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Every time I close another issue of this series and feel the instant urge to tell everyone about this reading experience, this perfect escape, the first thing I mumble to myself out loud, accompanied by a satisfied, yet always a little astonished look on my face: Brilliant!
Usually followed by a louder mumbled: So so fucking good!
And this has been going on for more or less twenty-one issues now.
At the risk of annoying you and losing the few readers who actually leave their likes here AFTER reading my groats and musings (honest thanks for that), I have to act on this urge even after Poison Ivy #21.
For this was the third installment of G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara’s digression into Pamela Isley’s past and their variant of Poison Ivy’s origins.
And for me, this origin story will be the measure of all things for this character.
Wilson manages to write a timeless story that cleverly combines the origins of this character, who was already ahead of her time in 1966 when she escaped the pen of Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, with a very modern character who is neither good nor evil, not black or white, but green.
What excites me most about Wilson’s Ivy is how she deals with topics such as environmental issues and protection, emancipation, the role of women and the eternal question of what activism is allowed to do, how far good intentions can go – and how far are they still good – without becoming intrusive. You don’t get pointing fingers or the usual phrases here. You get absorbing stories and beautiful art with added value.
Wilson writes first and foremost about a woman, not a super-villain. This Ivy, this Pamela Isley, is profoundly human, a good being who sees herself as an organ of nature, even before her transformation. And she simply follows her convictions.
Always at odds with herself and her conscience. But in the end, the urge to survive prevails, and that doesn’t just mean Ivy’s survival, but the survival of nature and our planet.
And now I’ve wandered off and digressed again, although I really just wanted to let you know (again) that everything Wilson and certainly the great Marcio Takara do here is one thing:
So so fucking good!
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Poison Ivy #21 Cover C Babs Tarr Card Stock Variant
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Who's black, grey, and green all over? Batman. Uncover how Poison Ivy and the Dark Knight Detective himself first came to blows in the final chapter of G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara's unforgettable Origin of Species storyline.… read more
