARKHAM ITSELF HAD
GROWN ON ME. THE BUSY DAYS
AND THE LONG NIGHT SHIFTS.
I/D OFTEN MAKE USE OF THE TIME
TO VISIT MR. JAY AND INDULGE IN
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION.
IT WAS BABY STEPS, SURE.
NEVERTHELESS, T WAS
MAKING PROGRESS.
a
LEARNING NEW
THINGS.
DISCARDING OLD
(MISCONCEPTIONS...
50 THE
WEEKS TURNED TO MONTHS. EVEN THOUGH ti JACKET STAYS ON
MY SCHEDULE SAID SESS/ONS, WHAT WE TODAY?
SHARED WERE DATES... MINUS THE WINING - Ste
AND DINING, AND WITH EXCESSIVE SECURITY Bx f YEAH, I
RESTRAINTS THROWN INTO THE MIX. 7 WANT TO GET
SOME WORK DONE
5 AND YOU GET
AND YES, I'M AWARE HANDSY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME \
DEVELOPING FET/SH... POT?
KETTLE?
BUT THAT WASWYT IT. TRUTH WAS I HAD
FALLEN /W LOVE. IT WAS A THOUGHT THAT
WOULD’VE TERRIFIED ME ONCE, BUT NOW
MADE ME START EVERY DAY WITH A SMILE.
I EVEN RECEIVED NEWS THAT THE FINANCIAL
BOARD WAS ALLOCATING MORE WAYNE GRANT
MONEY TO MY RESEARCH, MEANING ASSISTANTS
AND EQUIPMENT! IT WAS ALL WITHIN MY REACH.
yo
EVERYTHING WAS
COMING UP HARLEY!
WELL, ALMOST
EVERYTHING.
1 GUESS
IT'S GOOD THAT HE'S
I DON'T HERE TO INTERROGATE
KNOW... THE THE JOKER AND
GUY IS JUST NOT YOU.
CREEPY.
INTERROGATE?,
WAIT,
PRIYA, WHO ARE
YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
WHAT r
IN HEAVEN’S NAME
MADE YOU THINK COMING
HERE UNANNOUNCED AND |
INTERROGATING MY
PATIENTS WAS.
OKAY?
LAM WOT
COMMISSIONER GORDON
AND YOU ARE NOT
WELCOME TO DO AS YOU
PLEASE WITH MY
PATIENTS!
I DION'T
WORK FIVE MONTHS
WITH THE JOKER FOR
YOU TO RUIN IT
NOW!
A DIFFICULT.
TASK WHEN YOU
KEEP BREAKING
HIS BONES,
BATMAN!
A SHIVER RAN
THROUGH MY BODY.
I WAS
GONNA SAY
SCARY.
DR. QUINZEL,
I'M HERE
ON AN URGENT
MATTER. ONE OF
THE JOKER'S KNOWN
ASSOCIATES WAS
FOUND--
BE CAREFUL
WITH HIM, DR, QUINZEL,
VERY WELL. IF YOU STARE INTO.
TLL LEAVE HIM IN THE ABYSS LONG
YOUR HANDS. ENOUGH-~
HOWEVER...
You
MAY FIND A
BROKEN MAN
TRYING TO CLIMB
RIGHT THERE, I REALIZED
SUST HOW MUCH THIS FELT
LIKE MY DREAM WITH
‘THE BAT BEAST.
HEY, DOC.
THINK
TM READY
FOR SOME
THERAPY.
AND I'D BEEN ON THE
SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT
PILL FOR ABOUT TWO
WEEKS.
IT WAS A SPUR-OF-THE-
MOMENT DECISION.
BECAUSE WE WAS THE SUBJECT
OF MOST OF IY SPUR-OF-THE-
MOMENT WAKING THOUGHTS...
ON A WHIM, 1
ARRANGED A DATE.
NOTHING PREMEDITATED
ABOUT IT.
ON A WHIM, I FOUND MYSELF
CARRYING MAKEUP FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE COLLEGE.
AND MY OH MY, WHO KNEW
WHERE MY NEXT WHIM
MIGHT TAKE ME...
OH MY GOD,
HARLEY! WHAT THE
FUCK ARE YOU
DOING?
