Poison Ivy (character)

Cosplayer as Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy (Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, PhD) is a fictional supervillainess Batman character who has appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics. Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, and made her debut in Batman #181 (June 1966). Her crime-partner is Harley Quinn.

Fictional character biography

She has the physical appearance of a plant with the power to talk to plants into doing evil things. She used to be a doctor who cared for animals until falling into chemicals which gave her the power to talk to plants.

Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. Infantino said that the character was created because of Catwoman on the 1966 Batman series and the need for more female villains.

Powers and abilities

Poison Ivy uses mutant plants, will-bending pheromones and toxins from plants and her own bloodstream for her criminal activities.

In other media

The character has been featured in different forms of media, including toys, movies, television series, and video games. She is played by Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin. She is voiced by Diane Pershing.

Other websites

• The Origin of Poison Ivy - www.dccomics.com Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine