The original Injustice Gang of the World that does battle with The Justice League on many occasions includes Poison Ivy.
Poison Ivy joins the Secret Society of Super Villains to help them get the better of The Justice League.
She later joins an incarnation of the Society formed by Lex Luther.
At one time, Poison Ivy is also coaxed to become part of The Suicide Squad during which she captures Count Vertigo using her special abilities.
She becomes friends with Harley Quinn, The Joker’s sidekick. However, unlike other villainous team ups, this partnership seems to be real as Poison Ivy tries her best to save Quinn from any of the abuse that The Joker might inflict. She also sympathizes with him as he gets mistreated by the man who she falls in love with. Poison Ivy dislikes The Joker mainly due the mannerism in which he treats Harley as this reminds her of the way in which she was treated by Jason Woodrue.
Although, Poison Ivy has numerous motivations that are quite different from those of the other villains of Batman, Poison Ivy does not seem to mind forming an alliance with any other villain if it helps her achieve her goals.
Powers and Abilities
The various experiments that were conducted on Poison Ivy resulted in a large dose of animal and plant toxins in her bloodstream which managed to boost her immunity against all types of bacteria, poisons, viruses and fungi. Some comic series have even depicted her as being more plant rather than human, requiring sunlight as a means for surviving and also breathing in CO2.
Poison Ivy is able to use pheromones to seduce women as well as men. She also has the ability of controlling the various powers of Superman by using kryptonite along with her powers.
Poison Ivy is able to create various dangerous mixtures of poisons that she tries to use to gain control of Gotham City. Many a times, these dangerous toxins come from her lips through a kiss. These toxins have different strengths resulting from smaller mind-controlling drugs to even more fatal toxins.
In some stories, she also has the ability of controlling plants by simply using her mind. For instance, while in Arkham, she manipulates and uses various plants, using their roots as support for the tunnel which she and another inmate named Magpie are trying to use to escape. At times, she also initiates some glowing fungi to keep Magpie entertained.
The Swamp Thing refers to Poison Ivy, who he calls the ‘May Queen’, as a mystical component, although writers have not used this nickname for a long time.
In Batman: the Animated Series, the only physical power that Poison Ivy has is an immunity to poison. When she has to give someone a fatal kiss, she makes use of a lipstick which has been poised by various toxins which have been extracted from a plant. Poison Ivy also admits that she is unable to have children because of a “hyperactive immune system”.
Poison Ivy is able to use pheromones to seduce women as well as men. She also has the ability of controlling the various powers of Superman by using kryptonite along with her powers.
Poison Ivy is able to create various dangerous mixtures of poisons that she tries to use to gain control of Gotham City. Many a times, these dangerous toxins come from her lips through a kiss. These toxins have different strengths resulting from smaller mind-controlling drugs to even more fatal toxins.
In some stories, she also has the ability of controlling plants by simply using her mind. For instance, while in Arkham, she manipulates and uses various plants, using their roots as support for the tunnel which she and another inmate named Magpie are trying to use to escape. At times, she also initiates some glowing fungi to keep Magpie entertained.
The Swamp Thing refers to Poison Ivy, who he calls the ‘May Queen’, as a mystical component, although writers have not used this nickname for a long time.
In Batman: the Animated Series, the only physical power that Poison Ivy has is an immunity to poison. When she has to give someone a fatal kiss, she makes use of a lipstick which has been poised by various toxins which have been extracted from a plant. Poison Ivy also admits that she is unable to have children because of a “hyperactive immune system”.
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