Hello,
Man, comics are awesome. Paul Dini is writing the new Batman spin-off series Gotham City Sirens and it is FUCKAWESOME! The series portrays Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn as roommates in a post-original Batman Gotham and the adventures that follow. I’m telling you life doesn’t get any better than this. Issue 4 of the series came out this Wednesday.
Gotham City Sirens # 4
Writer Paul Dini Penciled by Guillem March
So Hush (the Batman villain other wise known as surgeon Tommy Elliot) got reconstructive surgery to look just like Bruce Wayne. i think I mentioned this in a previous post. Anyway, the issue starts out with Bruce Wayne (actually Hush) being seen out on the town with a plain clothes Harley Quinn. It’s clear that Hush plans upon gaining Harley’s trust to catch her at a weak point and kill her, forever scaring the name of Bruce Wayne with the public. Harley, it’s clear just thinks that if she can “date” Bruce Wayne she can be closer to loads of money.
When the media covers the two out on the town together it attracts the attention of none other than the Joker. The Joker is not amused and decides to once and for all kill Harley Quinn.
Catwoman and Ivy know that Bruce is really Hush so they know that Harley is in danger. Ivy begins to look around Gotham by communicating with all the city’s plants. I love that she can do that. They track down Harley and show up at roughly the same time the Joker does intent on killing Harley. It’s about a minute before this that Harley decides maybe Bruce it’s exactly what she’s looking for. With Dick, Tim and Dayman she’d be another “soccer mom” and that’s not her style.
A fight between the Joker’s thugs, Harley, Ivy, Catwoman and Hush breaks out underneath the Joker’s blimp. Catwoman attempts to take out Hush but the cops show so her and Ivy have to make off with Harley. Hush guns down the Joker blimp (an action he sees as permissible as Bruce Wayne, seeing as the media would dub him a hero).
The issue ends with the girls at home explaining to Harley how close she came to death and that Bruce Wayne isn’t Bruce Wayne and is in fact Hush. The girls also try to explain to Harley that Joker is bad news too, but of course Harley sees the Joker trying to kill her as Jealously. So if he’s Jealous that must mean he still loves her. It’s then that the Joker blows up their apartment.
The issue is to be continued.
Tune in next week. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!
Mattman
