This graphic novel collects issues 1-6 of Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica by Paul Dini. I have not been reading a lot of Harley comics lately - $$ is just not there for me to pick them up every week, but when I saw this one I wanted to give it a go. I really like mash-ups and this seemed like an interesting one. I enjoyed seeing all these characters together and the cameos that also popped in from Gotham and Riverdale, but it just wasn't for me.

I think that I would have just enjoyed Harley and Ivy taking this on themselves versus a full body switch thing happening. It was entertaining but sometimes it got a bit confusing and for a comic it was overall very wordy and that was a turn off. I really enjoy Harley Quinn and the comics about her but I prefer other writers, Paul Dini is great and does wonderful things for Harley but his isn't really my style.

Overall the story is your normal Harley hijinx, but it was off. I wanted more violence with her - as is her norm. She seemed a bit tame here.

Review link will be live on Sept. 5.

As a Huge Harley,Ivy,Betty and Veronica fan I absolutely loved this cross over. If you are expecting the gritty drama and teen angst of Riverdale, well, this isn't the book for you. However, if you are looking for over the top hijinks and shenanigans in the vein of Harley Quinn's usual romps, this one IS for you.

I wasn't entirely sold on the idea of a Riverdale/DC crossover, but it turns out that a Harley & Ivy and Betty & Veronica crossover was simply inspired. Teens love Riverdale and Harley Quinn, so there's no doubt in my mind that this will be ridiculously popular in my library's collection and it's certainly a plus that it is so well done.

I am not a regular comic book reader, but loved the idea of the two dynamic duos in the same story. From the plot description I expected a kidnapping, but was pleasantly surprised by the double identity switch. Made for an entertaining read. Love the proximity of Riverdale and Gotham City as well as the character crossovers. A colorful and engaging read.

Thank you to DC Comics and NetGalley for a digital ARC of this upcoming publication.

I'm always looking for books that are engaging or educating or hopefully both for YA students. Call this one "engaging."

It has been years since I have read a comic book. When I was younger, I used to read them regularly. This did include the Archie comics. Yet, when I was reading them, the characters were portrayed as more innocent. This version of the Archie comics has the characters portrayed as sexier. However, this storyline has the characters acting like highschoolers including Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. No, I want the bad guys to be "evil" not making me think they are all going to be friends over ice cream floats.

In fact, I was disappointed in this book and the good two shoes vibes that I was getting from the storyline that after reading to the half way mark I skipped ahead to the last couple of pages just to see how the story would end. Still not impressed. This comic did not get me excited to read comics again. It was a yawn fest.

The DC and Hannah Barbara crossovers continue! This time it’s Harley and Ivy meeting up with Betty, Veronica, Archie, and all the others over at Riverdale. I’ll be honest with you here and say that I haven’t read any of the other crossovers, so I can’t really compare and contrast between them.
If you’re looking for a fun and silly telling that involves favorites from two different worlds, then this may just be the read for you. I can safely say that I never expected to see the day where Poison Ivy ran amok amongst Riverdale. It’s funny how things end up, isn’t it?

Spoiler Warning

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this crossover, if I’m being completely honest with you. But I’ve got to say that the creators did a better job than anticipated justifying the reason for these two groups meeting up. They also did a wonderful job keeping all of the humor intact, which is pretty important for something like this.
Long story short, Riverdale was about to lose its swamp, and while many people wouldn’t normally think twice about that, naturally somebody like Poison Ivy would care. The truth is that while swamps aren’t pretty, tend to be stinky, and don’t have much by way of useful land, they do house a whole bunch of rare flora and fauna. I know Ivy cares more for the flora in this case, but my point still stands.
So it makes complete sense that she’d go and play eco-terrorist again, and likewise it makes sense that Harley, assuming she was available, would come along for the ride. Sounds like a fun ladies weekend, right? Well for Harley and Ivy it’s pretty on point.
What follows are a bunch of shenanigans, jokes, identity mishaps, and some classic butt kicking. In short, it’s about everything we could have expected from this incredibly odd team up. Sure, things get pretty weird in the middle, thanks to a Zantana cameo, but I probably should have seen something like that coming, huh? Nothing is ever simple for any of these guys.
This was a pretty decent light read, on the whole. I won’t say that the plot was terribly involved or anything like that, but it was fun and light, and sometimes that’s exactly what we’re looking for. Plus the classic Harley humor really did help, but that may be my bias showing.

