It took me a weird amount of time to come up with this one, seeing as the idea seems so obvious now that I have. Both crazy, both lethal, a shared love for black and red color schemes with a knack for clownery and a complete dominance over 2016’s pop culture landscape (seriously how many Harley Quinn and Deadpool costumes were sold in 2016? One billion? Two?) – Deadpool and Harley are a perfect amalgamation. Both of them also never really had a fair shot during the original Amalgam Universe, yeah they do have amalgam versions of themselves, but neither had yet to be as immensely popular as they are now. 

The design for this one was maybe the easiest time I’ve had with one of these while also coming out the cleanest. The two costumes already compliment each other so well it felt hard to mess up. I tried out some more action poses, especially trying to incorporate a big mallet into the final piece but it quickly became clear to me that I wanted this to be precise, clear and clean. 

For a character biography I don’t have anything super clever. Harley Wilson, a young woman who wants to follow her fathers footsteps and join the army, is forced to become a government psychiatrist, treating soldiers and POWs alike when she doesn’t get accepted into the army for being “too weak”. Jealous and envious of her clients, she becomes enamored with two of the most brutal soldiers who’ve ever lived; Logan Wayne and Creed Quinn. She slowly loses herself in this obsession and, with inside knowledge of the government’s now-disbanded Weapon X program, obtains a vial of both their blood and injects it into herself – giving her great healing abilities. 

Now, with her obsession of the two men at an all time high and her powers finally giving her the power to do anything she’s ever wanted. She tracks the two men down and tries to befriend them, knowing full well they’re now mortal enemies. This is where I want to mirror some of their main-line-continuity counterparts; Darkclaw is completely irked by her, in the same vein that Logan is irked by Wade – But The Hyena is smitten by the attention and kind of takes her under his wing like Joker does Harley. This also creates a fun dynamic where Hyena has this sidekick with him that – while sharing his obsession for Darkclaw – does not share his bloodlust, and will always avoid killing Darkclaw if Hyena gets too close (I also imagine that sort of ends in a similar way that the mainline Harley and Joker ends with her becoming more of her own character and splitting from Hyena).

This is one of my favorites I’ve done just because it’s so perfectly simple. The design and the backstory just came out in one go and I really enjoy that. Thanks for reading and hope you come back for tomorrow’s entry.