Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy is a comic book character that first appeared in Batman #181
One of Batman's greatest villains, her obsession and devotion to plant life are the means behind her life of crime and her movement to protect and preserve nature at any cost.
J.T. Krul (writer)
The thing I love most about Poison Ivy is walking than line between bastion of Mother Nature and psycho
eco-terrorist. She sees herself as the hand of Mother Nature. If Mother Nature were a "god," then she would be
her "Jesus." She defends the defenseless nature in the world and truly believes in her cause. Maiming, mauling,
and mutilating are extreme measures, but it's nothing compared to what humanity's done to the world of nature.
Ivy always sees the greater good as she punishes those who deserve it
Origin – Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earth
Pamela Lillian Isley was a botanist from Seattle. She was seduced by Marc LeGrande to assist him in stealing an Egyptian artifact with an ancient herb in it. He was afraid that she knew too much to be let go alive, so he poisoned her with the herb inside the artifact. Fortunately for her, she survived and became immune to toxins and diseases. She was created by Robert Kanigher & Sheldon Moldoff.Origin – Post-Crisis on Infinite Earth
Poison Ivy’s origins were rewritten after Crisis on Infinite Earth. Pamela Isley is the daughter of wealthy parents; however she was emotionally distant from them. In college she studied in advanced botanical biochemistry. Isley was seduced by her professor, Floronic Man. As an experiment, he injected her with poison, which caused her to transform. Isley became insane due to nearly dying twice of poisoning. The poisonings resulted in Ivy not being able to ever have children. When Ivy was released she developed mood swings due to what the professor had done to her. When her boyfriend dies in a car accident, she moves to Gotham City.
She took up the name Poison Ivy and held the city hostage with her poisonous spores.
Ivy later reveals that she was only using crime until she could fund a location where she could live with her plants in peace and away from humanity. Ivy eventually achieved this by escaping from Arkham and fleeing to an island near the Caribbean. When she arrived there it was a wasteland, but Ivy would transform it into a beautiful paradise. Ivy was able to live there happily until an American corporation tested their weapons on what they thought was an abandoned island. Ivy survived and returned to Gotham to get her revenge on those responsible. She would once again be stopped by Batman and ended up back in Arkham.
During her time in Arkham she received a message in some flowers that she was going to be broken out by someone that night. Two women named Holly and Eva successfully broke Ivy out and brought her to Floronic Man. This being the first time they had seen each other since Woodrue injected her with poison, Ivy was not happy at all.
He made a deal with Ivy; if she gave him a sample of her DNA, he would give her a massive amount of money. He wanted to use Ivy’s DNA to create a child and flood the streets with high-powered marijuana so the child could control the world’s economy on hemp. Batman interrupts the plan and Ivy let Batman go after Floronic Man, while Ivy successfully escapes with all the money.
Ivy would later start showing more human emotion during the earthquake of Gotham. She created a paradise in a park and raised orphans there as if they were her children. Clayface would approach Ivy during the winter to try and strike a deal with her. It involved her producing fruits and vegetables, the orphans would harvest them, and he would sell them to the highest bidder. Ivy declined and instead tries to kill him with her kiss, but Clayface was able to imprison her and the children for 6 months. Batman comes and frees her and they both fight Clayface.
Batman allows Ivy to take care of the children until the disaster caused by the earthquake was over. Ivy would later find Harley Quinn nearly murdered by the Joker, she took care of Harley and they became best friends. Once the city returned to normal the city council wanted Ivy out of the park because of her previous history. They threatened to spray her garden with RC-60 which would kill all the plants, Ivy, and do harm to the children. Ivy still refused, but after accidentally poisoning one of the children, Ivy gives herself up.
Ivy believed that her powers were causing her to kill the orphans she looked after so she went to Batman and asked him to help her reverse her power so she could be human again. It was successful and Isley was once again human, however this was short lived. Hush would soon approach her and convince her to take a serum that would restore her powers. Isley takes the serum and apparently dies because of it.
