HARLEY QUINN FIRST APPEARANCE PRODUCTION CEL — "JOKER'S FAVOR" 1992

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HARLEY QUINN FIRST APPEARANCE PRODUCTION CEL — "JOKER'S FAVOR" 1992:
$99999.00

This is a genuine production cel from "Joker's Favor" — the episode that introduced Harley Quinn to the world on September 11, 1992. Before this episode aired, Harley Quinn did not exist in any medium.

This cel appears two sentences into Harley's very first on-screen conversation with the Joker — frame-matched and confirmed. Both characters are shown face-on in full figure — Harley in her iconic red and black jester costume, the Joker in full purple-suited menace — capturing the intimate dynamic that defined their relationship for three decades.

The market has spoken on what Harley Quinn first appearance art is worth. In June 2023, a page from Batman Adventures #12 — Harley's first comic book appearance, one year after this cel — sold at ComicLink sale for $97,756 with 87 offers. The sale listing itself stated clearly that only one of the three panels was original art, with panels two and three being photo stats with no original art underneath. Nearly $100,000 for one original panel and two photo stats.

This production cel is 100% original. It is genuine hand-painted acetate that physically existed in the animation studio and appeared on screen the night Harley Quinn was born — September 11, 1992. It predates Batman Adventures #12 by a full year. It is not a photo stat, not a reproduction, not a xerox. It is the real thing — the actual artifact from the actual moment.

Harley Quinn has since starred in three blockbuster films with Margot Robbie generating over $1.5 billion in global box office, her own adult animated series, and hundreds of comics. She is one of the most beloved and recognizable characters in DC history. She began here — in this conversation, in this frame, on this cel.

Comes with the official Warner Bros. Certificate of Authenticity #13152, authorized by Director Steve Felton of Warner Bros. Animation Art, certifying this as a genuine production cel from the original Batman: The Animated Series. Frame-matched and confirmed as appearing two sentences into Harley Quinn's first ever on-screen conversation.

Production cels from this specific scene — showing both Harley and the Joker together, face-on, from her very first dialogue — are essentially impossible to find on the open market.

Condition: Excellent. Professionally framed.