Finished reading Harley Quinn: Power Outage, as writing team Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti continue their Harley Quinn series as Harley teams up with Power Girl and see her ex, the Joker again. The book opens up with Harley covering for her friend Queenie for the show at the theatre in the apartment block as Queenie has gone to Rykers Prison to see her son. When a riot breaks out in the theatre thanks to Harley getting to method in her acting leading to a stalker of hers who kidnaps and takes her to his home. After dealing with the stalker with her psychiatric training Harley meets with her rolladarbey team as they participate in Skate Club with Harley bringing Sy Borgman with her just in case she needs help to get home after. The next story is set five years in the future as Harley heads to the Bahamas for a holiday when her plane gets caught in a bad storm leading to her being washed up on a deserted island. After exploring the island Harley finds a tribe of natives who start worshipping her as a goddess which gains the attention of the Joker who has been on the island for a while by this time. The following story begins with Harley calling her friend Tony to help carry an unconscious Power Girl back to Harley's apartment to help her rest. After realising that Power Girl has amnesia Harley gets the idea of telling Power Girl that they are a superhero team. The two then head to the shopping mall where they are confronted by Sportsmarster and Clock King who teleport Harley and Power Girl to a distant galaxy leading to the two going on a cosmic adventure to get back home to defeat the villains. The penultimate story has Harley going to the San Deargo Comic Con for the whole week of the convention as the story shows what Harley gets up to during the week while trying to get one of the main comic book companies to take a look at her own comic, Hurl Girl. The final story features a retelling of Harley's origin of how she became the person she is today. Overall this was a great book as it blends the action and the comedy together extremely well while also adding some real life elements to the story. The comedy is great as there are some laugh out loud moments and with the interactions between Power Girl and Harley bring most of the comedy especially with the situations the two find themselves in. The art work is great as the design for the the space adventure is very captivating while the changing artwork works well for the Comic Con story as the art changes in each scene which helps to highlight Harley's emotion in one scene while also showing off some creative action in other scenes. 8/10.
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