THIS |5 $0.
AND s
YET..HERE TAM,
READY TO RISK IT
ALL--MyY LIFE, MY
P GermNg =
DOLLED UP BECAUSE
WANT TO SHOW
HIM THAT HE'S
NEEDED...
BECAUSE
nS ee END OF THE DAY,
1 AM THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP
I GUESS THAT WAS WHY:
THE WHOLE BATMAN THING
MADE ME SNAP.
(TWAS WHAT HE’D SAID
THAT NIGHT, MONTHS AGO...
50 rou 4
| BELIEVE THERE |S
FOR
THEM? 7 1 HOPE
THERE IS.
EVEN THE ©
» JOKER?
BECAUSE...IT MADE ME FEEL GU/LTY.
BECAUSE I'D FELT THE SAME ONCE...
y
Atm ©
i VAM
MANY HAVE TRIED...ME?
TLL SUCCEED.
WHY? BECAUSE I
SIMPLY CARED ABOUT
HIM MORE.
ar
é
a Ere
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT
FOR A SECOND. HE DIDN'T
THINK JAY COULD BE HELPED.
BUT THAT DAY 1 SAW HIM
SMILE AND THOUGHT OF
BATMAN’S WORDS AGAIN.
I TRUSTED
HIM MORE.
BEFORE I SANK INTO
THE BLISS, 1 REMEMBER
CHUCKLING SOFTLY.
HE WHISPERED,
WHAT’S FUNNY?
1 SAID, T WANTED TO
HEAL YOUR SCARS,
BUT HERE I AM ADDING |
SOME OF MY OWN.
y
I THINK HE SMILED. ©
I SMILED IN MY BED LATER \(w ie \
| THAT NIGHT...MY MIND SWIMMING ye ‘ FULL OF HOPE. I COULD DO
IN THE AFTERMATH OF IT ALL, FULL a Py) e IT! I WOULD BE THE ONE WHO
OF IDEAS, FULL OF PLANS... o (by \ ) ‘SAVED HIM. I WAS THE ONLY
“ ONE WHO COULD.
H
IT WAS AN EGOTISTICAL, SELFISH THOUGHT,
“WITH THAT. I MEAN, LET'S Mate ielaad any
CARED ABOUT HIM...
-
~
AND IN MY DREAMS, HE
DID JUST THAT.
© IT FELT RIGHT.
ALMOST PROPHETIC.
DELUSIONAL THOUGH
IT WAS IN THE END, I
TRULY BELIEVED IT.
FIRST, I WOULD
‘SAVE HIM...
i
THEN I WOULD SAVE
"THIS CITY OF MONSTERS.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
DREAM IT WAS...
“IT HAD BEEN FIVE MONTHS SINCE
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT ss ID LIKE 1 SAID, FIVE MONTHS LATER
DREAM WAS ABOUT TO END. Diodati ial eo BOTH BECOME MURDERERS.
7
WELL,
1 GUESS THIS
16 IT.
YOU KNOW, Ag IT WAS A
BACK IN MY EARLY Hy JOKE. BUT THE TRUTH
CAMPAIGNING DAYS, I USED i 15, IN ORDER FOR GOTHAM TO
TO SAY, “JUSTICE 'S BLINDFOLDED, 1 BECOME A CITY OF LAW AND ORDER,
WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND HER A RIGHT HOOK |S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED
BACK, BUT I’LL MAKE SURE SHE 4 » TO PUT THE SWORD BACK IN
CAN AT LEAST THROW A JUSTICE’S HANDS.
MEAN RIGHT
HOOK.”
ANP MAKE
NO MIZTAKE, THAT IF
OUR PURPO7E HERE
TONIGHT.
We WILL
UNLEAGH HORRORS UPON
THE CITY AND THEY WILL 766,
THEY WILL REALE THAT THE ONLY
WAY 10 FIP THI¢ APNE 17 TO
VO WHAT NEEVZ 10 4
BE DONE 4
€XECUTIONERA! 4
v0 ae wth
LOOP NEEP 66
FPILED..
“va THEN SO
BE IT!”
AND HE
SAYS YOU'RE THE
ONE TO KICK
IT OFF.
