The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... The Joker and Harley Quinn

Who is the Joker?

When his robbery of the Ace Chemical Plant was interrupted by Batman, a criminal known as the 'Red Hood' accidentally fell into a vat of chemicals. Emerging from the runoff with his skin turned chalk-white and his hair dyed bright green, he was driven mad by the experience and embraced a darkly humorous view on existence. Rebranding himself as The Joker, he now uses his arsenal of deadly gags and his trademark grin-inducing toxin to challenge Batman and his allies.

Who is Harley Quinn?

Arkham Asylum psychologist Harleen Quinzel fell in love with her patient, the Joker, and became his sidekick, altering her name to Harley Quinn. They became a villainous duo, but after being disrespected by him one too many times, Harley eventually left the Clown Prince of Crime and struck out on her own as a freelance anti-hero.

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The Joker the man who stopped laughing. Vol. 1
Rosenberg, Matthew, (Graphic novelist)
Paper Book
The world once again holds its breath as The Joker strikes again! But how far is he willing to go this time? From the brilliant minds of Matthew Rosenberg, Carmine DiGiandemenico, and Francesco Francavilla comes a violent, mind-bending new series that picks up from the...
Batman : the killing joke
Moore, Alan
Paper Book
Critically acclaimed author Alan Moore redefined graphic novel story-telling with Watchmen and V for Vendetta. In Batman- The Killing Joke, he takes on the origin of comics' greatest super-villain, The Joker, and changes Batman's world forever. ONE BAD DAY....
Batman Arkham Asylum : a serious house on serious earth
Morrison, Grant
Paper Book
Batman, the Dark Knight returns
Miller, Frank
Paper Book
The comics masterpiece Batman: the Dark Knight Returns is back in hardcover, with a new cover designed by Chip Kidd.The Batman has not been seen in ten years, some now consider him more myth than reality, but crime and violence have continued in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne had reached a point in his...
Joker. Killer smile
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
The Eisner-nominated creative team of writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino (Green Arrow, Gideon Falls) reunite for a psychological horror story that delves into the bottomless insanity of The Joker. Everyone knows The Joker doesn't have the most promising...
Batman. Damned
Azzarello, Brian
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling graphic novel! The Joker has been murdered. His killer is a mystery. Batman is the World's Greatest Detective. But what happens when the person he is searching for is the man staring back at him in the mirror? THE JOKER IS DEAD.
Suicide Squad: Get Joker!
Azzarello, Brian
Paper Book
Two of comics' most celebrated creators, Brian Azzarello and Alex Maleev, team up to pit Task Force X against their deadliest target yet-The Joker! Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Batman- Damned) and Eisner Award-winning art...
Joker/Harley : criminal sanity
Garcia, Kami
Paper Book
Murder is his art. Catching killers is hers. In Gotham City, heinous acts of violence are a daily occurrence. Harley Quinn, forensic psychiatrist and profiler, consults with the GCPD on their worst cases. But she is fixated on an unsolved murder that haunts her-the night...
Batman & the Joker : the deadly duo
Silvestri, Marc
Paper Book
When mysterious monsters are abducting Gotham citizens, Batman will have to team up with his archnemesis-The Joker-to protect his city. The Joker will go to any lengths to get Harley Quinn back after she is abducted by a strange culprit. But who? Mysterious, Joker-like monsters...
Batman. Volume 3, Death of the Family
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
Batman. Volume 7, Endgame
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
HA. HA. HA.    Batman's greatest foe has returned for one last gag. But this time, not even the Joker is laughing. In their last encounter, the Dark Knight failed to live up to Joker's grand plans, so now the Joker is deadly serious. The games are over, and for their final...
Batman : last knight on Earth
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
Powerhouse creative team Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo (Batman: The Court of Owls, Dark Nights: Metal) conclude a decade-long partnership with the Caped Crusader in Batman: Last Knight on Earth. Twenty years in the future, Bruce Wayne wakes up in Arkham...
