r/PoisonIvy

A lot of Ivy fans say she was underused in the 2004 cartoon, so with that in mind, pitch your ideas for episodes that include Ivy.

Discovered this one in the Arkham: Catwoman collection.

It’s pretty solid. Ivy has a plan to take over Gotham using special fertilizer, but then along comes Selina.

This was part of the Cataclysm crossover event, which was a lead-in for the No Man’s Land saga, which had green Ivy protecting a bunch of orphans in the park.

Written by Devin K. Grayson with art by Jim Balent.

• WALLER and PARADISE LOST are reportedly no longer in development at HBO.

• POISON IVY and CATWOMAN series pitches were each passed on.

• BOOSTER GOLD still in development, new writer search underway.

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Poison Ivy debuted in 1966, shortly after the Adam West tv show.

Although she would have been perfect for the show, it didn’t happen.

However we did get Batman ‘66, a comic version of the show which gives us Gotham native Ivy inexplicably with a southern accent 😅

It was silly fun 🎉🙏

From Batman ‘66 #26 (2013)
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Jesse Hamm

I’ve always felt that part of Ivy’s first appearance in Batman 181 was kinda a fractured fairy tales retelling of the Judgement of Paris from Greek myths.

Read the Olympians:Aphrodite last night and there was very similar energy 😅. Good graphic novel btw.

Ivy actually handled the golden apple of discord in the Gods of Gotham crossover, which was a Wonder Woman and Batman crossover.

Reading the lead-in to Bad Seeds (Poison Ivy #40) and love how she returns to Gotham.

For most of the series, Pam has kept a
low profile, wearing green coveralls and saying she’s in landscaping

This is one of the few times she’s gone full Poison Ivy in the series 🌹🔥

It’s canon 🙏

From Detective Comics 693

It’s “whomever” tastes it, not “whoever” 🫡

World’s Finest Comics 253(?), 1978
Story by Gerry Conway, pencilled by Jack Abel

It’s called Seeds of Arkham, but for some reason it’s titled Batman vs Killer Croc & Poison Ivy on YouTube. Anyway I digress, so The fight scene with Batman and Croc was actually pretty good, and the best scene in the whole fan film was when Batman takes out a bunch of thugs sent out by Ivy to kill him. But what makes this fan film disturbing is Ivy herself, and the way she is portrayed makes me wonder how this doesn’t have an age restriction on it.

So Ivy, who had given up her eco-terrorist life, sees the chaos occurring in Gotham after the Joker’s death causes a power vacuum and seizes the moment. She kidnaps Nightwing off-screen, strips him of his suit (figuring out his identity and Batman’s in the process), drugs him, and chains him to a chair in Arkham Asylum. She even recruits Waylon Jones (Killer Croc) to deal with Batman when he shows up. she puts her botanist glasses and lab coat on, and experiments on a rose with her toxins while monologuing to the helpless Grayson about how humanity is stunted because we defy our true nature. She discards the glasses, unfastens the lab coat, and seductively slips into this revealing green floral lingerie, and also lets her hair down.

Grayson tries to act tough and says she has no power. Ivy grabs his face, climbs on top of him, and tells him she’ll have that power sooner than he thinks. She then whispers his real name in his ear and seductively says that Gotham’s “sexiest” family are also its “sexiest” vigilantes. She’s interrupted when Croc (out of nowhere) barges in saying Batman is here and the thugs he sent didn’t do shit. Ivy explains that they weren’t supposed to, and that’s Croc’s job now. He chuckles and leaves. Ivy then turns her attention back to Grayson with a smile and says, “Now where were we?”

Ok if you thought this fan film sounds weird already just wait for this next bit. Ivy picks up the mutated rose from the vase, trails it sensually along his face, and playfully tells him not to worry and that she’ll be gentle… she then starts brutally slashing his chest with the rose thorns, letting her toxins seep into his blood. Ivy then continuously keeps slicing into him with the rose whilst erotically grinding against him and moaning in pleasure from her sadism. Ivy then finally presses her mouth against his ear and commands him to “give in” to her to which he does as the toxins fully take control as her laughter echoes in the background. After this, Batman comes face-to-face with a completely brainwashed Nightwing who’s now fully under Ivy’s control and ready to fight his own mentor, it then ends on a cliffhanger.

It’s dark and messed up in a way most fan films don’t go. it just feels uncomfortably real and the way Ivy is portrayed is just disturbing. Has anyone else watched this? Do more people agree or am I just overthinking it?

Met Kevin at Boston Fan Expo and picked up a sigh Ed print. He told me a cool story about the animated series too. Lot of fun.

For those who don’t know, Altieri directed a lot of Batman the Animated Series episodes including the Cat and the Claw and Eternal Youth 🌹🫡