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Warning : SPOILERS forHarley Quinn # 73
uncollectible romances are pretty much on brand forHarley Quinn , and in her modish storyline by Sam Humphries it looks as though Booster Gold , thegreatest sub you ’ve never heard of , might be her latest . pick up where Tom King’sHeroes in Crisisleft off , Harley Quinn # 73once again teams up the hothead of mayhem and the time traveling ex - quarterback to investigate a murder , this time in the City of Angels .
Afterlosing her female parent to malignant neoplastic disease , Harley starts a new life as far away from Coney Island and Gotham City as possible . Jumping elbow - first into the world of surreptitious wrestling , Harley take on the nameHarleen the Queenand partners up with a legendary luchadora in possession of a magical Jade Feather that makes her unbeatable in a combat . But when Alicia the Crusher is institute deadened in her locker room , Harley enlists the help of Booster Goldto help her tear Los Angeles upside down to get justice for her friend ’s now orphaned daughter , Becca .
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Prior to her death , Alicia was ordered by her underground grappling league ’s commissioner , Baby Face , to shed an coming engagement against Harley in issue # 70 . Alicia agreed to the terminal figure , but Harley was adamantly against it . It was only afterHarley serendipitously bumped into Booster at a karaoke barand the two discourse the ethics of fixing games ( the very affair that led to the conclusion of Booster ’s own sport life history ) that Harley eventually decides to go along and stage the match against her friend .
Though hesitant to accept Booster ’s friendship at first , the two step by step grow nearer as the story progresses . Their premature skirmish duringHeroes in Crisisisn’t a memory either look back on with fancy ( at one point Harley adjudicate to kill Booster with a butter knife ) . It was , in fact , the stigmatization of Harley andBooster being incorrectly accuse of raft murderthat forced Booster to look for refuge in Los Angeles , and it is that same shared traumatic experience that stick to them together . While their bud romance is a hero sandwich - plot of land to the bigger tale , their on - page chemical science is a playfulness beguilement from the otherwise drear and dispirit open matter . And the more metre the two expend together , the more Harley and Booster realize they have quite a bit in rough-cut – both part are extremely extroverted , both are underestimated by their peer , and both are n’t nearly as shallow as their extravagant personality lead people to consider .
As their investigating into Alicia ’s last unfolds , Booster shows a surprisingly amount of empathy towards Harley . He offers his sincere condolence when she reveals the passing of her mother . He offer up his support when she make up one’s mind to go after Baby Face . He pretends to be Harley ’s fiancé to pass through a rage of South Bay Nazis . And when Harley begin to act self - destructively , Booster refuses to help her any further ; arrogate that he cares too much to aid her fulfill a death wish . By issue # 72,Harley very reluctantly acknowledge to have a jam on Booster Gold , though only to herself .
In the latest issue ofHarley Quinn , Harleen the Queen reaches such a miserable point she drunkenly break up Booster while volunteer coaching job and attempts to make out with him on the bleachers . To his credit , Booster decidedly rejects her sottish onward motion , take he does n’t want her to regret it by and by … but lend that she ’s one of his “ pet people . ” Harley then runs off screaming , claiming that it ’s actually Booster who is " catchin ’ feelings"for her . Harley ’s astrologist later suggests she run away because she could n’t handle Booster prove genuine affectionateness and kindness to her .
In aninterview with CBR , Humphries explained what inspired him to quest after a romantic subplot between Quinn and Gold . “ To me , this is very much a protraction of their appearance in Heroes in Crisis because it seemed like a very lifelike next step base on what Tom [ King ] had build ” said Humphries . “ Yeah , I thought Tom was going to get them together , sure , but it turns out I was just read into it — and then I think that that ’s not a spoilt thought to play with . ”
A shocking twist in the last page ofHarley Quinn # 73suggests the terminal two event are going to be a wild ride , with Quinn potentially facing off with Granny Goodness , the leader of Darkseid ’s elite fighting military force the Female Furies . Humphries , who began his outpouring on theHarley Quinntitle over two years ago , promises that issue # 75 will be “ extra openhanded and extremely blessed ” by an amazing mathematical group of artists . Though her and Booster seem to have great relationship vigour , Harley plausibly should avoid start out new relationships at the second while she deals with grieving for both her mother and tight friend — and also prepares to fight a New God of Apokolips .
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