Harley Quinn's Origin to be retold in February's Suicide Squad

The Hunt for Harley begins in 2012 with her origin story.

Comic book writer Adam Glass hasn't had it easy writing DC's Suicide Squad series. After all, he's made some pretty controversial changes to Harley Quinn, who's got a rather rabid fanbase. Come this February, he's going to take it even further as he retells her origin story in the pages of Suicide Squad #6 and 7.

The Joker has gone missing following the events of Detective Comics #1, and when Harley hears that, she needs to go find him. Someone took her puddin'! Of course, that means Amanda Waller will be sending her team to bring Harley back — and the Hunt begins.

Along the way, Glass will be treating fans with a familiar, but fresh, retelling of how Dr. Harleen Quinzel went from the Joker's doctor at Arkham Asylum to his lover and sidekick. Some things will change from her origin that debuted in Batman: The Animated Series, but Glass and co. are looking to delve deeper into the actual psychology of who she is and what made her this way. They'll even answer some questions like, why does her skin seem chalky in the New 52?

Series editor Pat McCallum summed up "The Hunt for Harley" arc pretty well on The Source Blog. Here's what he had to say, “We don’t promise a happy ending. But the book’s called SUICIDE SQUAD, so I guess that should be obvious. ‘The Hunt for Harley Quinn’ is the mission we’ve been building to since SQUAD #1. While we’ll learn Harley’s origin, observe her first meeting with the Joker, see a new Squad lineup AND learn why King Shark has been acting so weird, it’s the last few pages of issue #7 that are a punch to the gut. For the Squad members that survive (and not all will), ‘The Hunt for Harley Quinn’ will leave them scarred both inside and out. Deadshot fans be warned.”

Suicide Squad #7 arrives February 2012.