HAVE Fut
IN
YOU NEED
FERTILE SOIL TO
DO YOUR... THING,
RIGHT?
THE
GROUNDHOG SENT
US! SEEMS AN EARLY
SPRING \S \N
ORDER.
THIS
SHOULD GET YOU
STARTED.
Le in
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GOTHAM
NOW, RISE \S YOURS FOR THE
EVERYBODY... AND SHINE... TAKING!
A PAROLE?
ALREADY? MUST
BE MY GOOD
BEHAVIOR!
OW
NO, JUST THE
CONTRARY!
WE WANT
YOU TO D0 WHAT YOU
DO BEST: STEAL, BURN,
WND KILL, THAT PUTS
DOESN'T IT?
HEY, THAT
MAKES ME SOUND LIKE
SUCH A ONE-NOTE
VILLAIN!
MAYBE, BUT NO
ONE PLAYS THAT NOTE
GETTER.
HOW KIND!
BUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR
YOU? I'VE READ THE PAPERS,
AREN'T YOU PEOPLE ALL OUR
ABOUT EXECUTING PURPOSE IS NONE
CRIMINALS? (1's RIGHT OF YOUR BUSINESS,
THERE IN THE
NAME... NOW LEAVE!
BUT I GUESS
YOU CAN'T TEACH A
MAD DOG SANE
TRICKS! \
ALL RIGHT,
UGLY! TIME TO GO
BACK TO THE
SEWERS!
HEY,
PSYCHOS! THESE GUYS
ARE THOSE EXECUTIONERS
AND THEY'RE HERE TO
Kil US ALLS
AH YES,
THIS IS GONNA BE
A WONDERFUL
NIGHT!
NIGHT. T WAS THE NIGHT SHIFT DOCTOR ON
DUTY AND I'D PLANNED ON SOME PRIVATE
THERAPY WITH MR. JAY...
g IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WONDERFUL
WHAT I DIDN‘T.
PLAN ON WAS... WELL...
ARMAGEDDON.
ARE YOU
CRAZY? GET THAT
WATER CANNON OUT OF
HERE! IF MR. FREEZE
GETS TO IT WE'RE
FUCKED!
COMMISSIONER!
A CIVILIAN!
COMMISSIONER
DOCTOR,
STAY DOWNS
WHAT WAIT,
THE EXECUTIONERS?
DION’T HAPPEN?! WE
GOT A CALL FROM STRANGE, Sad apt re ore
THE EXECUTIONERS.
GORDON, WHAT...WHAT
HAPPENED? £
WHAT? NO!
THEY SET THEM FREES
THE INMATES ARE TEAMING UP
AND TAKING HOSTAGES! THEY'VE
STOLEN THEIR WEAPONS BACK
AND NOW ALL HELL HAS
BROKEN LOOSE!
AND
WE'RE GETTING
REPORTS THAT KILLER
* AND BATG/RL ARE CROC \S RUNNING AROUND
WE'VE TRYING TO SAVE THE THE HALLS EATING
GOT BATMAN IN HOSTAGES FROM PEOPLE!
THERE FIGHTING FREEZE. IF YOU HAVE 3 WE
BANE. SOME VACATION GLIMPSED
DAYS YOU CAN TAKE, HIM ALIVE
THIS WOULD BE A INSIDE.
GOOD TIME TO >
DoIsc SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS ARE THE
ONLY THING STILL
WORKING..
DOCTOR!
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LOVE MAKES YOU
DO CRAZY THINGS.
T WAS NEVER
BRAVE. NEVER HAD
A REASON TO BE...
THAT DAY, AS I RAN INTO
THE HAUNTING DARKNESS OF
AN ARKHAM CROWNED BY
FIRE...I FOUND MY REASON.
THE POWER WAS
OUT. IN A STRANGE
WAY, MAYBE IT WAS
FOR THE BEST.
GORDON SAID THE CAMERAS WERE
OPERATIONAL, WHICH MEANT THE
SECURITY STATION WAS STILL RUNNING
ON ITS OWN EMERGENCY GENERATOR.
I MADE MY WAY THERE, TRYING:
TO FIND JAY.
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, | ON THE
BY THEN I KNEW MY i DARKER SIDE...
WAY AROUND ARKHAM.
s. OTHERS DID TOO.
