Harley Quinn #26

Harley Quinn steps front and center on this moody January 2003 cover, gun raised and gaze steely, while a looming shadowed figure holds another weapon behind her — and a sinister inset portrait of the Joker watches from the corner with his unsettling grin. A rubber duck floating in the foreground and a Gothic mansion silhouetted against a crescent moon complete the atmosphere that Mike Huddleston and Troy Nixey bring to this "Under New Management!" chapter. With writer A. J. Lieberman kicking off "Vengeance Unlimited," this issue promises a Harley who's very much in charge — whether the rest of Gotham is ready for that or not.