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Religion of
Harley Quinn
Dr. Harleen Quinzel

Religion: Jewish Catholic CBR Scale: S

Name: Harley Quinn

Alter Ego: Dr. Harleen Quinzel

Other Names: Holly Chance

Classification: villain villain  


Publisher(s): DC

First Appearance: Batman: The Animated Series - Season 1, Episode 22 (11 Sep. 1992): "Joker's Favor"

First Appearance (additional details): (DC Universe comic) Batman: Harley Quinn (Oct. 1999): "Harley Quinn"

Creators: Paul Dini, Bruce W. Timm, Boyd Kirkland, Arleen Sorkin (actress)

Number of appearances: 206

   Comic book appearances: 180

   TV, film appearances: 24

   Video game, computer game appearances: 2

Teams/Affiliations: Secret Society of Super Villains; Secret Six; Justice League of Anarchy

Foe of: Batman

Gender: female

After years in which Harley had occasionally claimed to be Jewish, Gotham City Sirens #7 finally provided more explicit information about her religious background. This issue clearly states that she was born into and raised in a Jewish-Catholic family in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.


This character is in the following 90 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (July 2009): "Last Man Standing" (only on cover)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl: The Underground #1 (June 2009)
Batman: Harley Quinn (Oct. 1999): "Harley Quinn" (lead character)
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 (Aug. 2009): "Ignition"
Batman: The Animated Series

Birds of Prey
Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Catwoman #1 (Dec. 2010): "Lifting the Vale"
Catwoman
Gotham City Sirens
Gotham Girls
Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War #1 (Oct. 2001): "Our Fighting Forces" (lead character)
Joker's Asylum II: Harley Quinn #1 (Aug. 2010): "The Most Important Day of the Year" (lead character)
Joker: Last Laugh
Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files
Nightwing (vol. 2) #52 (Feb. 2001): "Modern Romance" (2-panel cameo)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/HarleyQuinn.html
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000252/
  - http://www.comicvine.com/harley-quinn/29-1696/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=harleyquinn
  - http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=harleyquinn
  - http://www.comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=482
  - http://www.comics.org/issue/95796/
  - http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=17922