Batman. Vol. 4, The war of jokes and riddles
King, Tom
Paper Book
Zero Year. 12 months in which Gotham City was left without power, without laws, without hope. 365 days in which the Riddler ruled the streets. But once again, Batman was victorious. In the aftermath of Zero Year? War. The Joker vs. The Riddler. They called it the War of Jokes and...
Batman. Vol. 2 The Joker War
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
This is it- the Clown Prince of Crime battles the Dark Knight Detective head-to-head for the last time. And one way or another, this will be the final chapter of their agelong conflict. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Detective go head-to-head for the last time. The...
Batman. Vol. 3, Detective Comics. Greetings from Gotham
Tomasi, Peter
Paper Book
Following the events of Detective Comics Vol. 2: Arkham Knight, Batman's limits will be pushed to the limit as he faces off against some of his deadliest foes including Deadshot and The Joker! Detective Jim Corrigan has been shot on the streets of Gotham City--and the Spectre...
Knight terrors : knocturnal creatures
Paper Book
Horror devastates the DC Universe, and in this volume, Harley Quinn, Poison ivy, Punchline, and Zatanna all respond to the nightmare world of Knight Terrors in their own unique way! In Knight Terrors, DC's heroes are taken past the land of the living, beyond the land of...
Dark nights : metal
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
The Dark Multiverse is coming, and nothing will ever be the same! One of the biggest events in DC history is here in the shocking, action-packed epic Dark Nights: Metal from critically acclaimed author Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, reuniting after their smash-hit Batman series....
The Batman who laughs
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
A New York Times bestselling Graphic Novel! "A Batman who laughs is a Batman who always wins." He unleashed the Dark Multiverse in the epic series Dark Nights- Metal. Now superstar writer Scott Snyder reunites with acclaimed artist Jock (Batman-...
Batman Superman, Vol. 1 Who are the Secret Six?
Williamson, Joshua.
Paper Book
Batman teams up with the Man of Steel to track down and help those who have been infected by a ravenous, mutated Joker virus. Just one problem: they don't know who they are. A virus is spreading, and it's not just after innocent people but some of our most powerful heroes, as...
Injustice. Volume 1 Gods among us. Year five
Buccellato, Brian
Paper Book
This is it- the final year of INJUSTICE-GODS AMONG US, leading into the storyline of the hit videogame! Having defeated the Green Lantern Corps, the forces of magic, and now the gods themselves, the Superman's totalitarian regime seems to have eliminated all threats. Yet uneasy lies the crown on the...
Batman : white knight
Murphy, Sean Gordon
Paper Book
A Newsweek Best Graphic Novel of the Year The impossible has happened: The Joker has become a ... hero? Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with...
Batman. Curse of the White Knight
Murphy, Sean Gordon
Paper Book
Ancient curses are awoken and timeless secrets are revealed in this Eisner Award nominated and explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster Batman- White Knight from writer/artist Sean Murphy! The Joker recruits Azrael to help him expose a shocking secret about...
Harley Quinn
Collins, Katana
Paper Book
The Joker is dead. Batman is behind bars. In a new age of villains, only Harley can save Gotham. Two years after Azrael wiped out Gotham's deadliest villains in Batman- Curse of the White Knight, the stage is set for a new criminal uprising. From the shadows, a visionary...
Batman, beyond the White Knight ; Batman, White Knight presents: Red Hood
Murphy, Sean
Paper Book
A lot can change in 10 years, especially in Gotham! Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne, may be behind bars, but the real criminals are still out there. Gotham Motors CEO Derek Powers has seized control of the Wayne family's assets and is using them to transform the GTO and the city they...
Batman '66. Vol. 3
Parker, Jeff
Paper Book
Back to the Swingin' 60s as DC Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV series in comics form.  These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy Wonder and their fiendish rogues gallery just the way viewers remember them. In this volume, the Dynamic Duo team-up with Barbara...
Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls
Storrie, Paul D.
Paper Book
Unable to resist a golden opportunity to fund her beloved lion preserve, Catwoman heists a vial of a mysterious formula for a shady company--only to discover she's actually working for Poison Ivy and mallet-wielding sidekick Harley Quinn! This action-packed five-issue miniseries is collected here...
