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Poison Ivy (character)
Comic book character
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Comics character
Poison Ivy is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino, she debuted in Batman # (June ) 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 doctor of botany-turned-misanthropicecoterrorist in Gotham City named Pamela Lillian Isley, PhD (EYEZ-lee) 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 a