WAYLON, STOP! YOUR...
YOUR CONDITION DOESN’T
HAVE TO DEFINE
You!
I’M PAST
FIGHTING THIS
“CONDITION”
DocToR.
UKE T
TOLD YOU...WE LIVE
IN A MAN-EAT-MAN WORLD.
ME? I'M TOP OF THI sd
OH, I'VE
BEEN LOOKING
FOR You!
YOU'VE
e@ EATEN PLENTY
WHAT’S THE BIG. & TODAY!
IDEA?! SA
aul > \ ‘ NOW
oo | |. LEAVE!
THAT’S...1.
THINK THAT’S KILLER:
CROC?
(1S Wyt i, co
AND DON’T THANK AFTER
ALL, YOU'RE ONLY
TRIALY SAVED IF YOU J
LEAVE THIS
1GOTTA
FIND A WAY OUT
OF THIS FUCKING
PLACE...
IGOTTA
GET OUT!
HEYA,
GEORGE! HOW'S
LUCK TREATING
YA TODAY?
GET--
GET BACK OR
T+
RELAX,
GEORGE! IT’S JUST
ME, YOUR OLD PAL JAY!
I WOULDN'T HURT YOU! YOU
BROUGHT ME THAT F/LE/
REMEMBER?
J LEFT OR
Y-YEAH...I RIGHT CORRIDOR, THEY
HELPED YOU, SO | BOTH HAVE STAIRCASES THAT
YOu'LL HELP LEAD DOWN THERE.
2
ME? THING 15,
I’M PRETTY SURE I
HEARD MR. ZSASZ DOING HIS
6tG, WHILE Hisles one Cs THEM, ao
THE MAIN EXITS ARE ‘di Ick ONE AND a
BLOCKED, 1 HAPPEN TO PRAY!
KNOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR
WAY OUT OF THE ASYLUM
THROUGH THE BOILER
ROOM!
10
SAY YOUR ODDS
ARE PRETTY MUCH
FIFTY-FIFTY.
LF!
e >) * tay a
“IT DOESN'T GET ee y r oy STOP RIGHT
MORE FAIR THAN Ang : Z, THERE! \DENTIFY
THAT!" } — i d ey YOURSE
WAIT! I KNOW
HIM! THAT’S HARVEY
DENT, THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY!
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YUP. THE MURDEROUS
JANIAC WITH A JUSTICE
MW
TO REMEMBER MY NAME.
FETISH WAS THE ONE MAN
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5 . =
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NIGHT SHIFT?
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y
I...UH,
I’M GETTING
MY FILES.
MY...UM~
RESEARCH?
Y-YEAH.
AND 1...1 SHOULD
baie REORT
YOU'RE WITH,
WITH THEM, At
THE EXECUTIONERS?
WHAT WAS IT?
PEOPLE IN PROLONGED
TECHNICALLY WELL, ISI STRESSFUL SITUATIONS
THEY'RE WITH PLEASE, THAT THE BIG MIGHT PERMANENTLY LOSE
ME. MR. DENT. YOU'RE QUESTION? THE ABILITY TO FEEL
A 600 MAN. WHY DO EMPATHY?
WHY== GOOD PEOPLE JUST
SWAP? 1 BELIEVE YOU ae
HAD A THEORY ON 2
THAT?
HOW'S:
TWENTY YEARS AS A
PROSECUTOR, DEALING WITH
THE WORST GOTHAM HAS TO OFFER,
PUTTING THEM BEHIND BARS ONLY
TO SEE THEM ESCAPE OR BE
RELEASED OVER AND
TWENTY
YEARS LISTENING TO
EVERY EXCUSE IN
THE BOOK.
“IT WAS
THEIR HARSH
LIFE.”
“IT WAS
OVER AGAIN? THEIR ABUSIVE
FAMILY.”
SIT WAS.
THE FUCKING
volcEs”!
mn
NO, POCTOR!
WERE ON MY TNE ©)
NOW. Tn YOUR PATIENT
A AND YOU WILL 4
: LgTEN!
AND YOU
KNOW WHAT? I GET IT
NOW. I CAN COMMISERATE.
