After graduating from college, Harleen Quinzel acquires a job as a psychologist at Arkham Asylum in the hopes of writing a "tell all book" about the super criminals incarcerated there. The Joker immediately piques her interest, and upon approaching him, he quips that her name can be rearranged into "Harley Quinn."

Harleen replies that she's heard this before and walks away. She later finds a rose on her desk with an attached note reading "Come down and see me sometime. -J" She returns to Joker'