Collecting Gotham City Sirens #1-13.

#1 is written by Paul Dini with art by Guillem March. We find out that Catwoman is still recovering from her ordeal at the hand's of Hush from the Heart of Hush story line that occurred in Detective Comics. Poison Ivy saves her from the attentions of a new villain calling himself Boneblaster and the pair head back to Ivy's place. There it is revealed that Harley Quinn is living there as well. The three decide that it would be better for all involved if they banded together, but Ivy is concerned that Selina has lost her nerve.

In #2 we find out that Talia Al Ghul offered to have Catwoman's knowledge of Batman's secret identity wiped from a memory, which causes a problem as Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn want to know. Meanwhile, Hush is back and is impersonating Bruce Wayne.

Scott Lobdell is pops in to write #3, in an issue focusing on the former Riddler Edward Nigma, now a consulting detective. Harley has gone missing so Selina and Ivy ask Ed to help find her. Unfortunately, Ed is more concerned with his latest cast so the girls storm off to find Harley themselves.

Paul Dini returns for #4, where we see that Harley has been out on the town with somebody that looks like Bruce Wayne (actually Hush having altered his appearance to look like Bruce). Hush wants vengeance on Selina and her friends for robbing him of his family fortune after their last encounter. Meanwhile, Hush isn't the only one out for vengeance. The Joker has found out that Harley has been stepping out with 'Bruce Wayne' and he isn't happy about it.

In #5 Selina and Ivy decide to put an end to the Joker once and for all after he blows up their place. However, it turns out that the Joker is another imposter. It is actually Gaggy, the Joker's original sidekick. He is jealous of all the attention Harley is getting and wants a return to the times when the Joker was fun.

The fight with Gaggy continues in #6 as we also get a closer look at Gaggy's backstory. He was the top attraction at Haley's Circus until the Flying Graysons came along. The Joker then approached Gaggy and and offered him a job as a henchman. He blames Harley for the Joker going over the edge and becoming a psychotic edgelord so he wants her dead so things can return the way they were.

David Lopez takes over on art duties for #7, which is a Christmas issue. Catwoman deals with a gang of knife-wielding Santas. Poison Ivy is enjoying some peace and quiet in central America when she is alerted to a gang of drug lords defending their turf from some tourists that found them by accident. Harley Quinn heads home to New York to reunite with her estranged family. Unfortunately, not all of them are happy to see her.

Guillem March returns to co-write with Marc Andreyko in #8 as well as art. People are being killed in Robinson Park and Poison Ivy is the prime suspect. Somebody is copying Ivy's toxins and is trying to frame her. When Ivy ends up disappearing Selina and Harley try to find their friend and prove that she isn't responsible for the murders.

Paul Dini is back on writing duties in #9-11. Guillem March is on art in #9, Andres Guinaldo in #10 and #11. In #9 somebody has thrown a dead body right through the skylight of the girls' hideout so they go to Edward Nigma to help find out who it was. #10 begins with Nigma at the mercy of Dr. Aesop, the true villain behind the body was was dropped off at the girls' hideout. Aesop is pissed that his old hideout was sold to Catwoman and he wants it back. In #11, Selina is out jogging when she is approached by two men looking for a missing dog. Selina tells Harley about the missing dog and with nothing better to do, the pair of them decide to go out looking for the dog. Meanwhile, Ivy has an eventful first day at her new job working at the Gotham branch of S.T.A.R. Labs.

Tony Bedard is on writing duties in #12 and #13, with art by Peter Nguyen in #12 and Nguyen with Andres Guinaldo in #13. Selina searches through a priest's office for information about her sister Maggie, who was driven insane by Black Mask. Harley tags along and tells Selina that she is worried about Ivy, who hasn't come back from her first day at work. It turns out that Ivy has been captured by a disgruntled co-worker. Meanwhile, Maggie Kyle starts to believe that a cat demon has possessed her sister and makes rather extreme measures to exorcise it.

I have always loved the dynamic between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, whether they are officially a couple or not. I like Catwoman just fine as well and she has great chemistry with the pair, but it should be obvious who I am reading this collection for. The art does verge on cheesecake at some points, but it doesn't really distract you from the story like Harley's modern comics appearances. I swear, Harley's last comic series was little more than a string of excuses for her to parade around in the altogether. Gratuitous nudity instead of bothering to write a story that is actually funny. 'Dur-hur-hur. Harley's naked again!' Let's not let my poor opinion of Harley's modern comics colour my thoughts about this series. Gotham City Sirens is a lot of fun. I look forward to reading the second volume in the collection soon.

My rating: 4 stars.