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Batman Villains - What Is The Story With Poison Ivy?

by Jessica R

Ever wanted to know the story behind one of the most sultry Batman villains, Poison Ivy? Poison Ivy: Experiments turned Pamela Isley into the Poison Ivy we know today. While she was taking Biology, her professor seduced her and injected her with poisons and toxins. This poison transformed the plain Pamela Isley into the plant-like menace that wreaks havoc on Gotham City. One of the Batman villains, Poison Ivy started out as a wealthy girl with parents who could care less. After this has happened, Poison Ivy's boyfriend suddenly passes away, and she drops out of school. She is gradually changing from Pamela Isley to Poison Ivy. During this time, she moves to Gotham City from Seattle. She starts out by threatening the city with toxic spores unless they do what she wants. Thankfully Batman came to Gotham City that same year and was able to stop Poision Ivy's evil plot. She is the most seductive of the Batman villains, using her potions to make people fall in love with her so she can get what she wants. Batman stops her from hurting the city, and Poison Ivy gets locked inside a mental institution for the criminally insane. Over the years, Poison Ivy's plant-like powers develop until she is super human. Her lips are poison so she uses this as one of her greatest weapons. She can literally give her enemies a kiss of death. Poison Ivy was introduced in the Batman comics for a better female villain when people began to identify with Catwoman, and even sympathize with her. Poison Ivy gave readers and audiences another female nemesis to hate. Looking gorgeous with her flaming red hair and her skimpy outfit made of leaves, Poison Ivy is one of the best Batman villains of all time.

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Published September 25th, 2007

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