Harley Quinn #9 (of 55)
Fear State Part 3
January 1st, 2022
"Harley Quinn here, reporting live from Fear State! And let me just say…I’ve jumped outta airplanes, faced down the baddest criminals in Gotham, thrown punches at Batman, and filed my own taxes without instructions from the IRS, but reuniting with Poison Ivy to try to save all of Gotham…? Let’s just say I’ve got a little anxiety. I’m only one well-dressed and overly verbal former psychologist turned heroic clown, after all. Which is why I’ve teamed with the Gotham City Sirens to take down Scarecrow and…wait…why is Keepsake here? This couldn’t just be an easy, straightforward mission, could it? I blame the writer…" _Harley Quinn
After a brief flashback to how Harley Quinn met the Joker, the story jumps forward to the events of Fear State, and Alleytown, where Harley and Poison Ivy's seed clone are running from Keepsake and his Caucus of Corruption. They are able to make their escape in a classic muscle car unaware that Keepsake is on their tail.
Meanwhile at SAFE headquarters, Kevin is freeing Hugo Stranger's abandon goons and has a moral dilemma when he finds Lockwood trapped. Kevin finally saves the second in command goon but finds himself trapped. Lockwood leaves him for dead, but Sam comes to the rescue.
Back in the car chase, Keepsake catches up and destroys the car. Harley and Ivy seem doomed when Gardner and Catwoman show up and blind side Keepsake. The girls make a break for it into the sewer. There they find Ivy's seed self and rejoin her and her clone to make them one person again.