Poison Ivy (DC)
Poison Ivy is a female comic supervillain who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
According to one account, she was born as Lilian Rose who studied botany where she became enamoured with her French professor Marc Legrand. He specialised in botany where the two eventually embarked on a secret affair with her being completely committed to him. Legrand convinced her to break into the Egyptian exhibit at the museum as a recent find had brought in relics that contained preserved plants within them. He claimed that he could use this to become rich and the two could get married with that money. Thus, Lilian did as she was asked and returned with the artefacts where Legrand used some of them to poison Rose in an effort to kill her so that no one could identify his theft. However, the poisons came to be absorbed by Lilian's body and she gained an immunity to them along with the power to control plants along with control men thus leading to her adopting the name of Poison Ivy. In this guise, she came to take her revenge against Legrand where she turned his body into a wood-based plant entity who had forgotten his past and served her as her henchman. (World's Finest v1 #252)
Post-Crisis
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
She was born as Pamela Lilian Isley though in time she was known by a number of names on different files including Pamela Isley and Lilian Rose though she also let people call her Ivy. (Secret Origins v2 #36)
Powers and abilities
Through genetic engineering, she was responsible for creating human/plant hybrids called Sporelings. These were plant-based humanoids that grew at an accelerated rate to adulthood. Initially, these included two such children that were Hazel and Rose with them being joined a third named Thorn who was created from research stolen from Poison Ivy. (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death v1 #5)
She once turned Marc Legrand into a wood-based plant creature to serve her where he took the name of Redwood with him forgetting his past. (World's Finest v1 #252)
Notes
- Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff where she made her first appearance in Batman v1 #181 (June, 1966).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Poison Ivy made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting:
- In Batman: The Animated Series, Poison Ivy first appeared in the animated television series where she was voiced by actor Diane Pershing.
- In The New Batman Adventures, Poison Ivy appeared in the animated television series where she was voiced by actor Diane Pershing.
- In The Batman, Poison Ivy appeared in the animated television series where she was voiced by actor Piera Coppola.
Films
- In Batman & Robin, Poison Ivy appeared in the 1997 live-action film where she was portrayed by actor Uma Thurman.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, Poison Ivy appeared in the MMORPG video game where she was voiced by actor Cyndi Williams.
Appearances
- Batman v1: (1966)
- Detective Comics v1:
- Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death v1:
- Batman v3:
- Heroes in Crisis v1:
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