NOW I TOO CAN HEAR
THE VOICES,
td
AN? YOU
WILL HELP
WHY
THIS? WHY
~ ATTACK ARKHAM
YOU BELIEVE . ASYLUM?
'N REHABILITATION 70
MUCH, epee
“40 90-9
< IT! HELP Me,
vocton!
ONCE
” AGAN, THE JOKER HAD
HUH? 7 ECATED FROM ARKHAM.
I Ag TIRED
OF INNOCENT PEOPLE DYING
BECAUSE THOFE OF UF IN
{POWER LACKED THE COURAGE 10
UE THE ONE THING THAT COUL?
PERMANENTLY PROTECT
5 OTH ie cATDEN?.
HE GNORV
ne KEPT OUT oF”
| THE HAND? OF
W7TICE.
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eur / ONLY TO KILL TWELVE
4 PEOPLE
DOEWNT LEAVE
THIF ROOM,
O-OKAY.
fae ON
1 FOUGHT iis
WITH A PGE WHO KEPT
ENDING JOKER BACK TO
ARKHAM ON. RECOMMENDATION?
FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU,
BUNZEL.
v AND THE
REAL MICKER 19, EVEN HE
le VIN'T THINK THE JOKER
BELONGED HERE.
\" THE W76E
ENT Hi TO. ARKHAM
BECAUZE HE THOUGHT
_ sOKER WOULD BE AN EVEN
WORZ€ THREAT AT
\" BLACKGATE!
TH WAG ”
yr THe COMARVICE OF
OUR LEGAL WeTem AT
IT FINEST AND NG
verge IT!
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THAT VAY I LOOKE? AT ARKHAM, )
IN THE AZTANCE ANZ THOUGHT,
WHAT IF WE WU9T RELEAZED
ALL OF THEM?
~ eveRY
LAgT BEAST CAGED
WITHIN,
AN? WHAT IF 75
P WE LET THEM RIP AND TEAR
TAROUGH TH CURZED CITY UNTIL
EVEN THE ZOFTEAT BLEEDING HEART
WOULD FINALLY ADMIT THERE §
Ai WA NO nan fOr
IN A GAP
ATTACK,
We DROPPED "i
THAT IZEA. IT WAZ WRONG.
kh NE WERE ENBARKAZZED OF
THI7 VARKNEZ7 GROWING y
ITH UF, gy
“BUT NOW...
EWE ap THING?
CLEARLY.
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THE WORLD
AND YOU” INR. DENT.
KNOW WHAT? YOU YOU...YOU
WERE MoH. IT HELPED SAYING WE,
U9 9766 THE WORLP
_DFFERENTLY
> HeLrer
UF DATINGUIZH
THE NNOCENT FROM)
Ka THE GUILTY.
WELL... THERE'S:
ME, A SIMPLE PROSECUTOR.
AND THEN THERE’S THE JUDGE.
‘I JUST MAKE THE CASE, BUT HE
DECIDES WHO LIVES AND
WHO DIES...
MR. DENT, v a
PLEASE! \ NO!_NO MORE
y EAUING, VOCTOR "%
YOU ARE ACCUZE? OF
\
MOAT VANGEROUZ CRIMINALS
(N10 HEL? Hem
Hel E)
a “APE THEIR
ge "PUNIPHMENT!
oS
nd
in
NOW THAT’S
CHEATING!
TAY!
OW NOW!
DON'T THINK YOU'RE
DISTRACTING ME THAT
EASILY, DOC!
I THOUGHT I
WAS YOUR FAVORITE
HOMICIDAL
MANIAC!
AND HERE
IT FIND YOU HAVING
‘A ONE-ON-ONE WITH
ANOTHER FREAK!
FOR SHAME!
NO WAY!
HARVEY DENT,
AS I LIVE AND
BREATHE!
Sir
Py
EID:
+ SOMETIME
TO SEE IT, BUT THAT'S
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET
OTHERS MAKE DECISIONS
OR YOU...
NOW DON’T
WORRY, HARVEY. I’M
NOT GOING TO KILL YOU.
I’M GONNA DO WHAT
MY HAIRSTYLIST
ALWAYS SAYS...
NOW, ME?
