**I received a free eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**In this series, Poison Ivy gets a new job at the Gotham Botanical Gardens thanks to her new mentor Luisa Cruz.We see her struggling trying to be a "normal" person, which she finds very difficult to do, since she doesn't feel like one. She's part human, part plant. A loner who is better off being by herself. Although she wouldn't mind having someone like her around.Her good friend Harley Quinn also makes a...

Great start to the mini series. Ivy is trying to go straight and has a job in a botany lab. Harley making an appearance and leaving angry has Ivy come to realize maybe she has no ties left to her human side. To top it all off someone is poisoned in her lab.

Very good! This issue had everything, great artwork, good story, and humor all around. So this series starts off with Ivy, taking up a job as a scientist in a research lab, then Harley crashes the party and it goes south from there. I think this will be an interesting series!

I received an egalley from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way swayed my opinionI absolutely loved this comic! I'm quite sad that it isn't longer and the series are only going to consist of 6 issues. However, I am amazed by the story and the quality of the artwork. I just want to frame some of them. Usually I don't connect with either graphic novels or comics and I really couldn't care less. This one however, is probably my favorite comic/graphic

They nailed Pam’s personality and I love that Harley plays such a big role in her life. The way they interact with each other shows how Harley reminds Ivy of her humanity. Pam may be a plant-human hybrid, but she’s generally not fond of humans. Harley is the one person she seems to care about (even if she does get rather obsessed with her plants). I’m interested in seeing how their relationship is dealt with. So far, they already sound like an old married couple, bickering and putting up with ea...

I enjoy comic books, graphic novels and manga, but I am not an expert on any of them. A dabbler I would say. I like the character of Poison Ivy and when I saw this was available for request/wish on NetGalley, I wished for it. I'm glad I did, only it's part one of six, so now I have to read the rest of it. Cliffhanger!The artwork was gorgeous and while the Kindle version downloaded had no words, I could follow the idea of the story with the pictures only. I did download it onto my computer and wa...

I've never been a follower of the Batman comics, let alone Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley. However, a female driven comic book definitely attracts my attention. Sadly, Harley Quinn shows up and steals panel time, which would have been better served to Dr. Isley, considering Harley already has her own ongoing issue. Loved the artwork by Clay Mann, and the story by Any Chu was great. Looking forward to reading the next issues coming out.

(B+) 77% | GoodNotes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death

A excellent start to the series.Looking forward to see where this goes.

Something strikes me as so... American. (I'm sorry but I do think it's something cultural here)Poison Ivy walks all day long on high heels while she does science stuff. Totally believable *kuch kuch* not *kuch kuch*. I think because she is hot stuff and hot woman have to wear heels. But then...She gets home and being somebody who loves plants/is part plant she takes her clothes of. This I actually got. I was thinking about that earlier, when I saw her shoes, why not take them of and walk barefoo...

gotta love dc, where they'd rather have harley call ivy her girlfriend in incredibly stilted dialogue ("so, girlfriend, this is the super-secret experiment that's been sucking up all of your time") than just,, show them kissing or exchanging any form of physical affection59/100

I didn't know anything about this series, but just happened to stumble across it on Comixology.com. I love Poison Ivy. She is my favorite Batman villain and one of my top 10 favorite DC villains in general. In recent years she has been part of the Birds of Prey team. I didn't really enjoy her character there because, as I stated earlier, she's a villain. This series written by Amy Chu has her in a hero type role pretty much like she was in Birds of Prey. I don't know if hero is the right word, b...

I'm giving it a chance, but Harley Quinn monopolizing half the comic didn't do it any favors when it's already so short. Not a huge fan of the story either. Ivy is once again embroiled in some plant-based murder she didn't commit, but is likely to be blamed for all the same. As in, every story involving Ivy ever. I'm waiting to see if it gets better, but as its only a miniseries at least it's not a long commitment.

My usual disclaimer: I don't usually read mainstream superhero comics, I don't understand a ton of continuity, etc--so take my reviews with a grain of salt. I saw Amy Chu speak at Flamecon this summer, and she said some insightful things about writing a character who is usually portrayed as super sexual. She said she meant to write Pam Isley in these books as less of a femme fatale and more as someone operating at a remove from humanity, both because of her hybrid physiology and her role as a su...

As a fan of the Gotham City Sirens, I knew picking up a mini-series about Ivy was a good choice, but I'm not sure what direction this series is going to take. I wish there had been more action or at least more build up before such an intense cliffhanger like that. As much as I love Harley, and love Harley and Ivy together, I wish the focus had stayed more on Ivy. Fingers crossed the next issue is better!

how could you not love Poison Ivy?

Like Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley is another female Batman villain who’s been given her own title because she’s apparently a good person now. And, also like Harley, the creators behind Ivy aren’t quite sure what to do with her.Writer Amy Chu is quick to make familiar connections for the audience. The kids from Gotham Academy cameo on a field trip to Pamela’s new lab, funded by the Wayne Foundation, followed shortly by Harley. Other than that, there’s not much of a story, though the fina...

Yay! Harley and Ivy together! It’s been so long since I’ve been out of comics that I think the last time I saw them together was Batman: The Animated Series. Ivy seems to have gone straight and is working in a lab funded by the Wayne Foundation. But, she’s lonely. I don’t need anybody. I just wish…I wish I had someone like me. Hmmmm…who hasn’t felt like that? Sometimes supervillains seems so…unrelatable. But it’s wonderful when they’re written to be related to. But - before this comic starts - i...

More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/ With Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death we have a Pamela Isley attempting to concentrate only on her plants and avoiding the whole superhero/super villain scene. There is a lot of set up here but not much pay off until the last panel starts Isley's quest. Unfortunately, we have to go through a lot of filler in order to get there. Especially considering how short this issue is to begin with, there's not much to go on.

I don't know if I'm biased because I love Poison Ivy, but I really enjoyed the start of this mini series and I really wish DC would dedicate more time to developing Poison Ivy and Harley together.