Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #1 Review
by Bryan Scheidler
There is a current trend in comics right now to rehabilitate
villains and let them play with good guys, and believe me I get it. Villains
are always the more interesting characters to read. They are not constrained by
the same rules that heroes have and because of that, writers get to be more
creative. Think about it, the stories when heroes get pushed too far and break
their own moral code are always the most interesting. The problem then with
turning villains into heroes is that it takes away a lot of what we loved about
them. Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death does not suffer from this problem.
Something that has always bugged me about many comic book
villains is that their motivations always seemed weak. That is why characters
like Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy are so appealing and are loved by readers. They
are not out for personal gain; they have a life’s work that drives them and
they would pursue it whether they had powers or not. For Ivy she has returned
to the lab, using her powers and her brilliant mind to try and solve problems
in a smarter way. This is not her having a massive and unbelievable change of
heart, just a decision to be a precision instrument rather than a blunt tool.
This is the first issue in a 6-issue mini-series, but
hopefully this series won’t be the last we see of this newly focused Poison Ivy. This is a character that deserves more
time in the spotlight, especially when written by Chu and illustrated by Mann.
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