A rollicking blast of a crossover comic, wherein Harley and Ivy go undercover in Riverdale to prevent Hiram Lodge from wiping out Sweetwater Swamp, but instead end up accidently swapping bodies with Betty and Veronica. A little problem like suddenly being underage won’t derail their plans, however. Betty and Veronica, though? Not thrilled to be stuck in the bodies of two famous Sirens and stuck in Gotham City with all the pissed off criminals who want to do in Harley and Ivy.

Plot/Characterization: 8/10
The characterization of Betty and Veronica is just odd in the beginning of the book. At first, they seem to straight up hate each other. Betty (sweet, girl next door?) seems to have something nasty to say about everything Veronica says and does. Later they’re described as frenemies, but in the beginning, Veronica is described as Betty’s nemesis.
Did they have a fight? Am I missing something? Yes, Betty and Veronica are rivals for Archie’s attention in most versions, but they are also FRIENDS. It’s not this vicious mean girl snottiness.
Anyway, by the time the gala hits, everything is forgotten, I guess, because they’re friends now, enough to hang out together at the party and not throw a fit every time the other speaks.
As the book continues, I can’t really tell who these characters are beyond “good girl” Betty and Veronica, who is predominantly characterized by being rich. So. There’s that. I got the feeling the writers of this comic are more on the DC side than the Archie side. It’s like they got to borrow Riverdale characters for fanfiction.
Harley and Ivy are perfectly nailed. Their plan makes sense for something Ivy would do, and how she’s go about it. Though she could simply destroy their equipment first, she aims for kidnapping and pressing Hiram Lodge into doing the right thing before any other attempts.
There were a lot of fun moments: Selina Kyle being a fan of Josie and the Pussycats. Sabrina Spellman meeting Zatanna and fangirling out. Harley and Ivy freaking everyone out with their behavior and closeness when they’ve taken Betty and Veronica’s bodies. Betty embracing her inner wild girl and throwing that mallet around before stealing a damn taco truck to get out of Gotham.
It could’ve been better, story and character-wise. It’s not like anyone really developed or learned anything. But as it was, just a fun romp.
Adding that, while I think there are nods to Ivy and Harley’s real relationship, the former calling her “babe,” the latter calling her “my gal”—the book is deliberately written to make it unclear what their relationship is. They clearly live together, sleep in the same bed, do crimes together, call each other pet names, and are affectionate… but only to a point. I’m not asking for a big girl-on-girl sex scene, but if they can make a joke about how the bad guys enjoy watching the girls fight together, they could more clearly recognize what is an established relationship in DC canon. My only reasoning for why they WOULDN’T is if Archie comics didn’t want them to include it. Or because Paul Dini chickened out. There is clear love for the characters there, however, so your guess is as good as mine.

