| Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death | |
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 Cover to Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #1, art by Clay Mann | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited |
| Publication date | January – June 2016 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Amy Chu |
| Artist(s) |
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| Letterer(s) | Janice Chiang |
| Colorist(s) | Ulises Arreola |
| Collected editions | |
| Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death | ISBN 978-1-4012-6451-2 |
Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death is a six-issue American comic book miniseries written by Amy Chu, with art primarily by Clay Mann. It was published by DC Comics from January to June 2016, and collected in a single trade paperback edition in September 2016. The miniseries is Poison Ivy's first solo comic book series.
Chu felt that Poison Ivy had a lot of untapped potential and hoped to give the character more depth. She envisioned the character as someone with a unique moral code, conflicted between her loyalties to the plant and human worlds. The story sees Poison Ivy return to her "human persona" as scientist Dr. Pamela Isley. Suspicion falls on her following the mysterious deaths of two of her colleagues at the Gotham Botanical Gardens. While she investigates these deaths, Poison Ivy also has to deal with raising her genetically engineered plant-human "sporelings" as they age rapidly and develop superpowers.
The series received mixed to positive reviews. Chu's characterization of Poison Ivy was well-received, but reviewers noted flaws in her scripts. Several critics were impressed by the level of detail in Mann's art, while others criticized his apparent sexualization of women in the series.