Shortly after her death, Poison Ivy is seen in Robinson Park, killing two corrupt cops who killed one of her orphans. Since her "death", her control over flora has increased, she also appears to have resumed her crusade against the corporate enemies of the environment.
After arriving back from a year-long absence, Batman discovers that Ivy has been feeding people to a giant plant which would digest the victims slowly and painfully. In an unprecedented event, her victims' souls merge with the plant, creating a botanical monster called Harvest, who seeks revenge upon Ivy. With the intervention of Batman, however, she is saved. Ivy is left in critical condition, and the whereabouts of Harvest are unknown.
In Countdown 37, the Piper and the Trickster are hiding out in a greenhouse, picking fruits and vegetables from the plants. They run into Ivy, who is talking to her plants (being told that Piper and Trickster hurt them), she reacts by tying them up in vines with the intention of killing them.
She is then shown to have joined the Injustice League Unlimited and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run
The cover of DC Universe Special - Justice League of America shows Poison Ivy as a member of Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains.Gotham City Sirens
After the events of Final Crisis, when the new Batman takes back control of Gotham City, Ivy encounters Catwoman and saves her from a new supervillain-wannabe who calls himself Boneblaster. Concerned at how weak Catwoman had become, she takes Selina to where she'd been staying, the home of Edward Nigma (Riddler). She had apparently seduced and drugged him with her plant pheromones, finding him a much more agreeable and tolerable person in that state. Selina also discovered that Ivy had similarly taken Harley Quinn into her new sanctuary. When Selina offered the idea that all three of them stay together to better survive in the new Gotham City, Ivy first paid a visit to Zatanna through her plants, to find out if she had anything to do with Selina's weakness. Zatanna suggested that the weakness was likely psychological in nature. Ivy returns to Selina and is about to ask her something when Boneblaster returns and tries to once more make a name for himself by attacking Ivy, Harley and Selina. The three girls defeat him, but Eddie Nigma's apartment is almost totally destroyed as a result.
Selina then obtains an abandoned animal shelter as their new home. Ivy and Harley move in, but before Ivy makes a final acceptance of Selina's offer, she first demands total honesty between all of them. She then drugs Selina with truth serum-like spores and ask her to reveal the identity of the original Batman. Selina resists the drug thanks to a mental discipline given to her by Talia al Ghul, and gives Ivy and Harley a fabricated story about the existence of multiple Batmen over the years, and that she's had a personal relationship with more than one of them.
Ivy and Harley accept this answer, for the moment. Ivy apologizes and says that she'll never do that again. She then tries to make amends by growing all manner of exotic fruits for Selina. The two barely notice when Harley goes off shopping. Later, when Selina receives a message on her phone which shows Harley posing with Bruce Wayne, Selina takes Ivy in a panic to Harley's location. Knowing that the real Bruce is dead, Selina tells Ivy that the man with Harley is really Thomas Elliot (Hush). When the two get to the cafe where the picture was taken, all they see is a Harlequin doll at the table, its head stabbed through with a knife, with Harley's abandoned phone lying next to it.
Poison Ivy Using Her Powers Drawn By John WatsonPowers
Since she is immune to all kinds of toxins and poisons, Ivy often uses these as weapons. The very touch of her skin can poison a normal person. She has also developed several toxins which serve for different purposes, including a truth serum and a love potion. She's also able to manipulate people using her special pheromones. Poison Ivy also has complete control over plants, allowing her to control them, create hybrid-like plants, as well as animate plants.
She has a special relationship with plants. She treats them as if they were her children and they respond to her will and command. Also, her expertise as a biochemist has allowed her to develop mutant plants and to bring to life plants that were thought to be extinct. Ivy is also said to be on par with beings such as Swamp Thing. Ivy can also hear the plants in agony and this drives her crazy.
| Super Name: | Poison Ivy |
| Real Name: | Pamela Lillian Isley |
| Aliases: |
Pamela Lillian Isley Red Green Piece May Queen Pammie |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | Batman #181 |
| Appears in: | 283 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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