Art: 7/10
The cover art is just awful, but thankfully, this is not the art we’re asked to view through the book itself, which seems to be done by Laura Braga, who has experience drawing Harley and Ivy in other titles. That art is what I would consider to be your standard DC comics fight art, no more, no less. There are some really well done panels, and parts that I enjoyed. The style is flexible enough to keep up with the fast pace and the action.
In fact, I really do like some of the drawings of Betty when she looks more like a teenager, which would be appropriate in contrasting her with Harley. Unfortunately, DC must have a cup size requirement, because when she’s dressing as Harley, she goes up two sizes.
Removing points for back-breaking posing (seriously, girls don’t always have to have their asses sticking out) and literally copy/pasting drawings into other frames (and not just in the scene where two leads are dressing up in different outfits). Since this comic novel is from the official DC and Archie people, I expect less laziness in the art (or maybe they just gave her a super short deadline). Also, to the colorists: Why is Harley’s skin BLUE?? She wears face makeup, yes, in her costume. Otherwise, she’s human. Wtf.
Oddly, Harley looks most herself when she’s in Betty’s body, thanks to the blue skin in her normal form and the failure of the artist to really capture her beyond “vixen.” There could’ve been more effort put into making, at the very least, the title characters distinct. It was important for the characters in-universe to mistake them for each other, but at no point does it benefit for us not to really know who is who.
Themes: ??
This isn’t that deep. Ivy is trying to save a swamp; Harley goes with her. Shenanigans. I think the overall theme here just had to be MASH-UP!!! Although I do think that Betty and Harley got a little bit out of their experience being each other, this thought isn't fleshed out by the end. The characters end more or less where they began.

My expectations were lowered from the beginning, so while I wasn’t as satisfied with the characterization of the Riverdale characters, it was entertaining to watch a common fanfic trope play out with my two favorite Sapphic Sirens from Gotham. It’s definitely an enjoyable read, even with my criticism switch flipped. It’s not Shakespeare (or the Sandman), but it’s not meant to be. I would recommend giving it a shot.

Review will be crossposted at Sapphic Alliance Fiction and Midnight Voss’s blog on September 4th.

Harley Quinn and Ivy leave Gotham and all their adversaries go to Riverdale to fight to keep Hiram Lodge from taking over the swamp and building a school campus. Ivy is botany obsessed supervillain who wants to protect the swamp. While working toward this end, they accidently change places with Betty and Veronica.. You will see some of your favorite heroes and villains in this issue. Entertaining crossover with lots of fun and excitement. I received this book from Net Galley and DC Entertainment for a honest review and no other compensation.

This was everything I hoped it would be. Tons of campy cross over goodness with some of my favorite ladies.

Let's be honest, the plot is pretty thin, but it doesn't matter. The whole point is for Harley & Ivy to unintentionally swap places (ok, bodies) with Betty & Veronica so that we can enjoy the ensuing hijinks. On that score, this succeeds beautifully. This is pure fun and what-iffery that doesn't take itself too seriously.

I received a copy of this ebook from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

I got this Comic to read with my daughter that 13 years old. She loves Archie comics and we watch the CW’s Riverdale together. She is also very into Marvel and DC comics. So I had her help me with this review. She said it was a little hard for her to get into. Because of how it switched between the 2 stories but once the characters meet up she said it was really good. She really enjoyed it and read it in one sitting.

It is sooooooo easy to tell that this graphic novel was written by men. While overall I liked the story, it cold have ended sooooooo much earlier than it did. It is very stereotypical in comments on clothes, costumes, etc. I think a female hand could have helped this title 1. Not drag, 2, make it more realistic to girls and women. Harley and Ivy need to get out of town because everyone is out for revenge. They travel to Riverdale to stop a swamp from being paved over for a strip mall/school. They show up in time for a costume ball, where Betty and Veronica dress up as Harley and Ivy. There is a body switch, new and old superhero costumes, etc. Typical male fantasy, instead of a really fun romp that it could have been.

This seemed like it would be a good idea, but the execution left me in the dark. From panel to panel it was hard to tell who was who, (really? characters dressed up in costume as other characters so you don't know which is which and then you do body switching?). The plot was forced; the dialogue didn't track; lots of continuity glitches from panel to panel. I like Harley; I like Ivy; I even like Betty and Veronica, but mixing them all together highlighted their weaknesses as characters, not their strengths.

Unfortunately I couldn’t download this on any on my devices😢I tried it on my iPad and kindle even tried on my computer maybe I’m not tech savvy enough

This looked so awesome! I was so excited!

