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Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy started as a femme fatale with a plant gimmick and has been steadily rewritten into something considerably more coherent: an environmental extremist who regards human beings as the problem and plant life as the constituency she represents. That reframing, largely a product of the 1990s onward, gave her a motive that does not depend on seduction and made her one of the few Batman antagonists whose position is arguable.
- First appearance
- Batman #181 (1966), DC Comics
- Created by
- Robert Kanigher, Sheldon Moldoff
- Also known as
- Pamela Isley
- Universe
- DC Universe
- Appears in
- comics, film, television, animation, games
Who is Poison Ivy?
Poison Ivy started as a femme fatale with a plant gimmick and has been steadily rewritten into something considerably more coherent: an environmental extremist who regards human beings as the problem and plant life as the constituency she represents. That reframing, largely a product of the 1990s onward, gave her a motive that does not depend on seduction and made her one of the few Batman antagonists whose position is arguable. She is also central to one of the more significant relationship arcs in mainstream comics — her long partnership with Harley Quinn, which moved from subtext to text over roughly two decades and is now a fixture of both characters. On the page she is drawn as much like a botanical illustration as a person, all vines and green skin tones, which gives her apparel a very different look from the rest of Gotham's roster.
Poison Ivy: the details
- First appearance
- Batman #181, June 1966
- Created by
- Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff
- Motive rewrite
- Recast from a themed thief into an ecological extremist across the 1980s and 1990s, notably in Batman: Shadow of the Bat
- The Green
- Later stories connect her to the Green, the elemental plant force shared with Swamp Thing
- Relationship with Harley Quinn
- Developed from the 1990s animated series onward and confirmed as romantic in comics from 2015
- Screen version
- Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin (1997), a performance far better received than the film around it
- Botanical naming
- Her civilian name, Pamela Isley, plays on ivy; the surname is a recurring pun in her stories
Why Poison Ivy endures
One of the earliest supervillains built around environmental politics rather than personal gain, decades before that became a common motive. Her relationship with Harley Quinn is also among the most prominent queer partnerships in mainstream superhero publishing.
What Poison Ivy looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: Red hair against green skin, ivy leaves and coiling vines
Ivy is one of the few characters in this category whose look is essentially a pattern rather than a logo, which makes her unusually well suited to all-over prints, botanical line art and single-colour leaf motifs.
Pattern rather than badge. Botanical line art, ivy borders and green-on-black leaf motifs dominate, and all-over prints work better here than on almost any other DC character. Women's cut is the norm.
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Who has played Poison Ivy
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uma Thurman | Batman & Robin | 1997 | Live action |
| Diane Pershing | Batman: The Animated Series | 1992 | Voice |
| Lake Bell | Harley Quinn | 2019 | Voice |
Poison Ivy T-shirts: common questions
Who created Poison Ivy?
Poison Ivy was created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, first appearing in Batman #181 in 1966 (DC Comics).
What does a Poison Ivy T-shirt usually look like?
Red hair against green skin, ivy leaves and coiling vines. Pattern rather than badge. Botanical line art, ivy borders and green-on-black leaf motifs dominate, and all-over prints work better here than on almost any other DC character. Women's cut is the norm.
Are Poison Ivy T-shirts made for children?
No. Poison Ivy comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Poison Ivy?
Poison Ivy has been played on screen by Uma Thurman (Batman & Robin, 1997), and voiced by Diane Pershing (Batman: The Animated Series, 1992), Lake Bell (Harley Quinn, 2019).
How much does a Poison Ivy T-shirt cost?
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