#harlequin teen

[chernobog13]

The full membership of the Teen Titans, circa 1977, by the late, great George Perez.

This is from when there were two teams - Titans East (Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Speedy, Aqualad, Guardian, Bumblebee, and Harlequin), and Titans West (Hawk, Dove, Lilith, Gnark, Bat-Girl, Golden Eagle, Beast Boy) - and before Perez and writer Marv Wolfman brought the concept to new heights with The New Teen Titans.

[onlylonelylatino]

The Teen Titans by George Pérez

[iodoesdolls]

My dolls from the 1970s Teen Titans team! Bumblebee, Nightwing (although he was still Robin back then), and Harlequin.

[dailydccomics]

lmao Duela just wants to have fun ok!!! Teen Titans vol 3 #45

[judedeluca]

I wonder how many Titans fans know that Vogue and Shaft from Rob Liefeld's Youngblood are reconfigured versions of Duela Dent and Roy Harper from a failed pitch Liefeld made for a Titans comic in the early 90s

[ionalottabookmarks]

Duela in Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins

This comic from 2005 features Duela’s second major post-70s appearance. It doesn’t have a lot of plot or plot significance, and I don’t know who any of the other characters are. It’s basically just Duela messing with a bunch of people about her parentage - unlike a lot of her 99/00s appearances, I do get the impression that it’s a joke or a game for her, not her being legitimately delusional. And her design is just absolutely adorable here. She’s got her classic outfit, and a really cute face and hairstyle.

So we start with the bad guys being confused because she’s at a bad guy hang-out playing pool and claiming to be a Teen Titan.

As in the original comics, she first claims to be the Joker’s daughter. And points out, correctly, that being a supervillain’s kid and a hero are not mutually exclusive.

Punch and Jewelee do have a child, but it’s a son. Love Deadshot playing the reindeer, here. Also love that apparently Duela’s been wearing the same outfit her entire life.

We touch on Duela’s age thing here, for the first time since the 80s. She’s currently claiming to be 19, so roughly the same age as in her original, 70s appearances; she was never given an official age, but was a college student, so presumably somewhere around here. She looks so cute in the last panel!

Another character points out she’s supposed to be older than that, and she claims to have been in a Lazarus Pit.

Next we come back around to her original backstory - Two Face’s daughter. Interesting how she had a normal skin tone as Punch and Jewelee’s daughter, but this baby picture is white. While the dialogue bubble goes with the original “He wanted twins,” the thought bubble seems to be suggesting Two-Face’s wife cheated on him.

The bad guys are getting really frustrated with her antics.

And then she claims her dad is Dr. Light. That’s a really cute picture, too. A guy tries to grab her, and she says “Do you know who my father is?”

Well, for this page, Dr. Light, apparently.

The return of Duela’s bubble gum. And I love the last panel. She looks like she’s having so much fun!

And having won that little fight, she walks out with a mention of her mother. Also, allegedly, a supervillain.

I just really enjoy this comic. It’s cute, it’s fun, Duela is having a good time and leaning into her parent gimmick without coming off crazy. Since there are no other Titans in the comic, there’s no frustration about how her relationship with them has changed over time. She’s wearing her classic outfit, without the updates to make it more revealing or edgy.

This is the design I’m using for my third Duela doll, BTW.

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Harlequin in Teen Titans #48

[cryptocollectibles]

The Official Teen Titans Index #1 (1995) by ICG

Written by Murray R. Ward, cover by Chuck Patton & Al Gordon.

[doctorslippery]

[blanddcheadcanons]

Duela Dent/Harlequin and Riddler's daughter/Enigma are in lesbians

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[orange-s-mario]

all the post-infinite crisis titans east members deserve better Except Deathstroke. he deserves less

[chernobog13]

Teen Titans East (Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Bumblebee, Guardian, Speedy, and Harlequin) and Teen Titans West (Bat-Girl, Lilith, Gnarkk, Beast Boy, Hawk, Dove, and Golden Eagle) pose for a commemorative photograph in Teen Titans (vol. 1) #52 (December, 1977). Art by Don Heck and Bob Smith; colors by Jerry Serpe; letters by Milt Snappin.

This was the penultimate issue of the series, the cancellation of which had already been announced. The following issue would be the last, featuring Bumblebee and Guardian looking through a casebook to learn the untold tale of the formation of the team. When Bumblebee and Guardian finish the other members arrive to announce that the Teen Titans are being disbanded so the members can purse their own solo careers.

That didn't last long, though, as the team would be back in 1980 under new management - Marvel Wolfman and George Perez - as the New Teen Titans.

[luciannamagnifica]

[iodoesdolls]

My Joker’s Daughter Duela Dent is finished! That green blouse alone took me two hours - I really hate doll sewing. Could have made a me blouse in that time. Body is Disney descendants. I think the shoes are too - I repainted them a little from solid purple. Head is from a hocus pocus doll. I don’t remember whose hands I used.

[dailydccomics]

LONG LIVE THE TEEN TITANS Teen Titans #53

[catthor]

Tbh sometimes it feels like dc Earth-1 is just a ripoff of earth-2.

Earth-1: this is our new hero, Kal-El, aka Clark Kent! He works at the daily planet, but when he’s not doing that, he’s Superman! With a Kryptonian symbol for hope on his chest- no, it’s not an s- he saves lives!

Earth-2: …we have a hero named Kal-L, aka Clark Kent, aka Superman, who has an S on his chest and works at the daily star.

Earth-1: I don’t see how that’s related. Anyway, he’s part of a superhero team called the Justice League of America!

Earth-2: Are you sure you don’t mean the Justice Society of America?

Earth-1: No, why would I. Now, one of his friends in the League is Dick Grayson, aka-

Earth-2: Robin! That’s Robin!

Earth-1: No, he’s Nightwing. He USED to be Robin.

Earth-2: dude, stop. You’re totally copying my ideas.

Earth-1: Other members of the league include Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, the Atom, Hawkman, and Dr. Fate!

Earth-2: *confused screaming*