And it’s written by the creator of Harley Quinn!

And Sabrina and Zatanna’s involvement is inspired!

The idea was perfect. The concept was fantastic. The art was great - until you couldn’t figure out what was going on. The execution… *sigh*

Is it just me - or is this comic kind of a mess? I guess Paul Dini didn’t have as much of a hand in it as I hoped. I feel like there’s so much trying to happen in such little space that it’s kinda hard to figure out what’s going on.

You definitely don’t want to read this if you hate spoilers. I couldn’t write this review without pointing out the specific things that annoyed me. And there are too many to tag with spoilers - so STOP READING NOW if you haven’t read it and don’t want it SPOILED.

The things that I liked, first.

I though the whole body-switching idea was really fun. And since that happened at the end of the second comic, maybe things will settle down they won’t be so compressed.

And it did get a little better. It was easier to enjoy.

I was almost as excited as Sabrina when she met Zatanna.

I’ve been watching so much Steven Universe that it was weird to hear Cheryl Blossom say “clods”.

There were a few of things that annoyed me because I thought they were forced - but I probably wouldn’t be writing about these if I enjoyed the comic. They’re the kinds of things that pop out at me, but I ignore them if I’m enjoying something.

The first thing that struck me as odd, because I am such a nerd. “…the area of a cone?” Cones are three-dimensional - so they have <i>surface</i> area, but not area. I actually wouldn’t even be mentioning this if there weren’t more issues.

I thought the Catwoman / Josie and the Pussycats stuff might be kind of forced. And the Miss Grundy / Solomon Grundy could have been written better.

And the Lodge’s butler, Smithers, knows Alfred? From MI5? I don’t know…I thought they were going to bring Batman in, but it’s probably better that they didn’t.

But my main issues with the book were just the readability of the dialogue, and the confusion of the panels.

Sometimes, the dialogue doesn’t seem to flow - it’s almost like there are panels - or word balloons - out of order.

That added to the confusion, but - and this happens way too often in comics where there’s action - there were several times when I couldn’t follow the action. No matter how many times I went back and read through the panels.

The first question I had was what happened with that first explosion? I get that they were decoys, but were the decoys rigged to explode? Or did Lenny’s guys try to blow them up? And if they did where did the plants come from? Were the decoys plants? Did the decoy plans get blown up or did they turn into the man-eating plants? This ½ a page was really confusing - and it was only the ninth page.

Then a couple pages later, Betty says she’s going to the costume store. And Veronica shouts, “Wait! Take me with you!!!” The next thing we know Betty is at the costume store with <i>Sabrina</i> but in different clothes. And then a few minutes later Veronica shows up escorted by her butler in completely different clothes. Then Kevin goes from a blonde to a redhead in this same scene. I was wondering if Archie showed up.

Why was the bird costume orange when Veronica opened it, but blue when Jughead wore it?

When Harley and Ivy fight Betty and Veronica, it’s really hard to see what’s going on.

And the climax was confusing too. I couldn’t figure out what was happening with the bombs. Was Harley throwing her own bombs while gathering the other bombs? Did Ivy throw a batarang? And why wouldn’t the bombs go off? Then where did the bombs go off? And who was that stuck in the vine after it all went down?

It’s really sad - I really, really, really wanted to like this. But it was just so confusing and hard to read.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and DC Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.</i>

Thank you so so so much Netgalley, DC Comics & DC Entertainment for absolutely making my week and " gifting" me this to read in exchange for an honest review!

First off let me begin by saying that I thought that this was a teeny weeny comic .....But nope! This is a FULL blown--134 page graphic novel folks!!

I have problems downloading certain formats of the books that I am approved for so I had to download a special app and clear room in my Ipad just to make room for this baby ....but it was SO worth it!! I am a true Harley Quinn FANatic...and not just since suicide squad, since way back when she was just a measley little side character obsessed with Joker and no one even knew who she was!!

