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DC Finest: Harley Quinn: Birth of the Mirth
  • Published: 18 March 2025
  • ISBN: 9781799500483
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 624
  • RRP: $85.00

DC Finest: Harley Quinn: Birth of the Mirth

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Harley Quinn’s earliest comic book appearances are collected in a massive collection, showcasing the now-iconic antihero’s evolution!
  • DC Finest presents comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras! 

Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for the Batman: The Animated Series cartoon in the early 1990s, but her popularity among Batman fans soon led her to being introduced into comic books—which helped propel her to the worldwide multimedia stardom the character enjoys today. 

DC Finest: Harley Quinn: Birth of the Mirth collects Harley’s earliest comics adventures, including her very first comic book appearance in The Batman Adventures #12, the Batman: Harley Quinn one-shot that introduced the character into mainline DC Universe continuity, the Eisner Award-winning The Batman Adventures: Mad Love, and the first eight issues of her debut ongoing series.  

This volume collects Action Comics #765; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126; The Batman Adventures #12; Azrael: Agent of the Bat #60; Batman #570, #573-574; Batman: Shadow of the Bat #93; Detective Comics #737, #740-741; Catwoman #82-84, #89; The Batman Adventures: Mad Love #1; The Batgirl Adventures #1; Batman: Harley Quinn #1; Batman: Gotham Knights #14; Harley Quinn #1-8.
  • Published: 18 March 2025
  • ISBN: 9781799500483
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 624
  • RRP: $85.00

About the authors

Paul Dini

Perhaps best known for his contributions writing and producing Batman: The Animated Series, Paul Dini has participated in the creation and writing of such TV series as Lost, Creepshow, Justice League, Tiny Toon Adventures, Freakazoid!, Batman Beyond, Duck Dodgers, and his own creation, Tower Prep.

His comic book work includes the Eisner and Harvey award winning graphic novel MAD LOVE, DARK NIGHT: A TRUE BATMAN STORY, DETECTIVE COMICS, ZATANNA, GOTHAM CITY SIRENS and BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE. The co-creator of HARLEY QUINN, Dini continues to script her exploits in numerous special projects.

A resident of Southern California, Paul Dini splits his time between Burbank, Santa Barbara and the Monterey Peninsula.
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Karl Kesel

Karl Kesel is one of the most successful artists to come out of DC's New Talent program, and counts Jack Kirby as a major influence on his work. Kesel built a solid reputation as a respected inker on such titles as Superman and Suicide Squad, in addition to his efforts as a writer on Harley Quinn, Adventures Of Superman, and Superboy.
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