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Warning : spoiler for Poison Ivy # 18 !
Summary
One iconicBatmanvillain know the mystery behind how to make a supervillain team - up work — and she ’s on the QT swell at it . It has become a staple fibre of Batman storylines for Gotham ’s most misunderstood rogues to link up forces just to cast away of the Dark Knight . open all that history , Poison Ivyknows precisely why these unexpected allyships really work .
Poison Ivy snap the code for how " baddie " squad - ups can function inPoison Ivy#18 by G. Willow Wilson and Luana Vecchio . AsPoison Ivy tries to create an antidoteto stop an incoming horde ofLast of Us - esque zombies , she forms the ultimate Gotham team - upbetween herself and Killer Croc — with the novel addition of Solomon Grundy .
When the dust settles , Poison Ivy narrates how supervillain team - ups like this body of work so well in spite of the scoundrel ' minus lineament . Bytapping into that same kind of vanity that makes them villainsto begin with , Ivy and other manipulative villains can make their comrades work for them — literally .
Poison Ivy has been a staple fiber in Batman ’s rogues gallery for decades , but much of her life has been viewed through others ' eyes . Now , she reclaim it .
Poison Ivy Theorizes that Villains Use Vanity and Survival Instincts to Team-Up
Poison Ivy#17 , the late consequence , ends with the claim character and her costly friend , Killer Croc , in Slaughter Swamp collaborating on create an antidote to stop a zombie infestationthat Poison Ivy unfortunately go . They are unexpectedly attacked by some of those zombie , receive some unexpected help from another resident physician of the swamp , Solomon Grundy . Once all the zombi are eradicate , Grundy starts to go on his way , but Ivy urges that she still needs his help . She does n’t have anything specific in idea but palpate she involve all the supporter she can find out .
Grundy seems disinterested at first , until Ivy point out that as zombies extend to infest the swamp he live in , she can help him push back . Ivy then repoint out howvillains are selfish in a direction that can be exploited . " you’re able to get us to do what you need if you invoke to one of two thing - Our vanity … or our highly developed natural selection instincts . " By sharpen in on both of those qualities , she is capable to successfully recruit Solomon Grundy into her ever - growing team .
Poison Ivy Knows How DC Villains Exploit Each Other for Team-Ups
This consecrate readers a fast reason for why villain are so quick to team - up with each other , despite how the idea kind of goes against their self - interest . It’sthose ego - involvement that make them exploitablein the first spot . Grundy wanting to protect and exist in his home base is the only rationality he wants to link Ivy and Croc . This explanation fromPoison Ivymay even avail re - contextualize previous supervillain squad - ups against the like of superheroes such asBatman , make sense of squad - ups from the yesteryear and futurity .
Poison Ivy#18is available now from DC Comics .
POISON IVY # 18 ( 2022 )
