Poison Ivy (2022 comic book)

Poison Ivy is an ongoing American comic book written by G. Willow Wilson and drawn primarily by Marcio Takara. The series centers on the DC Comics supervillain Poison Ivy who, following the events of the "Fear State" crossover, finds herself depowered and dying. Before she dies, Ivy sets out to complete one final mission to save the Earth by destroying the human race.

Originally intended as a miniseries, Poison Ivy was later expanded into an ongoing series by DC Comics. The first issue was published by DC Comics on June 7, 2022, with subsequent issues published monthly.

Background

Poison Ivy is a DC Comics character who was first introduced as a botanical enemy of Batman in 1966.[1] Wilson encountered Poison Ivy for the first time in the film Batman & Robin (1997), where the character was played by Uma Thurman. Another well-known portrayal of Ivy from the same era was in Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), where she was voiced by

Critical reception

G. Willow Wilson stated in an interview that while she had planned for a "graceful" end to her run, positive reviews and strong sales led to its continuation.[16] According to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup, the first issue scored an average of 8.9/10 based on 15 reviews, while the ongoing series as a whole averaged 8.2/10 based on 242 reviews as of June 26, 2025.[17] On book cataloguing site Goodreads, the first collected edition, The Virtuous Cycle, received an average rating of 4.28/5 after 2,411 votes and 345 reviews, as of June 26, 2025.[18]

Reviewing the first issue, Bleeding Cool's James Hepplewhite wrote that it was a promising start,[19] while ComicBook.com's Nicole Drum thought it was "very close to perfect" but did not like how Ivy and Harley's relationship was portrayed.[20] In their reviews of the second issue, both Drum and AIPT Comics' David Brooke praised the complex and humanized version of Ivy presented by Wilson.[21][22] However, Brooke found that some of the supporting characters were written as idealized caricatures, which in turn made Ivy come off as somewhat heartless in her willingness to kill them.[22] Scott Cederlund of From Cover to Cover praised the first collected edition, The Virtuous Cycle, for its multifaceted and sympathetic portrayal of Poison Ivy, whose thoughts were shared with the reader by love letters to Harley Quinn.[11] Lizzie Hill of The Comic Circus argued the nuanced telling of the story of Poison Ivy on Poison Ivy Vol. 1 has cinematic potential.[23]

Alex Schlesinger of AIPT Comics complemented Wilson for giving Poison Ivy agency in order to tell her own story in her own words instead of relying on a potentially unreliable narrator such as Arkham Asylum inspector Stuart or Bella Garten, but critiques the story for missing the opportunity to explore Ivy's relationship with Batman.[24] On the other hand, Liz Wyatt of ComicBook.com praised Wilson for telling the story of the Viridescent Villainess without heavily involving the Dark Knight. Wyatt also appreciated Wilson's unique depiction of Poison Ivy as a morally ambiguous and complex character willing to acknowledge her past mistakes.[10]

The series won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards.

schedule	Monthly
format	Ongoing
ongoing	Y
publisher	DC Comics
date	June 7, 2022 – present
issues	43
main char team	Poison Ivy Harley Quinn Floronic Man
writers	G. Willow Wilson
artists	Marcio Takara
letterers	Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
colorists	Arif Prianto
subcat	DC Comics

Poison Ivy (2022 comic book)

Background

Synopsis

Themes

Critical reception

Collected editions

See also

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