Do You Love Harley Quinn? Thank a TV Soap Opera for Her Existence

Seriously. If not for a daytime drama, this comic book anti-hero wouldn’t be stealing our collective hearts today.

Composite illustration by Paco Taylor (STP Design) • Image credit: DC Comics/Warner Bros.

Ten years or so ago, if anybody would’ve suggested to comic book aficionados that a daytime soap that our mommy’s used to watch had a big role in inspiring the…