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Warning : SPOILERS forHarley Quinn # 45ahead
Harley Quinnis in need of a vacation . Ever since she kissed Gotham goodbye , her hands have been full with handle her flyspeck Coney Island turning point of the DC Universe . Now it ’s time to take a break . And where better for a woman who enjoy pummeling hoi polloi just a bit too much to loosen up than the fiery press pits of Apokolips ?
Harley does n’t straightaway jet off for the Fourth World in this week’sHarley Quinn # 45 , but she does seize the opportunity when it comes up . And who can find fault her ? Since arrive in Brooklyn , Harley ’s biography has been a tumbler coaster of ups and Down . She ’s made new friends , find work and pass - time , and even get going her own vigilante gang of do - gooders . But when she went toe - to - toe with New York City ’s corrupt mayor , her boyfriend Mason got killed .
Since then , Harley ’s been pushing her friends away , worried that anyone who get too close will finish up just like Mason . So she calls it quits , declaring : " I ai n’t the world - famous Harley Quinn no more ! "
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Cut to the beach , where Harley is soaking up the sun until - BOOM ! A Boom Tube , the chosen mode of interstellar travel for New Gods of New Genesis and Apokolips opens up on shore to release two dread Female Furies . They ’re calculate for Harley , blaze - crumpled on bringing her back to Apokolips and Granny Goodness for some undisclosed but sure as shooting no - just design . And when they ask so nicely ( and drug her so deeply ) , how can Harley refuse ?
When Harley hail to , Granny Goodness is there with freshly baked cooky and a suggestion - Granny will help her snuff out those " icky feeling " carry her back , but only if Harley joins the Female Furies . First , she must prove her mettle in Granny ’s Sinister Snarl - a wild internal ear where she must defeat a horde of " Darkseid ’s most fearsome parademons . " Harley , of course , try out more than up to the undertaking . After all , she ’s knocked out Superman in a just fight .
Victorious , Harley is crowned " Hammer Harleen , " armed with a magical hammer from Granny ’s maniac menagerie , raiment in a new solidification of Apokoliptan armour , and made the newest member of the Female Furies . It ’s a role that Harley relishes more than she probably should , but for a cleaning woman who ’s been looking to have off some steam , battle in the fighting pit of Apokolips is one heck of a room to get loose . before long , however , Granny comes calling , asking that Harley hunt down a prisoner who escaped and stole a full of life item . Begrudgingly , Hammer Harleen antecede her Hellfire Hamburger and tracks down this escapee , Petite Tina - a woman revealed to be neither small nor dainty , and instead is a large ogre protect the Lowlies of Apokolips from being terrorized by the the likes of of Granny ’s Furies !
At the kickoff of this effect , Harley is on a telephone call with her mother , who prompt her daughter that she ’s always loved " teaching jerkfaces a lesson , " remind her she ’s been doing it since she was a little kid . And mother knows best , because Harley is exactly the variety of person who always bewilder up for the little guy , the downtrodden , the put - upon . Why?Because Harley more than anyone knows what it ’s like to be push around and plain when you ’re down .
Once Harley larn the accuracy about Apokolips and witnesses first hand the abuse abide by the Lowlies , you better believe she ’ll be ready to teach a few more jerkfaces a honest , hard lesson .
Harley Quinn # 45is available fromDC ComicsandComixology .