Poison Oak – Poison Ivy
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Poison Oak is a sentient plant similar to the Green Men of Wysteria. He sees your wizard and associates as parasites infecting Sepidious. He sees himself as an all-natural toxin (you) remover. He has been teaching the Globulins more potent ways to cleanse Sepidious and now wishes to demosntrate.
Poison Ivy (Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley) is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino, she debuted in Batman #181 (June 1966), and has become one of the superhero Batman’s most enduring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.
In her comic book appearances, Poison Ivy is depicted as a botanist-turned-misanthropic ecoterrorist in Gotham City with the ability to control all plant life. Empowered by an elemental force known as the Green, Ivy attempts to protect the sanctity and supremacy of nature at all costs by lashing out against humanity, which brings her into conflict with Batman. While usually portrayed as a supervillain, Ivy has also been an antiheroine at times as well as the primary love interest of Harley Quinn as of The New 52 and DC Rebirth relaunches. A one-piece costume adorned with leaves and vines serves as Poison Ivy’s visual motif.
Poison Ivy has been adapted in various media incarnations, having been portrayed by Uma Thurman in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, Clare Foley, Maggie Geha and Peyton List in the Fox television series Gotham, and Bridget Regan in The CW’s Arrowverse series Batwoman. Diane Pershing, Tasia Valenza, Lake Bell, Tara Strong, and others have provided the character’s voice ranging from animation to video games.
in Batman & Robin (1997)
Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in Batman #181 (June 1966). Infantino discussed how the character was created “The only reason she came about was because of Catwoman on the Batman show. They wanted more female villains. What was the other one I did.. the Silver Fox! And then Batgirl. That show, because of it we were selling a million copies a month. But that show, when it died, so did the comic books.”
Poison Ivy’s origin is depicted in Neil Gaiman’s short story “Pavane” (Secret Origins #36, 1988), during which she declares herself to be nature’s daughter and the world’s rightful ruler; it is later revealed that her powers were gifted to her by the environmental force known as the Green. Ivy is considered extremely beautiful within the DC Universe, and is often presented as a temptress. She is typically depicted barefoot with long flowing hair, plant vines extending over her limbs, and a green one-piece suit adorned with leaves, with occasional variations to her skin tone.
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