Harley Quinn has been a DC icon for over three decades, having made her debut on “Batman: The Animated Series.” Since then, she has appeared at the movies, in comics, in video games, and more, operating as both a villain and an anti-hero. Each take on the character has been a tad different from the last and added something new to her design, personality, or story to freshen things up. Lady Gaga’s Lee in “Joker: Folie à Deux” is the latest in a long line of relatively drastic Harley reimaginings, though it’s not the only one DC fans can expect to see in 2024.
The spiritual successor to “Batman: The Animated Series,” “Batman: The Caped Crusader,” is coming to the small screen at long last. Naturally, the series will focus on Batman as well as his various rogues, this time in a 1940s-era world. Harley Quinn will appear on the program, looking and acting quite differently from most other incarnations. Not only will she don a green and yellow outfit instead of a black and red one, but her personality will lean more cold and unsettling rather than quippy and dramatic. Her new attitude will help her fit right in on the show, seeing as “The Caped Crusader” may be more violent than fans initially expected.
For the Harley Quinn fans out there eager to see where the character will go next, “Batman: The Caped Crusader” is set to be released on August 1, while “Joker: Folie à Deux” will waltz into theaters on October 4.
