Batman Villains - The Sultry Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy is one of the most sultry of Batman villains. 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. All of these events set the stage for Pamela Isley to transform into Poison Ivy. Moving from Seattle to Gotham City, Poison Ivy threatens the city with toxic spores unless they meet her demands. Thankfully Batman came to Gotham City that same year and was able to stop Poision Ivy's evil plot. She is one of the Batman villains that uses her potions to make other super heroes fall in love with her. Batman quickly puts a stop to her rampage and Poison Ivy gets put into a mental institution for insane criminals. Poison Ivy's plant powers develop throughout the years until she becomes a super villain. One of her weapons is the fact that her lips are poison, so she is the only one of the Batman villains who can literally give the kiss of death. Poison Ivy was brought into the picture when comic book readers started to sympathize and relate to Catwoman. They needed a new evil female Batman villain to take her place. Poison Ivy was the answer because it gave the readers a new female super villain to hate. Clothed in leaves, with flaming flower bedecked red hair, Poison Ivy was one of the greatest Batman villains that the masked super hero ever had.
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Published September 25th, 2007
Filed in Science