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Poison Ivy

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Pamela "Poison Ivy" Isley was a super-human foe of the Batman.

Biography[]

Pamela Isley did not have a very good childhood, with a rare skin condition forcing her to spend most of her time inside and a father that beat her mother. Eventually, her father killed her mother and she was taken into foster care. Later, when Pamela was accepted into an Ivy League university, she began to experiment with plant pheremones, making them pills and selling them as commercial drugs. Pamela was almost arrested once, but managed to avoid it through hypnotizing the School Dean and graduated. Insanity began to emerge in Isley around this time. She confronted her father in jail and poisoned him by secreting a potent toxin from her lips, carried to her dad by a kiss. He died in his cell the next day from "heart failure". Isley then applied for a job at Wayne BioChem, but after Bruce Wayne found moral issues in her thesises she got fired. During a scuffle with security while trying to steal back her work, Pamela was doused in chemicals and was given Metahuman powers over plants. With that, Pamela became the villain known as Poison Ivy. She was, however, quickly stopped by the Batman, though she managed to escape from her incarceration at Arkham Asylum. In spite of her insane criminal and murderous nature, Black Canary chose Ivy as a member of the Birds of Prey. Though the group would stay intact for a while, Ivy eventually relented back to her old criminal ways and turned on the Birds. However, she was defeated by Katana and left for dead, though she survived and decided to hatch a plan against polluting factories in Gotham City.

Manipulating Clayface Using herbs to control his mind, Poison Ivy launched a series of assaults against the pollution factories of Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot. However, she was captured by Ignatius Ogilvy who ended up freeing her. Her plan failed, Ivy was shocked to find Clayface out of her control and out for revenge, however, once again Ogilvy saved her.  In return, Ivy ended up aiding Ogilvy in creating a serum strong enough to physically enhance the man into a Metahuman. When Gothtopia was launched, Ivy found herself immune and managed to use her thorns to snap the Batman out of the illusion. She was then seduced and tricked by the Batman, who used her to gain immunity to a new strain of Fear Toxin. Following, Ivy was let free to go.

Ivy was later contacted by DEO and told to work alongside the Riddler, Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum under Bane to take down Batman. Ivy was told to do this without killing anybody. Later, when the Crime Syndicate took over Earth Prime, Ivy was allowed to send madness off into the streets however she pleased due to her membership in the Secret Society.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Abilities[]

  • Genius Level Intellect
    • Science
      • Botany: Doctor Isley was a renowned scientist with a career in Gotham City. She's always had a fascination with plants, and they have been the major direction in her life even after her accident. Her knowledge of botany allows her to better manipulate her plants.
        • Toxicology: Her specialization in Botany was Toxicology, at first, she used her knowledge for perfumes, make-up and medicine. After her accident, she used her knowledge to grow thorny plants and poisonous traps for her enemies.
        • Genetics: Isley has an extensive knowledge of Genetics and was even able to splice plant and human DNA, creating hybrids she referred to as "sporelings".
        • Body Chemistry Manipulation
        • Farming Mastery
        • Horticulture Mastery
      • Biochemistry Mastery
  • Seduction: Pamela Isley has always been a beautiful woman but she never used her looks or talents for personal gain until she became Poison Ivy. She taunts her trapped opponents with their human desires and can infatuate thugs to her cause through her pheromones and plants, or through her own means.
  • Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic): Poison Ivy's athletic abilities have grown over the course of her career. She has learned a limited style of martial arts fighting, is proficient at climbing and leaping, and is a strong and fast swimmer.
  • Thievery
    • Lock Picking: Pamela can use plants to pick locks.
  • Nature Sense
  • Street Villain
  • Plant Companionship

Weaknesses[]

  • Vulnerability to Cold: Because Ivy's physiology is based on that of a plant, she goes into a sort of protective, dormant state when exposed to frigid temperatures - like plants in the winter. This doubles as a superpower in itself, allowing Ivy to survive lower temperatures than any normal human.
  • Vulnerability to Darkness: Poison Ivy requires substantial amounts of solar energy to live.

Other Characteristics[]

  • Mental Disorder: Poison Ivy has been committed to Arkham Asylum on a regular basis. She speaks to her plants, feels extreme rage towards humanity (particularly males) and at a certain point sought out the destruction of the human race so only she and her plants would live. She has also been described by both herself and Batgirl as having "seasonal affective disorder", a mental condition that causes her emotions to change with the seasons, from manic (spring) to euphoric (summer) to apathetic (autumn) to depressed (winter).
  • Skin Condition (Formerly): Ever since she was a child, Isley had a skin condition that prevented her from going into direct sunlight without the proper lotion on. This condition most likely went away when she became Poison Ivy, as a requirement to avoid direct sunlight is counter-intuitive to her need to be around plants, and she developed various immunities.
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