DC Comics Heroes: Poison Ivy

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There is a unique girl in the world of comics who is equally desirable and dangerous. Quinn's famous friend who appeared in a DC Comics issue in 1966 when two artists Koeniger and Moldof wanted to add a female character.

The beginning of the story

She is charming, seductive and deadly. How many men laid down their heads just for wanting to touch her lips! Was it worth it? It seems that they had no choice.

As you probably guessed, we will talk about the heroine of comics - Pamela Isley, who became famous in the Batman universe under the name Poison Ivy.

The company, creating another villain, did not even suspect how popular Poison Ivy (DC Comics) would receive. The heroes, whose photos were quite popular at that time, made room, accepting a new villainess into their ranks.

The beginning of the flower terrorist story

Everything changed when the girl entered college. There she found her calling - botany. Love for the plant world made her a diligent student. A favorite thing distracted Aili fromfamily problems. Subsequently, she became the object of an experiment conducted by a biology teacher. Choosing Pamela, the professor used her knowledge of plants.

The purpose of the ongoing experiments is to study the toxins introduced into the human body. As a result of the experiment, Pamela received immunity to various poisons, but her touch with living objects became fatal for them.

Due to the toxins absorbed in the body, Pamela was able to produce pheromones, which helped her control most men by influencing their minds. She could make a cop out of a savage or turn a world champion into her toy - that's how Poison Ivy amused herself. DC Comics is the company that published this story in Batman comics (number 166).

The story continues after teacher Woodrow went into hiding. Ivy throughout her life experienced a motherly love for plants, as a result of the experiments carried out on her, she became barren.

True, there is another version of the story with Dr. Woodrow, which was also offered by DC Comics. Poison Ivy in alternate room 252 kills a professor to cover up the crime of stealing rare plants from a lab.

After which she returns as the heroine known as Poison Ivy. DC Comics is releasing this comic after releasing several issues about Gotham's Defender.

Pamela's personal life has changed. Thanks to her abilities, she perfectly controlled and subjugated men,at the same time, she chose the fair sex as objects for love pleasures, becoming a lesbian. It is important to note that in the eighties, same-sex relationships were officially singled out by scientists as a fact of psychological deviation. This was reflected in the perception of the new issue about Plyushch. Around the same edition, Pamela ends up in Arkham Psychiatric Asylum.

Appearance in Gotham City

After leaving the hospital, Poison Ivy travels to Gotham City.

Aili's first act is to terrorize the city, threatening to spread deadly spores if the authorities don't clean up the city. It was a mistake to resort to an ultimatum. Her evil plans are thwarted by a man in a bat suit who defeats an eco-terrorist and sends her to Arkham Asylum.

So, in one of the DC Comics universes, Poison Ivy becomes the new supervillain.

Pamela's cellmate becomes a crime boss named Magpie, who is known for her relationships with both men and women. The bird name was given to her as a lover of shiny trinkets.

Meanwhile, Aili escapes from the clinic and finds herself a secluded island in the Caribbean, where she turns a lifeless desert into a plant paradise. Here, for the first time, she feels truly happy.

Happiness is short-lived. An American company decides to test a new weapon in the paradise of Aili.

Ivy's False Death

The next issue continues the story of the villain from DC Comics. Poison ivyreturns to the city, where she is going to take revenge on those responsible for the destruction of the island. The man-bat decides to help her.

After the company's employees are captured, Aili has an impossible mission to beautify the city. At least she decides to stay until the plants are no longer in danger.

An interesting fact is that Aili's green skin tone appears after meeting and fighting a woman in a cat costume. At the same time, she finds a new lover in Quinn.

In DC Comics' No Man's Land, Poison Ivy continues to build his plant paradise and defend it from invaders. Not forgetting the enmity, the man with the wings of a bat helps in such a noble impulse.

Aili uses her powers to turn the Man of Steel against Batman. By the way, she wanted to do a similar trick with Superman's cousin, but the spell didn't work.

When the influence on the superman subsided, the hour of reckoning came, and Isley again ends up in the Arkham clinic.

Another escape with Magpie was complicated by falling into a trap, after which Aili becomes possessed by demons. Another hero, known as the Schemer, was able to help her.

Aili was thought to be dead for some time. She returns with more power as soon as she learns of the death of one of her friends.

The further fate of the character

Aili has to fight Harvest, a monster she created from a plant, feeding him mistresses and objectionable men.

In the city of Isley, he manages to duet with Quinn against a woman in a cat costume. After the fateful meeting with Wayne, Pamela was seen only in the general "extras" of supervillains.

Today, much has changed in the history of the heroine of Poison Ivy (DC Comics). The heroes got their own adaptations.

There have been four Poison Ivy films starring Barrymore Drew, Milano Alyssa and Edwards Megan.