Harley Quinn: Surprise, Surprise Review

Finished reading Harley Quinn: Surprise, Surprise, continuing the DC Rebirth series as writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner continue their time with the character while also being joined by an array of other writers to celebrate Harley's 25th anniversary. The book opens with Harley's parents coming to visit her in Coney Island to see how their daughter is doing with her jobs and in her life as a whole which soon derails when Clock King and Sportsmaster show up to try and rob a restaurant. The next story sees Harley's friends organising a surprise party for her when a group known as the Unconquerable 25 begins to shoot at Harley after the mayor's assistant Masison Berkowitz hired them. The following written by Frank Tieri as Harley going up against the Penguin when he plans on building a casino in Cony Island that will cause people to lose their jobs and homes. The next story has Red Tool asking Harley about what happened when she went to Las Vegas with Catwoman and Poison Ivy on their road trip a while back. The following by Harley co-creator Paul Dini sees the Joker planning a birthday party for Harley when she was sill with him as Harley is feeling down on her own birthday because she's celebrating alone. The penultimate story by writer Daniel Kibblesmith has Harley and Poison Ivy working together with Swamp Thing when he shows up in need of Ivy and her connection to the Green. The final story in the book by writer Chip Zdarsky sets up a fight between Harley and Robin when Batman and the Joker send them away from the main fight to deal with Jokers bomb which allows for Harley to psychology analyse Robin. Overall this was a great book as it continues the series main plot with Harley's fight against the mayor of New York while also bring a great amount of character development to the boo thanks to the inclusion of Harley's parents helps to bring some emotional weight to the book with how they interact with one another. The art throughout book is great as it bring the action, character interactions and comedy all to life extremely well thanks to the detail that goes into each story. While the change art teams works very well for their corresponding stories with how it suits the changing setting and tone of each story.