Summary
Cosplayers better get ready, becauseHarley Quinn’skiller new costume is certainly going to make for an intriguing experiment. After her new line of work gets her into trouble, Harley’s gearing up to take on one notorious Batman foe with an outfit that’s going to put her and cosplayers literally in the hot seat.
DC Comics has given fans a peek at what lies ahead this summer with its latest batch of solicitations. While July is packed to the brim with the chaos from DC’ssummer eventAbsolute Power, Harley is getting along fine in her corner, especially since she has a brand-new costume.
July 24th, 2024
Tini Howard and Joanne Starer
Natacha Bustos and Marcial Toledano Vargas
Variant Covers:
Lesley Li, Ben Harvey, and Marcial Toledano Vargas
Let’s be honest; I ain’t always the easiest ta get along with. Hey, don’t agree so fast! You ain’t exactly the bee’s knees yerself! Okay, where was I—oh yeah, ON THE RUN! My scientific study on villainous villains has gone all KINDS of wrong, and I’ve made myself a whole lotta enemies in a real short time: Mistah Freeze! Robin! And worst of all, this new cop Pulaski, who’s got a target aimed smack dab at my head. Don’t shoot my head, Pulaski! I LOVE my head! And assumin’ Pulaski doesn’t shoot my lovely head, step inside it for a lovely story about the power of readin’ books and why burnin’ em is no good (TERRIBLY inefficient as a fuel source)—as brought to you by the librarians who keep kickin’ me out of the video section— Joanne Starer and Marcial Toledano Vargas!
After getting on Mister Freeze’s bad side,Harley Quinn has fashioned a new costume for herselfto take him on. Harley’s costume appears on the cover forHarley Quinn #42and shows her jester costume has been augmented with flamethrowers connected to a giant battery on her back.
Harley Quinn is Fighting Mister Freeze With a Heat-Based Outfit
After a trip throughout the multiverse, Harley returned home to celebrate her birthday. After a fun night of chaos with Poison Ivy,Harley Quinn decided itwas time for her to find a new path in life and decided to return to villainy, with a twist. Rather than pointless destruction and crime, Harley opted to begin working with criminals who could use her assistance as a mental health professional and advised criminals like the Body Doubles on how to do crime in a healthy manner. Unfortunately,Harley’s new job attracted the very much unwanted attention of Mister Freeze.
Harley Quinn’s not the first person to make a heat-based costume to fight Mister Freeze as Batman’s made several suits that project flames to fight the frost-wielding villain. However, while the Dark Knight’s suit is more for battle, Harley’s costume is all about style. Seamlessly blending her classic outfit with Freeze’s old ‘Mr. Zero’ design (including the bubble helmet) and adding a couple of flame-throwers is a particularly inspired costume. One can only imagine the kind of fun cosplayers are going to havebringing Harley Quinn’s amazing new costume to life.
Harley Quinn’s New Armor is Another Boon for Cosplayers
Harley Quinn has had a lot of fun looks over the years, from roller derby-inspired outfits to costumes modeled after Fourth World fashion. But this new outfit is going to come in handy when Harley’s conflict with Mister Freeze begins heating up (so to speak). It’s also a very pleasing design that could easily be translated into real life with some talented hands and a drive to create daring new cosplay outfits. While it remains to be seen what secretsHarley Quinn’snew costume has, cosplayers could do a lot with this fun design.
