After making her television debut on Batman: The Animated Series, Harley Quinn became an instant hit among TV and comic fans thanks to her contagious charm, acrobatic aptitude, and zany zingers. Her popularity grew so big, in fact, that audiences demanded more, thus paving the way for Harley to make the leap from TV screens to the printed page. This first DC Finest volume contains her first two published comics tales based on her animated series appearances, plus her retold origin that fully integrated her into the main DC Universe during the No Man's Land event.

DC Finest: Harley Quinn: Birth of the Mirth collects THE BATMAN ADVENTURES #12, THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE #1, BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN #1, BATMAN #570, #573-574, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #93, DETECTIVE COMICS #737, #740-741, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #126, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #60, ACTION COMICS #765, CATWOMAN #82-84, #89, HARLEY QUINN #1-8, and a back-up story from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #14.