Suicide Squad. Volume 1, Kicked in the teeth
Glass, Adam
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics-The New 52 event of September 2011, writer and co-creator of the CW show Supernatural Adam Glass rolls out an all-new team of death-row super villains recruited by the government to take on missions so...
Suicide Squad. Volume 3, Death is for suckers
Glass, Adam
Paper Book
The Suicide Squad returns with an action packed tie-in to the Batman "Death of the Family" story! As the Suicide Squad closes in on Basilisk leader Regulus, Deadshot and Harley discover multiple Basilisk sleeper agents within their ranks. Regulus makes one final desparate gamble to save...
Suicide Squad. Volume 4, Discipline and Punish
Kot, Ales
Paper Book
New team members, new direction, new creative team! After the Suicide Squad is nearly massacred, the team returns to Belle Reve to lick their wounds and bury their dead--but when they find out what's waiting for them at the prison, they'll wish they were back out in the field! Task Force X has a new...
Suicide Squad. Volume 5, Walled in
Kindt, Matt
Paper Book
Our world belongs to the Crime Syndicate! With Forever Evil sweeping across the DC Universe, the Suicide Squad find themselves in a world full of villians now free from their shackles -- Belle Reve! And now with the Reverse Suicide Squad taking over Belle Reve, Amanda Waller and James...
New Suicide Squad. Volume 2, Monsters
Ryan, Sean
Paper Book
Writer Sean Ryan (Nova) and artist Philippe Briones (Captain America Corps) set villain against villain in an epic battle for the greater good in NEW SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 2: MONSTERS! A splinter sect has broken off from the legendary League of Assassins. Like their...
Harley Quinn. Volume 2, Power outage
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
The first rule of Skate Club is...you do not mess with the Mistress of Mayhem! Harley stumbles across an underground fight club where big money winds with a body count. She's in...and she's making Sy Borgman her agent for the fights. And wha would happen if the demented Clown Princess of Crime...
Harley Quinn. Volume 3, Kiss kiss bang stab
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
NOW HIRING: ASSISTANT HARLEYS! What with working full time as a psychiatrist, managing an apartment building full of needy tenants and rambunctious pets, skating in the roller derby and trying to start up a new romance, Harley Quinn has precious little time left over for her mission of...
Harley Quinn. Volume 4, A call to arms
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
HEED THE CALL - JOIN THE GANG OF HARLEYS! Harley Quinn is on a mission to make the world a better place...and get paid for it at the same time! Quinn and her Gang of Harleys are taking on do-gooding missions for a price, but sometimes that means they're biting off more than even a gang...
Harley Quinn. Volume 5, The Joker's last laugh
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
Harley's got an endangered friend to save, but there's just one problem- she's got to get through Arkham Asylum first! Unsurprisingly, Harley's not eager to set foot in the site of some of her darkest hours...and she definitely isn't ready to face a certain someone who's laughing at the end of a...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 1, Die laughing
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
Harley Quinn's crazy world on has gotten even more crazier when an unexpected, contagious enemy comes to town! Protecting her neighborhood just got a little harder, good thing they have chainsaws! Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti continue their mammoth run on this New...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 3, Red meat
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
The latest chapter in the smash-hit action-comedy saga from Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, John Timms and more is here in HARLEY QUINN VOL. 3: RED MEAT!   With her life finally clear of psychotic clowns, Harley Quinn is eager for things in Coney Island to get back to (ab)normal. If...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 5, Vote Harley
Conner, Amanda
Paper Book
Time to hit the polls, New York City. Harley's on the ballot in Harley Quinn Vol. 5- Vote Harley! If you thought politics were a dirty business already, wait till you get a load of Quinn! Ever since Harley Quinn relocated from Gotham City to the Big Apple,...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 6, Angry bird
Tieri, Frank
Paper Book
Harley Quinn and her motley crew of Coney Island misfits have fought hella hard--and sacrificed a helluva lot--to make the Mistress of Mayhem the undisputed queen of the Brooklyn streets. But when an airborne predator and a waterfowl most foul make their moves on her turf, what's a girl to do?<...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 1, Harley vs. Apokolips
Humphries, Sam
Paper Book
You read that right. It's Harley Quinn vs. Apokolips. The whole. Entire. Planet. Wait... what? A new era for Harley begins here in Harley Quinn Vol. 1, as writer Sam Humphries takes charge! While on a tropical vacation, Harley Quinn is kidnapped by two Female Furies from...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 4, The final trial
Humphries, Sam
Paper Book
Harley Quinn, resident crazy person returns, to Gotham to hang with an old friend. Selina Kyle has just been through a rough break up and could use a little R&R. They decide to play a board game, but just one problem...it's cursed. Harley finds her whole reality completely transformed and now must...