I own every single Funko Pop and dorbz ever made of both her & Joker, I own many graphic novels and comics ( there are wayyyy to many to own them all -- but one day I will get there ) , I have at least 10 shirts, pants, gloves, pajamas, perfume, posters, paintings done of her by artists on the streets of New York City, wallets, purses, keychains, a piggy bank good grief-- you name it!! She's my girl! And Joker-- he's my pudding pop tooo 😍😍

This graphic novel was fantastic! Not only did it have my girl in it but her equally sexy sidekick Poison Ivy! Add a little Betty, Veronica , Archie & Jughead and you got yourself one hell of a cast!!!!

I loved how the girls switched bodies! What a fun element of surprise and action! Some of my favorite moments that I'd like to highlight ...

" Uhhhh..nice vicious, vegetables..."
" Why is she talking to herself?" ( Clearly they do NOT know Harley Quinn, but that's right she wasn't Harley 😜)
" I can't believe you would do this to us after we just shared milkshakes!"
" If I could, do you think that I'd be sitting in a pipe getting yelled at by a Kardashian-lite like you?"
"... ok, you horticulture Houdini!"


Fabulous & fun storyline & great artwork ! Please think of me for any future Harley Quinn related media ❤️🙏🏻

Once you get passed preconceived notions of Betty & Veronica and Harley & Ivy, the reader can really enjoy the story of "Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica". When Hiram Lodge plans construction in a swamp, Ivy decides on a little trip to Riverdale with Harley to save the ecosystem. Betty and Veronica's relationship is more rivalry than friends as they try to be the best dressed and the one who gets the boy. Jughead holds true to the original character with his obsession with food. With appearances by Josie and the Pussycats, Zatana, and Sabrina, the story goes from cutesy to body swap when magic takes a turn. Bad guys from Gotham show up to add a little action to the mix. I was expecting more sass and humor which really did not appear until the last third of the story but it was still a cute distraction for a little mindless entertainment. The art is more Harley & Ivy than Riverdale but nicely drawn with nice color for an enjoyable read. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from Netgalley.

This really wasn't my bag. I don't know what I thought for a second that it would be-- I am almost totally unfamiliar with Archie comics, and what I do know I don't like-- but the allure of a Harley/Ivy book with Paul Dini involved was too much of a siren song for me to not pick it up. Well, the story was boring and juvenile, and the art made sections of the story confusing (like when Betty and Veronica dress up as Harley and Ivy for a party and then the real ones show up-- they were too similar-looking to tell who was really doing what).

I was very eager to pick up this graphic novel, based solely on my devout love for the Archie franchise and every single Archie spin-off. Growing up, I regularly read Sabrina comics and collected Betty & Veronica digestst. I can still sing verbatim every song off the early 2000's Josie and the Pussycats movie soundtrack. I've watched every Archies television adaptation and I'm a current Riverdale fanatic.

Harley & Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica had some of the appeal of the beloved Archies characters, each one making a valiant appearance (they kept Kevin an LGBTQ character, gave Sabrina a great side story, and the Pussycats even sing!) but there was more to yawn about than love.

I've never been a big fan of the overly eroticized comic book vixen. Harley & Ivy are deranged females for young women to look up to, but so are the overly bickering Betty & Veronica, constantly fighting over the attention of a clueless Archie. So there aren't any female tropes to be left out of this graphic novel.

The art style is also confusing. No doubt the artists are super talented, but I felt lost in the shuffle of characters. Most of the female faces looked identical, every curve precisely the same. Even the males had very little differentiation in their forms. The four title ladies attend a Heroes and Villains gala in which Betty & Veronica dress up as Harley & Ivy. Harley & Ivy appear at the gala, dressed in their vintage outfits. Chaos ensues! Not only is the plot muddy from the identity crises, the reader has literally no way of following along with who is who. All the women look the same, and wow is that dull.

Thanks to Net Galley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.