this eco-terrorist is both literally and
figuratively the greenest of Batman’s
foes welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of dr. Pamela Lillian Isley otherwise
known as poisoned poison ivy
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1966 s Batman number
181 before being expanded upon in 1989’s
secret origins number 36 and 1997 s
Batman poison ivy
once a talented botanist in Seattle dr.
Pamela Lillian Isley grew up a timid and
shy orphan seduced by her professor he
took advantage of her affection and
injected her with a plant and animal
toxin as part of an experiment emerging
physically transformed by the experience
her body became immune to all poisons
and viruses she likewise discovered that
her skin had begun to turn green and
that she had developed the ability to
control plants as well as produce
pheromones that would make most men
susceptible to her control enraged by
the betrayal and experiencing violent
mood swings that had her bounce from
sweet to downright wicked she decided to
relocate to Gotham City there she began
a criminal career by taking on the
vine-covered identity of poison ivy
before threatening to release spores
into the air that would suffocate the
population she did this in order to
gather enough money needed to live in
isolation with her plants of which she
had become obsessed far from the reach
of human civilization stopped by Batman
and sent to Arkham Asylum she quickly
became smitten with the Dark Knight as
he was the only man she seemed unable to
control at the same time she developed
her most infamous plant enabled power
her toxin fueled deadly kiss following
her escape from Arkham and several
run-ins with Batman she eventually fled
Gotham in order to create a second Eden
on a desert island within the Caribbean
unfortunately her retirement was
short-lived as a corporation decided to
test a new weapon their fire bombing her
lush jungle surviving the onslaught
she returned to Gotham City to get
revenge on those responsible and purge
the city of all traces of humanity in
the process ivy befriended the Joker’s
abused girlfriend Harley Quinn this was
due to their many stays together in
Arkham and Ivy having
a similar pattern of abuse from her old
flame meanwhile ivy continued to work
solo while enjoying the romantic tension
mounting between her and the Caped
Crusader a temptress turned popular
mainstay of Batman’s rogues galleries
and one of the few with true superpowers
poison ivy has appeared in countless
forms of media over the years some of
the most notable instances include her
live-action portrayal by uma Thurman in
1997’s Batman and Robin and her
appearances in the Arkham series video
games that feels so much better
figuratively the greenest of Batman’s
foes welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of dr. Pamela Lillian Isley otherwise
known as poisoned poison ivy
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1966 s Batman number
181 before being expanded upon in 1989’s
secret origins number 36 and 1997 s
Batman poison ivy
once a talented botanist in Seattle dr.
Pamela Lillian Isley grew up a timid and
shy orphan seduced by her professor he
took advantage of her affection and
injected her with a plant and animal
toxin as part of an experiment emerging
physically transformed by the experience
her body became immune to all poisons
and viruses she likewise discovered that
her skin had begun to turn green and
that she had developed the ability to
control plants as well as produce
pheromones that would make most men
susceptible to her control enraged by
the betrayal and experiencing violent
mood swings that had her bounce from
sweet to downright wicked she decided to
relocate to Gotham City there she began
a criminal career by taking on the
vine-covered identity of poison ivy
before threatening to release spores
into the air that would suffocate the
population she did this in order to
gather enough money needed to live in
isolation with her plants of which she
had become obsessed far from the reach
of human civilization stopped by Batman
and sent to Arkham Asylum she quickly
became smitten with the Dark Knight as
he was the only man she seemed unable to
control at the same time she developed
her most infamous plant enabled power
her toxin fueled deadly kiss following
her escape from Arkham and several
run-ins with Batman she eventually fled
Gotham in order to create a second Eden
on a desert island within the Caribbean
unfortunately her retirement was
short-lived as a corporation decided to
test a new weapon their fire bombing her
lush jungle surviving the onslaught
she returned to Gotham City to get
revenge on those responsible and purge
the city of all traces of humanity in
the process ivy befriended the Joker’s
abused girlfriend Harley Quinn this was
due to their many stays together in
Arkham and Ivy having
a similar pattern of abuse from her old
flame meanwhile ivy continued to work
solo while enjoying the romantic tension
mounting between her and the Caped
Crusader a temptress turned popular
mainstay of Batman’s rogues galleries
and one of the few with true superpowers
poison ivy has appeared in countless
forms of media over the years some of
the most notable instances include her
live-action portrayal by uma Thurman in
1997’s Batman and Robin and her
appearances in the Arkham series video
games that feels so much better
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