Today marks DC Comics’ fourth annual Batman Day, but this year there’s a twist: Harley Quinn is stealing the spotlight to celebrate her 25th anniversary. To commemorate the legacy of this comic book icon, we hopped on the phone with a few of Harley Quinn’s most prolific writers, who all gave us an insider perspective on how the Joker’s sidekick became what Jim Lee calls the fourth pillar of DC Comics alongside Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman.
Harley Quinn first debuted in the “Joker’s Favor” episode of Batman: The Animated Series in September 1992. Writer Paul Dini needed a gang for the Joker and wanted to come up with something a bit different than the mafiosa-type guys Joker usually employs, so he decided to craft a Bonnie to the Joker’s Clyde. After coming up with the Harley Quinn concept and name, Dini brought the idea to Bruce Timm, who drew up the character in a harlequin/pied piper costume. Finally, Dini reached out to his friend and Days of Our Lives star Arleen Sorkin to lend her bubbly personality to Harley’s voice, the final touch on what would become one of DC’s most popular characters.
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Harley Quinn first debuted in the “Joker’s Favor” episode of Batman: The Animated Series in September 1992. Writer Paul Dini needed a gang for the Joker and wanted to come up with something a bit different than the mafiosa-type guys Joker usually employs, so he decided to craft a Bonnie to the Joker’s Clyde. After coming up with the Harley Quinn concept and name, Dini brought the idea to Bruce Timm, who drew up the character in a harlequin/pied piper costume. Finally, Dini reached out to his friend and Days of Our Lives star Arleen Sorkin to lend her bubbly personality to Harley’s voice, the final touch on what would become one of DC’s most popular characters.
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