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Review: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh

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Breaking Glass reimagines DC Anti-Hero Harley Quinn as eccentric, misfit teen Harleen. Harleen has experienced her fair share of injustices and prejudices by age fifteen. And things have compounded again, now that she's just arrived in Gotham City and discovered that her grandmother--who she was supposed to live with--has passed away and no one bothered to tell her, or her mother. Fortunately, she's taken in by her grandmother's dear friend, drag queen Mama, who becomes a solid role model. At Gotham High, she becomes firm friends with Ivy, an activist who truly wants to make a difference. But then more challenges arise when a powerful real estate company moves to take over Mama's apartment block. To stop it, Harleen needs to make a tough choice. Should she stand with her friends, who are campaigning tirelessly against the changes. Or should she join with her new friend, the Joker, who promises faster and more decisive action against the corporation who want Harleen and...