Chu said of the opportunity to write for Ivy: "She's such a well-known character, but with very little continuity. According to Chu, she was the only writer not to pitch an eco-terrorism storyline for the character, instead pitching a murder-mystery story. Writer Amy Chu became involved in the project when DC Comics editor Bobbie Chase asked her to pitch ideas for a Poison Ivy story when the two met at the 2014 Baltimore Comic-Con. Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death is Ivy's first solo comic book series. A six-issue miniseries starring the Batman villain was announced in July 2015 as part of a DC Comics initiative to highlight some of the publisher's lesser-known characters.
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In her most common portrayal, Ivy was a botanist named Pamela Isley who-after a series of experiments gave her plant-based powers-became a supervillain intent on protecting the Earth's flora. Poison Ivy was first introduced as a plant-themed femme fatale in the Batman comics in 1966. Several critics were impressed by the level of detail in Mann's art, while others criticized his apparent sexualization of women in the series. Chu's characterization of Poison Ivy was well-received, but reviewers noted flaws in her scripts. The series received mixed to positive reviews. While she investigates these deaths, Poison Ivy also has to deal with raising her genetically engineered plant-human "sporelings" as they age rapidly and develop superpowers. Suspicion falls on her following the mysterious deaths of two of her colleagues at the Gotham Botanical Gardens.
The story sees Poison Ivy return to her "human persona" as scientist Dr. She envisioned the character as someone with a unique moral code, conflicted between her loyalties to the plant and human worlds. The miniseries is Poison Ivy's first solo comic book series.Ĭhu felt that Poison Ivy had a lot of untapped potential and hoped to give the character more depth. It was published by DC Comics from January to June 2016, and collected in a single trade paperback edition in September 2016. Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death is a six-issue American comic book miniseries written by Amy Chu, with art primarily by Clay Mann.