



Harley Quinn makes the leap from the small screen to comics in The Batman Adventures #12 in September 1993. Her origin begins as an intern psychiatrist at Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum, where she treats the Joker and, coming under his influence, falls hopelessly in love with him. Harley Quinn was created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm for The Batman Adventures animated series to be an accomplice and love interest for Batman’s popular nemesis, the Joker. Harleen Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn, in DC Comics. The series most notably features the 1st appearance of Dr. Most of the Batman’s classic characters appear in the series, including Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Batgirl, Robin, Riddler, Scarecrow, Commissioner Gordon and others. The series featured Batman but was set in the Batman animated universe, outside of standard DC continuity. The Batman Adventures is a comic book series published by DC Comics from October 1992 – October 1995.
