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Harley Quinn
Harleen Quinzel
A psychiatrist who fell for a patient — created for television and imported into comics because she worked too well to leave out.
Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
- debut · 1992
Batman: The Animated Series
First appearance, created for television rather than comics - key · 1994
Batman: The Animated Series
Mad Love, which established her origin and won an Eisner - key
Batman DC Comics
Imported into comics continuity after the show made her popular - key
Identity Crisis DC Comics
Rewritten as an antihero independent of the Joker - key
Batman DC Comics
Solo runs that separate her from the Joker entirely - key
Detective Comics DC Comics
Absorbed into the main Batman rogues gallery
Runs
Recorded as ranges rather than one row per issue — the question a reader actually asks, without claiming a completeness we cannot verify.
| Series | Issues | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Batman: The Animated Series | seasons 1-4 | recurring |
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Harley Quinn was created for the comics.
Actually She was created for Batman: The Animated Series in 1992 as a one-episode henchwoman, and imported into comics afterwards because she worked. Several of the most recognisable Batman elements — including Mr Freeze's motive — came the same way.
Commonly believed Harley Quinn is a villain.
Actually Modern continuity writes her as an antihero independent of the Joker, and the relationship as abusive rather than romantic. Treating her as a Joker accessory is a reading the books have spent a decade actively dismantling.
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Post-Crisis DC — 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths through 2011 Flashpoint
- New 52 — DC relaunched continuity, 2011 to 2016
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version