I’M AN INDEPENDENT
FELLA, A REAL IN-THE-
MOMENT KIND OF
f GUY.
ww JUST
GOING TO EVEN
OUT A
You
BiT! UD
Y-YES!
I MEAN, WITH MY
HELP WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
REDUCE YOUR SENTENCE
AND THEN...
HOW
COULD I SAY
NO TO THIS /
Le
I MEAN...WE
COULD...
HARLEY,
DON’T KID
YOURSELF.
MR. BRONSON!
OH THANK
GOD YOU'RE
ALIVE!
, COME ON,
LET’S GO! YOU CAN
SURRENDER TO THE POLICE
gem OUTSIDE AND I'LL TESTIFY
THAT YOU SAVED
MeL
THE EXECUTIONERS:
ARE COPS/ WHAT MAKES YOU
THINK THOSE OUTSIDE ARE
ANY DIFFERENT?
WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I
TOLD YOU I DIDN'T KILL
YOUR FRIENDS?
NO! PLEASE,
MR. BRONSON, JUST
LISTENS a WASN'T
HIM!
BECAUSE IT
WAS HARVEY
1 DON'T
KNOW WHO THIS
1S. HIS FACE IS
MANGLED.
IN A MOMENT OF
ADRENALINE-FUELD PANIC
I GRAB DENT’S GUN,
DENT...
D.A. HARVEY
DENT?
YES,
HE'S RIGHT
THERE!
DOC...WHAT KIND
OF GAME ARE YOU
PLAYING?
I JUST WANT
TO HELP. D
NONE
(T WAS A MOMENT OF
INESCAPABLE FINALITY.
ALL HE EVER WAS, ALL HE
EVER WOULD BE, GONE.
AND THE SAME WAS TRUE
FOR HARLEEN QUINZEL.
I REMEMBER TWO THINGS
WITH ABSOLUTE CLARITY.
FIRST, I COULDN’
BLINE
I COULDN'T DROP IT BECAUSE BUT IN A DESPERATE MOMENT OF
AND SECOND... I WAS CONSIDERING PULLING THE SELF-~PRESERVATION, MY MIND.
I COULDN'T DROP TRIGGER ONE LAST TIME... NOTICED SOMETHING...SOMETHING
THE GUN. 4 ABSURD. SOMETHING...FLUINNY,
(T'S ALL JUST...
FUNNY!
1 MEAN,
YOU WERE
RIGHT!
HE
IT DOESN'T WANTS TO
MATTER HOW GOOD SANG GOTHAM
YOUR INTENTIONS a a
i I WANTED ARE. J
TO HELP... I MEAN...
‘BUT I'M gust JUST ASK HARVEY
MONSTER... j HERE.
© va lIKE
EVERYONE
ELSE IN THIS
‘ CITY.
IN THE
END...WELL, LOOK AT US.
BOTH MURDERERS. AND THE
FUNNY THING {S, I JUST
NOTICED IT!
IT’S BEI
STARING Us
EN
S IN THE
FACE!
ALL OF OUR
GOOD INTENTIONS:
WERE JUST A
Lp ol nO > ot
“euch GU
“e 50%
1 SURRENDERED MYSELF
INTO HIS ARMS. A PLEASANT
MIST ENVELOPED MY MIND
AS I SANK INTO HIS KISS.
WHY NOT, I THOUGHT. IF
HE COULD BE THE JOKER, I
COULD BE HIS MARLEQUIN.
‘AND WHO KNOWS...
MAYBE SOMEDAY MY
LOVE COULD CURE HIM.
‘I CHUCKLED
TO MYSELF.
r
cE FOUND
HOW GOES . THIS FILE HIDDEN
THE ARKHAM |) INTHE JOKER'S
INVESTIGATION, CELL.
SIR? ("5
SHE HAD SOME
INITIAL INTEREST IN THE JOKER a
AS A CANDIDATE FOR TESTING HER “IN A WAR ZONE,
THEORIES, BUT AFTER A CERTAIN P EMPATHY |S A L/AB/LITY.
POINT HE BECAME THE MAIN j ACKNOWLEDGING THE HUMANITY
FOCUS OF HER OF YOUR ENEMY WILL CAUSE YOU
‘STUDY. C TO HESITATE. IT IS A COURTESY
YOUR OPPONENT MAY NOT
GRANT YOU IN
RETURN.”
