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I've found that the current Harley Quinn series has managed to improve a lot over time. Whilst I didn't hate the way it began, the story didn't feel particularly engaging. Since then Harley has had to go up against a killer who hates her, been to prison, and made important relationship decisions. She's absolutely grown and evolved as a person during the last twenty issues.
Which is why it's fun to take a break from all of that for a few issues and just have some ridiculous fun in space. After so many street level issues it makes for a wonderful change of pace to head off to the moon to fight an other-worldly menace for a few issues.
I also like the group of characters that Stephanie Phillips has chosen to include in this story too. Most of them are the kinds of characters you kind of forget exist until they come up in a story. I'd forgotten that Batwing was a thing, and I couldn't have named Lashina if I'd have been asked. But they do all work well here, and the book is emulating the formula of the Suicide Squad well in the sense that it's bringing in some minor characters and throwing them into a wildly dangerous situation.
Perhaps this story is highlighting how Harley is a character that works better in a group than on her own, and that recapturing the feel of a Suicide Squad story it's reminding readers of how well she did in those books. I'm not saying that I want every issue of Harley Quinn to be this, but perhaps a revolving door of guest characters for her to work alongside, such as her recent adventure with Batwoman, would be a decent way to go with the series.
I also really like the art on this book. and for this particular story-line in general, and have found it to have been an improvement overall. I'd nothing against Riley Rossmo's art on the previous issues, but it's certainly a distinct style that I don't think is always going to be everyone's tastes.
With the series having gone to a weekly release schedule for August to try and finish this story in time for its Annual we've definitely being getting a lot more Harley than normal lately; but at least it's an enjoyable and silly story whilst its happening.
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