Who Is Poison Ivy? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Poison Ivy is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Pamela Lillian Isley, with over 2,234 comic issue appearances. A brilliant botanical biochemist, Pamela Isley is a fervent eco-terrorist out to save the world's plant life by any means necessary. She often finds herself at odds with Batman, though they have, on occasion, fought on the same side.

Who is Poison Ivy?

Current Events: The New 52 Poison Ivy being reborn Following the 2011 reboot of the DC Universe, Poison Ivy was unexpectedly asked by Black Canary to join the new Birds of Prey team. Ivy accepted, but her villainous reputation did not sit well with teammates Starling and Katana , both of whom attacked Ivy on first sight. Ivy easily fended off their attacks and became a member of the Birds of Prey. However, Poison Ivy went on to betray the team, along with Batgirl and blackmailed them into helping her with her Eco-terrorism. She was eventually stopped by Katana and booted off the team. Poison Ivy pops us later in Detective Comics, using her plant-based mental-suggestion powers to manipulate Clayface into believing they were husband and wife. Clayface therefore became her enforcer. This too backfired when Batman found a way to counter Ivy's mind control and restore Clayface to his senses.

Key facts

Poison Ivy is of other origin and first appeared in "Beware of Poison Ivy!, The Perfect Crime - Slightly Imperfect!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 2,234 recorded issue appearances, Poison Ivy ranks among the most featured characters in comics.