Suicide Squad. Vol. 1, The black vault
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
Harley Quinn. Deadshot. Killer Croc. Enchantress. Captain Boomerang. Katana. They're dangerous. They're deadly. They're deeply unstable. And they're our only hope. They're the characters from the smash-hit film and they're here in this great new starting-point graphic novel, SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1-...
Suicide Squad. Vol. 3, Burning down the house
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
Amanda Waller is used to getting what she wants--but this time, what Waller wants is something only Lex Luthor has. Striking a deal won't be easy--or cheap! It's a war on two fronts as Waller leads a smoldering charm offensive in Luthor's penthouse while her Suicide Squad tries to open the most...
Suicide Squad. Vol. 5, Kill your darlings
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
The antiheroes you love to hate are back in SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 5, as a part of DC Rebirth! Devastated by Rustam and his Burning World, the international conspiracy known as the People reveal themselves to Amanda Waller in a desperate move to secure their mysterious endgame for Planet...
Suicide Squad. Vol 7, Drain the swamp
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
When an apocalyptic new threat threatens the safety of Earth, the Suicide Squad is called into action--and they bring in a new member! But who is the mysterious Juan? And what are his powers? Is there more to him than meets the eye? But that's not the only threat the Squad will have to...
Aquaman/Suicide Squad. Sink Atlantis!
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
After Aquaman's undersea kingdom rises to become a world power of the surface, the Suicide Squad must infiltrate the city and send it back to the depths or die trying. The epic crossover event is collected here in Aqauman/Suicide Squad- Sink Atlantis! Task Force X's...
Suicide Squad. Vol. 8, Constriction
Williams, Rob
Paper Book
Deadshot's daughter has been kidnapped by Kobra, a group of mutant snake assassins! Amanda Waller uses all her resources to stop his escape, but he won't allow anything to stand in the way of saving his daughter--not even his Task Force X teammates! From writer Rob Williams and a talented group of...
Harley Quinn Vol. 1: No Good Deed
Ha, Gene
Paper Book
Harley Quinn here to let everyone know that I'm starring in a brand-new graphic novel collection with a brand-new status quo! I'm coming back to Gotham City to make up for the sins of my past, and to help the city recover from the Joker War! But there's no welcoming committee...
Harley Quinn. Vol. 2, Keepsake
Phillips, Stephanie
Paper Book
Heya, folks, Harley Quinn here! In case you all haven't noticed...things have been a little wild lately...I'll help put fires out around Gotham...literally...and I might get some unexpected help in the process! Hugo Strange, out-of-control orderlies, kidnapped clowns, and a new...
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey: the Hunt for Harley
Palmiotti, Jimmy
Paper Book
Who's crazy enough to steal from the Joker? Come on. You know who. Harley Quinn has avoided Gotham City ever since she broke up with the Joker and found a home, and a kind of family, in Coney Island. But when she gets an offer she can't refuse,...
Harley Quinn: Reckoning
Allen, Rachael.
Paper Book
Experience the origin story of a Super-Villain in this Harley Quinn backstory that fans have been waiting for--now available as a paperback. When Harleen Quinzel scores an internship in a psych lab at Gotham University, she's desperate to make a Big Scientific Discovery...
Harley Quinn : breaking glass : a graphic novel
Tamaki, Mariko
Paper Book
Mulitple Eisner Award Nominee, Harley Quinn- Breaking Glass features the outspoken, rebellious, and eccentric fifteen-year-old Harleen Quinzel. With five dollars to her name, she's sent to live in Gotham City after battling a lot of hard situations as a kid. But everything changes when...

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