DC Just Gave Harley Quinn The Ending She Deserves

Harley Quinn is an intriguing character in that she literally wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Joker. Maybe Dr. Harleen Quinzel might’ve merely become enamored and obsessed with another patient of hers if she had never come across Joker, but, in the mainline DC Comics universe, at least, the homicidal harlequin was literally created to be a henchwoman/sidekick and later had her pitiable origin story told in Paul Dini and Bruce Timm’s The Batman Adventures: Mad Love and The New Batman Adventures.

Of course, it’s been quite a while since Harley was Joker’s doe-eyed punching bag. And, while Harley and Joker’s relationship may forever be a root that DC Comics lore will never cut out of the soil, true love has blossomed for Harley and Dr. Pamela Isley’s Poison Ivy. Ivy’s Batman: Bad Seeds crossover event has now officially concluded (aside from a tie-in that was delayed), and Harley’s part in it ends with the most touching moment in their relationship yet, all while she battles NKVDemon.

Harley Quinn And Poison Ivy Are Officially Endgame

In Harley Quinn , due to a combination of “blood loss” and “sphenophyte spores,” Harley is treated to a shared memory of her and Ivy’s romantic past, as well as what appears to be a glimpse of their possible future, and it’s unpredictably heartwarming. In this possible future, they’re depicted as a couple that has grown old together, with Harley taking Ivy around her greenhouse in a wheelchair.

This is obviously not a future that DC must commit to, as no characters are ever permitted to age gracefully. Still, this confirms the legitimacy of their love and their potential to be an endgame couple.

What’s Next For Harley And Ivy?

Harley Quinn is remarkably poignant for an issue whose solicitation is saturated with the ‘6-7’ meme. Alarmingly, Elliott Kalan’s Harley Quinn run is ending with issue , and it’s anyone’s guess as to what will come from Harley and Ivy’s “long-awaited reunion” in issue .

The solicitation for Harley Quinn reads as follows:

THE PITTSTAIN! My rockin’ bod is majorly busted after the events of my latest gallivant around town, but what was supposed to be a nice time of relaxing and recovering at th’ hospital has turned into a fiasco of the highest degree! I got a killer out for my head, and I’m still hooked up to an IV! My life is on the line, and I don’t think any doctors are gonna be able to help this time! This hospital sucks! Somebody get my lawyer, Rev. Carl Booger Jr., down here stat—I’m gonna sue!

THE PITTSTAIN! My rockin’ bod is majorly busted after the events of my latest gallivant around town, but what was supposed to be a nice time of relaxing and recovering at th’ hospital has turned into a fiasco of the highest degree! I got a killer out for my head, and I’m still hooked up to an IV! My life is on the line, and I don’t think any doctors are gonna be able to help this time! This hospital sucks! Somebody get my lawyer, Rev. Carl Booger Jr., down here stat—I’m gonna sue!

Meanwhile, following the dramatic events of Poison Ivy and Batman: Bad Seeds – Sunrise , Ivy has lost her flora goddess powers in one fell swoop and is now a patient at Arkham Towers in an “utterly ordinary mortal body.” Considering all this, it doesn’t seem like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy will be getting their happily ever after anytime soon.