#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.

[dcdreamblog]

I was reading about heroic legacies and clown themed people and was suddenly reminded of this superheroine? supervillianess? who has claimed to be the daughter of like half of Gotham's male rogues, I think the one that stuck was calling her the Joker's Daughter, I think she was called Harlequin for a time (weirdly fitting considering the most famous lover of his), pretty sure she was on the Titans for awhile, last I heard of her she was apparently from a universe where the Joker is a good guy?

The woman you are referring to was named Duela Dent and, without wishing to make light. She seemed to be a very sick woman.

(A file photo of Dent, during one of the times she seemed on a stable period with the Titans) She just sort of appeared one day on a mad spree, claiming within hours of her appearance to be the daughter of the Joker, Catwoman, the Penguin, Scarecrow and finally "settling" on Two-Face (her given name is more than likely an alias of some kind). She vanished after her first encounter with Robin leaving many questions left unanswered. She appeared sometime later alongside the Titans, who assured the public she was attempting to make up for the misdeeds of her malevolent sire (not that they never actually pin down who that is. Probably because they also don't know)

She eventually changed her nom de geurre to Harlequin (though note, due to the spelling she's actually stealing from golden age villainess Molly Mayne, not Harleen Quinzel, whose Harley Quinn moniker has always been an intentional pun on her coincidental legal name.)

She was their firm ally until sometime after the team's refoundation in the wake of the Technus Crisis (that time a big pile of space junk tried to eat the moon). After that...

It's uncertain whether Ms. Dent's struggles with mental health are a lifelong malady or just something she developed later in life, I'm not her psychologist.

She has been on the Titans for short spells, but also has a pattern of randomly showing up in violent incidents were she rants about the Titans and her own mysterious parentage to anyone who will listen, racing for as long as she is allowed and then being taken into custody by her very concerned teammates.

She has had a long series of stays, both consensual and forced at the Helping House Mental Institution in Industry, California. As far as I know she's there now but its neither my business nor my interest to snoop. What I can tell you is she hasn't been seen in public in years.

If she truly is the daughter of one of Gotham's criminal elite then one can only guess at her trauma and applaud her for attempting to make good on their legacy despite whatever scars they left her with. If her idea of villainous parentage at all is a part of her mental struggles, then she still deserves support for battling again and again and always ending up on the side of the angels after all. No matter what, people are alive now who wouldn't have been because of her and that always deserves kudos.

[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]

Do I want red hair or purple hair for my Duela Dent costume?

[doctorslippery]

[devilsworks]

At @/jaytoddz request on insta, Have DUELA DENT!!!! (As Harlequin) I found out how she was back in Ram V's TEC a few weeks ago and ofc had to tell my fellow Duela lover, we're both glad she's back and hope she continues to appear :D

[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.

[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.

[blanddcheadcanons]

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

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[tadc-harlequin-au]

Hey, I know he's not technically canon but what would Cade look like in his adult body? Would he have an exposed heart like his dad? Or any particular style of fashion? I wanna see him fully grown next to his parents and see how tall his adult body is. And what about his teen stage? I vaguely remember you said that there were three main body changes, child, teen and adult. (Not forced or anything just curious about what Cade would look like as a big boy/fully grown harlequin.) ^^

I make a non-canon fanchild once and you all go crazy huh /j

Cade's development through the years could be summarized by this poorly drawn chart (that doesn't even cover ALL the changes but that's a story for another day) but it IS the base child-teen-adult progression.

Young Cade is quite the troublemaker; not fully in a bad sense, he's just very hyperactive and easy to be excited. He's also the embodiment of childish wonders and curiosity, so he's the happiest he can be if shown something new and amazing.

Teen Cade.... well, he's become a bit of a rebel because ofc he would be. Who wasn't. He thinks his mom is "babying" him, when no. Pomni's just become increasingly paranoid on how to handle the unfolding situation of her son growing up, and wanting to break things like her in her uncontrolled prime.

He's also become the most reckless and stubborn he'll ever be, answering back passive-aggressively and raising his tone against his parents when they're trying to talk some sense into him, going out on his own accord and even REFUSING to wear the tracker bell that would let Caine know his location for safety purposes.

Thankfully, Adult Cade has realized the errors of his cringe emo teen self and is back to being a happy, active and mischievous Puppet. He's become an official defender of the city, befit of the title of a Combat Harlequin. Although his relationship with his parents are no longer strained and is as healthy as can be, there's an intrusive thought lodged in his head somewhere that insists that he's not being a good son (considering his track record), how he's not living up to expectations because he hasn't done anything grandeur like both his mom and dad has in their pasts, nor achieved something worth celebrating.

He does realize that it's not the achievements he's worried about, but rather, it's actually his dream to travel the world and detail his exploits. Something that both his parents will have to come to terms with, because this means that their son wants to leave the nest and be on his own.

Now, for what you've been waiting for anon, here's Adult Cade side by side with Pomni and Caine, although this is their current looks and not their post-canon's, so-

He's slightly taller than both of them lol

[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.

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