admonition : spoiler forBatman : Fear State Alpha # 1 !

InDC Comics , the latestBatmancrossover event titledFear Statehas arrived , and one Batman villain , in finicky , Poison Ivy — or Queen Ivy as she ’s going by at the moment — has the unique ability to help oneself , but wo n’t ! Queen Ivy may be the more unpitying and less caring version of Poison Ivy , but save the entirety of Gotham City should still be a matter that Pamela care about enough to loan a handwriting with .

come across inBatman : Fear State Alpha # 1 , by James Tynion IV and Riccardo Federici , Ivy ’s Modern theatrical role of Queen Ivy has set up store deeply under Gotham City and has filled it with her patented plant ; ostracise her closest friends and ally in the procedure . Dubbing the piazza Eden , Pamela’smain squeeze in Harley Quinn , the recently preface character called Gardener , and Batman ’s current competition and Quaker , Ghost - Maker , have trekked below the streets of Gotham to beg Ivy for shelter and protection for the Unsanity Collective — or a “ group where people can elude the trauma of the metropolis ” — from the oncoming warfare that Scarecrow has easy been unleashing across the city .

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recognize that the embodiment of Ivy ’s unquestionably nicer side is lose somewhere in the city , Harley still tries to verbalise some sense into her lover in an attempt to get her to do something that could write a whole luck of people . On the fence about helping out , Ghost - Makergives Ivy an even better — and well-off — elbow room to save not only the radical standing before her but the integral city itself .

articulate that Ivy could “ do one unspoiled ” than just shelter this fistful of people , Ghost - Maker suggest that Ivy could apply her “ pheromone ability ” to“calm the warfare that ’s brew on the Earth’s surface … terminate this before it really has a chance to get start , ” give the entire city of Gotham an out during what will no doubt become an extremely terrifying and harrowing next few days , week and possibly even month . But asQueen Ivyis less interested in consider with Gotham ’s problems than ever before , she refuse , simply say , “ I will not interpose in the war above unless they are foolish enough to move against me , ” succinctly shoot down an melodic theme that would render Scarecrow ’s latest plan moot in a topic of moment .

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Known in the past tense to be able to apply her pheromone abilities to make anyone she set her sights on do her evil bidding , Poison Ivy is much more powerful in her current Queen Ivy state , and it would stand to reason that she could apply her business leader at a larger graduated table to quell the unrest and dread sweeping across Gotham . commonly toeing the short letter between helping or injure the metropolis depending on her mood , Ivy ’s original incarnationmight have put a little more thought into tranquillize Gotham ’s citizen and saving the day , but as it stand up , this Queen version of the reference could n’t handle less .

So while Ivy does ultimately let the Unsanity Collective to detain in her underground heaven “ for now , ” Ghost - Maker pointing out that she can stopFear Statebefore it even get down is a Brobdingnagian reveal that shows just how powerful Ivy can be , irrespective of whether she decides to help or not . Poison Ivymay have just madeBatman ’s life sentence a little morsel intemperately as fear continues to grip the city he loves , but that does n’t mean Ivy ca n’t change her intellect and become abettor , more heroic reading of herselfbefore things get really scary .

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