Harley Quinn #22

Terry and Rachel Dodson's cover for this September 2002 issue is a vivid, candy-colored delight: Harley Quinn perches atop a brooding red-skinned devil figure in a yellow suit, while a swarm of mischievous pink imps — some armed with bows and arrows — cavort all around them against a deep magenta background. The tagline "Miss Sin in Action!" sets a perfectly cheeky tone for Karl Kesel's story, "The Ballad of Harley Quinn," with art by Brandon Badeaux and inks by Rodney Ramos. It's a wonderfully offbeat chapter in Harley's early solo run that captures exactly the anarchic charm that made this series such a fun corner of the DC Universe in 2002.