Harley Quinn turns 30 and DC celebrates in September

Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special variant cover art by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special variant cover art by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (Image credit: DC)

Heard any good Harley Quinn news lately?

No, not that news

Harleen Frances Quinzel, AKA Harley Quinn made her debut (on the small screen) on 'Joker's Favor,' the 22nd episode of the landmark animated series Batman: The Animated Series on September 11, 1992...

Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special cover by Amanda Conner (Image credit: DC)

...which of course means DC will celebrate her 30th anniversary in September in the Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special, a prestige format 96-page one-shot anthology that will go on sale September 13, just two days shy of the actual special day. 

Ala many of DC's 80th Anniversary specials of the last few years, Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special will feature a who's who of Harley creators, including writers Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Stephanie Phillips, Stjepan Šejić, Sam Humphries, Kami Garcia, Rob Williams, Mindy Lee, Terry Dodson, Cecil Castellucci, Rafael Scavone, and yes ... of course ... Paul Dini, who famously co-created the character along with Bruce Timm for Batman: TAS.

Artists bringing the stories to life include Chad Hardin, Guillem March, Riley Rossmo, Šejić, Erica Henderson, Jason Badower, Mico Suayan, John Timms, Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Dan Hipp, and Rafael Albuquerque.

"You are cordially invited to an oversize extravaganza celebrating the Clown Princess of Crime’s 30th birthday in this fantabulous special!" reads DC's description. "That’s right — Harley Quinn turns 30 in absolute style and has invited a squad of her old creative pals to join her with a killer lineup of amazing stories!"

And since the villainous sidekick-turned-anti-hero-turned-hero Harley Quinn is already a popular character who appears frequently on variant covers, her special will of course feature several variant covers from artists like Conner, Bruce Timm, J. Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Lee Bermejo, Jerome Opeña, Dodson, and Šejić.

Check out those nine covers here:

And just to be sure all DC readers know it's her anniversary, DC will also publish Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary variants on a total of 10 various September titles, including Wonder Woman #791, The Flash #786, Poison Ivy #4, Nightwing #96, Harley Quinn #22, Action Comics #1047, Detective Comics #1064, Batgirls #10, and a couple of additional titles to be named later.

Check out the six available covers below and look for more news about new September DC titles and its full September solicitations later this month. 

Don't miss the best Harley Quinn comic book stories ever published.

I'm not just the Newsarama founder and editor-in-chief, I'm also a reader. And that reference is just a little bit older than the beginning of my Newsarama journey. I founded what would become the comic book news site in 1996, and except for a brief sojourn at Marvel Comics as its marketing and communications manager in 2003, I've been writing about new comic book titles, creative changes, and occasionally offering my perspective on important industry events and developments for the 25 years since. Despite many changes to Newsarama, my passion for the medium of comic books and the characters makes the last quarter-century (it's crazy to see that in writing) time spent doing what I love most.

Read more
Harley Quinn in Harley Quinn season 5
Harley Quinn references The Batman with hilariously specific Easter egg you might not have noticed
The cast of Harley Quinn season 5
Harley Quinn season 5 review: "It's easy to forget how lucky we are to have a hilarious, queer DC show survive five seasons"
Superman and the rest of the Super family at Pride.
DC Pride 2025: A revamped special issue starring Green Lantern Alan Scott, new books, and a host of variant covers
Batman is the Dark Knight.
All the new Batman comics, graphic novels, and collections from DC in 2025
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
DC June 2025 solicitations: 10 must-have comics to pre-order this month
The Justice League assemble.
DC reveals its full slate of May 2025 comics and covers featuring Batman, Superman, the Justice League, and more
Latest in Comics
New Champions #4
Meet Gold Tiger, the young Wakandan hero whose origin will be revealed in New Champions #4
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
DC June 2025 solicitations: 10 must-have comics to pre-order this month
Batman and the Jason Todd Robin leap into action.
Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire revisits the early days of Batman's second Robin, Jason Todd
Marvel Rivals: Ignite #1
Marvel Rivals goes manga in a new comic from Peach Momoko and three other Japanese artists that reveals several new in-game costumes
Fantastic Four #30
Thanks to Doctor Doom, Ben Grimm is no longer the Thing and his kids don't even recognize him in Fantastic Four #30
Witcher comics Geralt
"Something for true collectors": CD Projekt CEO shares his nostalgia for the "super retro" Witcher comics that are coming out in English for the first time
Latest in News
A screenshot from MindsEye showing a character leaning out of a car, shooting another car with a gun.
GTA veteran says the games industry needs to "get smarter" about what people actually want: "There are so many games, and I think we're starting to feel the effects"
Posing with a rifle in the Fallout 76 Ghoul update
Fallout 76's art director "had to fight really hard" so Bethesda would make the MMO's map bigger than Skyrim's
Minecraft movie image of Jack Black as steve
Don't expect Minecraft to go free-to-play anytime soon, as Mojang says "It doesn't really work with the way we built it"
Yasuke looking over the water to a shrine during sunset in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows has an entire island stuffed with adorable kittens you need to check out, and it's based on an actual Japanese cat paradise
phase zero key art showing zombies in a hallway
Former Witcher 3 and Dying Light devs reveal their Resident Evil homage, complete with PS1-style fixed cameras
Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System was only created because WB Games wanted something to combat Batman Arkham Asylum's second-hand sales, exec says