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It is unknown however how and when she came to the main continuity's universe. She is also the step daughter of the Earth-3 Riddler.

Ultimately it was revealed that Duela is the daughter of the The Jokester (Earth-3) and Three-Face (Evelyn Dent) , the Joker's heroic counterpart and archenemy of Owlman (Thomas Wayne, Jr.) This means she is Joker's daughter, just not the mainstream one. In the solicitation, Duela steals a reality-altering device and shifts New York City into the late 1970s. The final issue of Team Titans solicited a non-existent story for Team Titans #25, and provided a commentary on the title's cancellation. However, due to the cancellation of the series, plans for her to return were aborted. The writers of the title originally planned to reveal that Harlequin was a time-traveling member of the Team Titans driven insane by her warping experience. Her first significant Post-Crisis appearance was in the Team Titans comic book, as a patient in a mental hospital. An acrobat who possesses numerous 'clown-motif' gadgets, she calls herself Duela Dent (while her true identity remains unknown). Dick Grayson notes that he'd finally realized she was too old to be Two-Face's daughter, which she agrees with, but disappears before he can take the matter further.ĭelusional and schizophrenic, the mysterious Harlequin has been in and out of mental institutions for several years.

As Harlequin, Duela utilized gimmicks such as smoke-inducing powder puffs and bullet-firing lipstick.Īfter the Teen Titans comic books were canceled, she popped up in the Batman titles, calling herself Card Queen while infiltrating a criminal organization called MAZE.ĭuela's last pre-Crisis appearance is in Tales of The Teen Titans #50, as a guest at Donna Troy's wedding where she appears to be a middle age matron. In Teen Titans #48 she changed her identity to Harlequin. She deduced Robin's identity and he revealed that she was Duela Dent, Two-Face's daughter.ĭuela claimed she wanted to join the Teen Titans to atone for her father's crimes. She gained the attention of Robin, as she later claimed to be the daughter of Catwoman, Scarecrow, the Riddler, and the Penguin.

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Duela Dent first appeared as Joker's Daughter in the Batman Family series of comic books.