Poison Ivy has long been a character that I’ve enjoyed since the Bat-universe grabbed my interest with the strength of one of the good doctor’s serpentine vines. POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH #1 page 1 After an argument with the Joker’s former girlfriend leads them going their separate ways (at least for now), a dead body found at the Gardens the next morning suggests that, while she might be done with her old life, Poison Ivy’s old life isn’t done with her. Nevertheless, while Pamela’s work has taken her to Africa to retrieve a rare plant-the Living Fossil-for the Gardens and back to Gotham, some folks, including her associate and significant other Harley Quinn, aren’t as keen about this new-and-improved life. The former Poison Ivy appears genuinely content, working in a field that makes her mind and spirit sing and surrounded by coworkers who share that passion. She’s begun working at the Gotham Botanical Gardens under the mentoring of Dr.
Isley seems to have left villainy and law-breaking to her colleagues. However, writer Amy Chu and artists Seth Mann and Clay Mann look to change that, start with the first issue of the new miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death from DC Comics.ĭr. Aside from her turn in the brilliant Batman: The Animated Series, she’s not been given the representation she truly deserves. The Riddler and Hush) or she’s found her character played for camp (see Batman and Robin). Harley Quinn) she’s found herself manipulated by others (e.g. She’s been the second banana to other, flashier antagonists (e.g. However, despite how ensconced she is in that sphere of capes and freeze rays and batarangs, she’s never been fully allowed the chance to breathe and shine. Pamela Isley, the sometimes-villainous Poison Ivy, has been a staple of Batman’s world for five decades, as much a part of his lore as the Joker, Robin, Clayface, and Mr. POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH Terry and Rachel Dodson variant coverĭr.
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