Fortunately, these issues don't crop up very often, and the art works on the whole. I do wish some of the transitions were a little better, though moments like the dogs bursting out from behind the fence aren't telegraphed very well, and the flashback to the scene at the bar is actually a little hard to follow because the action it's depicting looks so static that everything seems spun around and strangely placed. I was also impressed that the look stays consistent from one page to the next, with inkers Seth Mann, Glapion and Thibert's pages all looking similar overall. There's also the occasional fun little touch too, like using a trail of ivy for panel borders during a flashback. Mann draws Ivy as looking self-assured and strong at all times, something that fits the character. Mann's pencils are good overall, although there are a few hiccups along the way. Speaking of whom, the fact there's a character in this comic who practices Jainism is an interesting touch it's not a religion seen in much fiction and it's an apt character to have in a Poison Ivy story. After all, she's trying to solve a murder and even being somewhat nice to characters like Darshan. Her cold-hearted murder of one character in this issue comes at just the right moment, right after Chu lures the reader into a false sense of security.

She has her own moral compass, and she's not afraid to use her abilities to hurt or kill others who get in her way. This is about the closest we'll probably get to seeing Poison Ivy on the up and up, and that attempt has been jeopardized by the murder of her mentor and a blackmailer within the upper management.Īt the same time, Chu makes sure to remind the reader that Poison Ivy isn't all sweetness. Luisa Cruz's death hovers over her head, you can even feel a bit of sympathy for her. As we watch her trying to stay out of trouble even as the mystery of Dr.

Her goal of living a quiet life while creating human/plant hybrids similar to herself is more than a little admirable, at least for now. After a couple of years of a more villainous approach to the character - betraying/enslaving the Birds of Prey and then trying to capture Clayface - I like seeing Ivy back as Pamela Isley, a scientist specializing in botany and horticulture.

Poison Ivy by Amy Chu