Harley tries to impress Mr J by committing an ingenious crime without him, only for her and Ivy to attract Batman’s attention. Sadly, ‘Love on the Lam’ by writer Judd Winnick and artist Joe Chiodo isn’t as good. The story hits lots of highs with the two main characters, and gives excellent cameos to many other Arkham inmates. Dini’s funny scripting and Del Carmen’s lively cartooning are perfect together. It’s all fun until Ivy targets the Joker – and that’s when everything goes wrong.
Harley and Ivy, locked away next to each other in Arkham Asylum, decide to pass the time with a bet: that Ivy can’t charm a kiss out of every man in Arkham. Collected in Batman Black and White Volume 2, this is a newly coloured version. ‘The Bet’ is written by Paul Dini and drawn by Ronnie Del Carmen.
Harley and Ivy collects three stories featuring the duo in their full wacky odd coupleness. The Joker’s love-addled girlfriend was fresh and funny being his dippy sidekick, but when Harley’s hyperactive delinquency met murderously deadpan, elfin Poison Ivy, a fan phenomenon was born.
They mixed retro style with modern design ideas, a streamlined approach to the DC Universe and great stories with classic characters, and also invented new characters who became instant classics themselves, like Harley Quinn. Paul Dini and Bruce Timm were the masterminds behind the animated Batman Adventures TV series of the 1990s that redefined the Dark Knight for a new generation.
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