Harley Quinn (Volume 2) #16 is an issue of the series Harley Quinn (Volume 2) with a cover date of June, 2015. It was published on April 1, 2015.
Synopsis for "Be Careful What'cha Wish For..."
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are seeing a movie, and talking through it to the annoyance of other audience members, who try to get them to keep it down. Harley shows remarkable restraint in not maiming them. Instead, they try seeing another film, but Harley freaks out when a battery shocks her foot, and she thinks its a rat. Sighing, Ivy leads her out, reminding her friend to relax.
Over dinner, Harley explains that she got about eighty applicants for her assistant job so far. Between all of her jobs and commitments, she needs about six of them - and another six to fight crime in her name. Ivy warns that this plan is starting to sound like she's assembling a street gang. Ignoring her, Harley goes on to tell of how Big Tony found her a building she can put the new hires in, so they're not in the same place as her. It might be a fixer-upper though. Ivy further warns that this is starting to sound like even more work for Harley, who explains that she thinks offering the girls housing will be a draw.
The building happens to be an old hotel called The Dreamin' Seaman, and it is - to Tony's disappointment - a derelict. Harley doesn't seem to mind, though. She doesn't seem to notice, but it's obvious that a lot of the rooms used to be used for torture by the Russian Mafia. Despite the poor condition of just about everything else, the plumbing is fine, having been replaced after Hurricane Sandy. She drives a hard bargain, and gets the whole place for $200,000.
Later, Eggy helps arrange the queue of women who have come to be interviewed outside Harley's building. He and Tony are surprised, though, when it turns out Ivy is leaving. She explains that she has other things to do, and she feels this whole plan is doomed anyway, but she promises to come back in a week to see how it is going. Upstairs, meanwhile, Harley takes interviews from several candidates - with varying degrees of qualification. Harley is so taken with many of them that she isn't sure how to narrow it down. Rather than do a second round of questions, she decides that she'll turn off the lights for two minutes, and whoever's still standing gets the job.
When the lights come back on, the herd has been thinned, and Harley sends those remaining to see Tony for their instructions. In the meantime, Harley visits Queenie to look at costume designs for her assistants. She explains that the costumes and the girls should represent her values - courageousness, nobility, the ability to inspire others to be the same. The costumes should be like flags representing the new world order.
Afterwards, she has a look in on Tony and Eggy, who are remodelling the old hotel. It turns out they need supplies if they're to finish by week's end. Harley agrees to purchase the supplies using the credit card she snagged when she blackmailed Barney Runoff, back in February. The next day, after work, Harley tests everything personally before buying anything, much to the chagrin of the store owners, but in the end she has everything she needs, and plenty of exhaustion to go with it.
When the big move-in day arrives, Harley welcomes her girls to the new building, explaining that they will each have a uniform and a folder full of emergency numbers, spending money, and a weapons allotment. After getting changed, they have 15 minutes to meet her back outside to learn of their first task. As the others leave, Harley stops one of the girls - a blind paraplegic named Holly Hamden - whose new job is to oversee the entire operation, earning her the entire first floor to operate from. They made the building wheelchair accessible just for her. She gives Holly a set of master-keys, and then awaits the unveiling of her assistants.
Harley is incredibly excited to be introduced to the Gang of Harleys.
Appearing in "Be Careful What'cha Wish For..."
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Big Tony
- Eggy Fu
- Gang of Harleys (First appearance)
- Antonia Moore (First appearance as Harlem Harley) (Joins team)
- Carlita Alvarez (First appearance as Carli Quinn) (Joins team)
- Coach (First appearance) (Joins team)
- The DiAngelis Quintuplets (First appearance as the Quinntuplets) (Joins team)
- Erica Zhang (First appearance as Harley Queens) (Joins team)
- Hanuquinn (First appearance) (Joins team)
- Harvey Quinn (First appearance) (Joins team)
- Shona Choudhury (First appearance as Bolly Quinn) (Joins team)
- Goat Boy
- Poison Ivy
- Queenie
- Mason Macabre
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Amanda Conner (Mentioned only)
- Aquaman (In a movie poster only)
- Barney Runoff (Mentioned only)
- Batgirl (In a movie poster only)
- Bruce Wayne (Mentioned only)
- Charlie
- Cyborg Superman (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Doomsday (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Eradicator (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Harleen Sinette (First appearance; unnamed)
- Jimmy Palmiotti (Mentioned only)
- John J. Hill (Cameo)
- Lois Lane (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Power Girl (Mentioned only)
- Steel (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Superboy (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Superman (New Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Superman (Prime Earth) (In a movie poster only)
- Sy Borgman (Mentioned only)
- Wonder Woman (In a movie poster only)
Locations:
- New York
- New York City
- Brooklyn
- Coney Island
- The Dreamin' Seaman
- Free Spirit Assisted Living Home (Mentioned only)
- Rey's Theater
- Coney Island
- Queens (Mentioned only)
- Flushing (Mentioned only)
- Manhattan (Mentioned only)
- Harlem (Mentioned only)
- Staten Island (Mentioned only)
- Brooklyn
- New York City
Items:
Vehicles:
Trivia
- The film that Harley and Ivy are watching at the beginning of the issue is Mad Max: Fury Road - which hadn't actually been released to theatres yet, at the time of the issue's publication. The second movie they see is Fifty Shades of Grey.
- The movie posters at the cinema are actually the Movie Poster themed Variant Covers from May of 2015.
- There's an editorial note from Chris Conroy reminding you to go buy Harley Quinn merch at Hot Topic.
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