THAT'S QUITE W-WHAT?-
CHILLING. ae
‘ You KiLLED. 1
Kew \WAYS PICUTRED WE
ai SoM Leree inl 1 MEAN, KILLED THAT PART Yes. 175
poets REGRET, GUILT... OF OURSELVES TAKEN ALMOST
pede EMPATHY...THEY FIRST. WORD FOR WORD
" a, BRING ABOUT FROM HER OWN
A MURDERER. IM HESITATION. RESEARCH.
HE
NOW WATCH :
| THIS) FROM ONE 4 Cer coke
OF WER JOKER ees 7
SESSIONS..
AND ON
THE STREETS,
HESITATION WILL
GET YOU CAUGH
HE SAW HER AS HIS
TICKET OUT OF
‘ARKHAM.
a ALL HE
HAD TO DO WAS MAKE
| HIMSELF THE PERFECT PATIENT,
> THE PERFECT VALIDATION
THE JOKER'S A MASTER
MANIPULATOR.
WHEN THE
EXECUTIONERS MADE
THEIR MOVE ON ARKHAM,
HE'D ALREADY PRIMED HER
TO SACRIFICE HERSELF
FOR HIM.
HARLEEN
FELL FOR HIS.
LIES.
IF I MAY,
MASTER BRUCE, THAT
KISS SEEMED AWFULLY
GENUINE,..ON BOTH
THEIR PARTS.
WELL, LOVE
|S A BIT TOO STRONG OF
A WORD... BUT THEY DO
SEEM CRAZY ABOUT
ONE ANOTHER:
THEN
AGAIN, IN GOTHAM
CITY, CRAZY CERTAINLY
‘SEEMS TO BE
CONTAGIOUS.
| THAT. YOU'VE NEVER
Ss MET HARLEEN,
ALFRED.
SHE
WANTED NOTHING
MORE THAN TO
HELP!
HE TOOK HER WORK AND
HER K/NDNESS AND
USED IT AGAINST
HER!
SEARCH.
J PUT HER RIGHT IN THE
JOKER'S PATH.
YES, THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN THE
BEGINNING OF HER JOURNEY,
BRUCE. BUT DR. QUINZEL
TOOK THE WRONG TURNS
‘ON HER OWN.
PERHAPS.
GIVEN YOUR HISTORY, IT
MAKES SENSE YOU WOULD
SEE IT LIKE THAT, BUT WE
CAN'T KNOW FOR
‘SURE.
HOWEVER,
IF DR. QUINZEL'S FATE
WEIGHS SO HEAVILY ON
YOUR HEART, THEN TAKE
MY ADVICE.
IF SHE IS
LOST, THEN BE A
BEACON.
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“vA LIGHT IN THE STORM TO
OW HER THE WAY BACK.”
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ALL, THIS [5
MME TERS
Wiis Wort.
t
BECAUSE : CAN a
STILL bs HIM. ; “J
=|
Ba THERE'S A SMALL, we0, [
th _ ie HAT | JAKE UP.
Tl) au “abit ue
“sn RIGHT?
“GOTHAM
IS THE CITY
WHERE ALL THE ANGELS
FLY ON WINGS
OF ICARUS, DOCTOR.
“UP, UP,
UP THEY GO...
“AND DOWN,
THEY FALL.”
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“THERE WAS
A BROKEN MAN
IN THE ABYSS...
«al REACHED DOWN
TO HELP HIM...
‘ul REALIZED
TOO LATE,
HE WASN’T SLIPPING...
«,..HE WAS
DRAGGING ME.”
A BRILLIANT YOUNG PSYCHIATRIST WITH THE CURE FOR THE MADNESS OF
GOTHAM, DR. HARLEEN QUINZEL, TAKES DRASTIC MEASURES TO SAVE THE
CITY FROM ITSELF. WITNESS THE BIRTH OF THE LEGENDARY SUPER-VILLAIN
HARLEY QUINN IN THIS STUNNING REIMAGINING OF HARLEY AND THE JOKER'S
TWISTED AND TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR BY ACCLAIMED STORYTELLER STJEPAN SEJIC
(AQUAMAN: UNDERWORLD, SUNSTONE).