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Batman Villains - The Sultry Poison Ivy

by Candace Right

Poison Ivy is one of the most sultry of Batman villains. Poison Ivy: It's sad that Pamela Isley, or Poison Ivy, became the way she did because of experiments. She was a biology student and was seduced and injected with poisons by her science professor. This caused Poison Ivy to transform into a plant-like menace to society. 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 the most seductive of the Batman villains, using her potions to make people fall in love with her so she can get what she wants. Batman stops her from hurting the city, and Poison Ivy gets locked inside a mental institution for the criminally insane. Poison Ivy's plant powers develop throughout the years until she becomes a super villain. Her lips are poison so she uses this as one of her greatest weapons. She can literally give her enemies a kiss of death. Poison Ivy was introduced in the Batman comics for a better female villain when people began to identify with Catwoman, and even sympathize with her. Poison Ivy was the answer because it gave the readers a new female super villain to hate. Looking gorgeous with her flaming red hair and her skimpy outfit made of leaves, Poison Ivy is one of the best Batman villains of all time.

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Published September 25th, 2007

Filed in Science