Poison Ivy #2

Poison Ivy #2 is as much a thrilling story of Ivy's final plan as it is a timely reminder of the very real environmental catastrophe the world is facing. Read Full Review

It's complex, it's interesting, and the more Ivy questions herself, the more it reveals about ourselves. This is a fantastic issue; I don't know how the series will top it. Read Full Review

DC Comics' eco-horror series continues to showcase both the darkness but also humanity that remains within Poison Ivy, even as she moves closer and closer to the completion of her murderous final plan. This is one of the best dark character studies around, full of powerful emotion, darkness, and gorgeous yet terrifying horror to be found. Read Full Review

I continue to be impressed by this ecologically themed narrative. Wilson boldly dives into topics such as veganism and global warming and frames them in a straightforward manner. Read Full Review

The road trip might have a little bit more of a sense of place and intensity if the specifics of Ivy's route were covered in a bit more detail, but the series would lose a great deal of the restless resignation of the main character. She honestly doesn't care where she is. She's driving to her own death on the west coast, hoping to wipe out most of the human race. There's a sad beauty about it: Wilson and company hit home gorgeously in the second issue.  Read Full Review

It's exciting to get such a strong series in the voice of a villain like Poison Ivy. Not only that, it makes strong points about why Poison Ivy would kill and harm in the name of getting her mojo back, but also saving the world while doing it. It's not hard to relate to her while also feeling a bit unnerved by her killing ways. It's everything you'd want in a supervillain series Poison Ivy is complex as you hang on her every word. Read Full Review

If you ever wanted to know more about Poison Ivy, or just wanted to go on a trip with a Villian, pick up this series. Do you ever want to know the thought process behind some of the “evil plans”, pick up this series. You will 100% start to re-think your outlook. Read Full Review

The character focus of this series is really top notch, creating both a great take on Poison Ivy and a really weird, really perfect escapade for her. Read Full Review

Man is the most dangerous game, and Poison Ivys made it her mission to change that. Will the people she meets along the way change her mind, or will she unleash a horror on the planet unlike anything its seen before? Read Full Review

Poison Ivy #2 continues Poison Ivy's quest to destroy mankind, and gives us a better look into her psyche than any story is provided before. Though it looks like it's dangerously close to devolving into another zombie epic, hopefully, G. Willow Wilson will avoid that and continue making Poison Ivy so fascinating that Batman fans will be saying "Joker who? in the future. Read Full Review

Poison Ivy's slow, terrifying trip through the heartland as she plans the extinction of humanity continues this issue, with a haunting issue that makes the themes of the story a little clearer than the disturbing first issue did. Read Full Review

Poison Ivy #2 is less a big advancement to the story and more of a musing over who Ivy's character is, taking into consideration how she's seen by many today. Wilson still generally has a good voice for Ivy, but some story missteps make me wonder if this miniseries will ultimately be worthwhile. Read Full Review

Jonn McLoed

Apr 03, 2024

Difficult to write a review on a comic where nothing really actually happened and yet I loved every word of it. Not usually my kind of writing and seldom my style of reading but this issue alone has changed my views on inner monologue writing and comics in the future. Something very moreish and disturbing about Pam and I for one desire to know more.

cincyfan

Jul 10, 2022

I'm loving this book two issues in. Ivy is really going big and I can't wait to see how this story plays out. Both the writing and artwork are fantastic

ale_amarillo

Sep 30, 2022

I think in comparison to Issue #1 this one feels a little slower and without much plot. It still good enough and shows her humanity and introduces the symbol of what might stop Ivy from going this way.

Gio

Nov 28, 2022

Not only is the story interesting, the art is very nice!

Williamflipper

Apr 20, 2023

Still a great read and nice to look at.

Jawsh

Jul 07, 2022

A darkly resonating piece with existential dread. Poison Ivy explores the path of rage in a world where very little is changing. Talked to a vegan friend who's a huge animal rights activist that the entire food industrial complex needs an overhaul (along with everything else), and switching meat for plants won't be enough to save anyone without alternate systems and lifestyles. Just a few months ago strawberries were being thrown away in droves because they had hepatitis. Wilson continues to add 'Sandman' energy to Ivy; a tale of frustration, rage, and exhaustion.

fzanca

Jul 13, 2022

I'm very interested in seeing where this story is going. I like that Ivy says she doesn't hate people, just that their very existence messes everything up. I like her meeting the other girl and their conversation about the mysterious tree rune. Then when the authorities came in they both thought they were the ones in trouble. I'm hoping this one can stick the landing, since most comics don't.

Screaming Enigma

Jun 15, 2023

Just as good as the first issue, despite less really happening here. The ongoing story is nice, but the highlight of the writing here is from Ivy's narration. She has her plan to spread the spores, but in this issue we see the sentimental side of her that tries to hold her back from killing off humanity. Plus, Takara's art continues to fit this series very well. When the page calls for more detail, he delivers.

pizzamain

Jul 07, 2022

all cops are bacteria

TP

Jul 04, 2022

This issue somehow manages to be even worse than the first one. I'm not even gonna touch the fact that after 50 years of being canonically written as vegan, she suddenly is exclusively carnivore. Wilson is trying to push Poison Ivy back into being a villain but she does it in such an awkward and lazy way that's just laughable. In this issue Ivy acts like a more unhinged version of Carnage. If Carnage murders people for fun, Ivy just randomly murders people for a plan that even she knows and has been warned it will fail. The book is used as a vessel for Ivy to murder as many people as possible (thus probably locking her in Arkham when it ends) and at the same time throw queerbait in the form of a letter to Harley which is also useless since Ivy at this point is so vile, unlikeable and way more evil than Joker that Harley will probably want to kill her and not kiss her. It's sad to see a brilliant writer like Wilson write mindless splatterpunk. But if you like something like Carnage but would prefer less plot and more body horror, I guess you'll like this. more

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ghostrobot - Jul 5, 2022

Cope

arroniero45 - Jul 8, 2022

Shipper detected.