Review – Poison Ivy #34: Gathering of the Trees
Poison Ivy #34 cover, via DC Comics.
Ray: A lot of people have speculated that this series might be reaching its natural ending point soon, as the story seems to be reaching a crescendo and author Wilson has recently revealed a major new book for the competition. I'm not sure, but it does seem like this book is about to have its biggest battle yet. Marshview, Ivy's hidden sanctum, is under attack – both from the human world, and the world of the Green. Armed troopers have stormed Ivy's lair, and she only has a few allies to defend her. One, Peter Undine, is unpredictable – and the other, Janet, has already betrayed her to the mysterious Bog Venus. Janet, who's dying from a mysterious condition, is plagued by guilt and battling to stay alive as the whole hidden sanctum falls apart around them – but she may have already outlived her usefulness to her mysterious partner, and is quickly slipping away. Infected. Via DC Comics.
While Ivy battles to survive, Janet and Undine seek out allies. Janet tries to recruit Killer Croc in the series' funniest moment, but Undine's task is much more challenging. He has to go back to the hideout of the Green Knights – and lure them away from their boss, the ruthless Bella Garten. Although the Gardener tries to initially pretend she's not keeping anyone there against their will, her reaction as Undine begins to win supporters proves otherwise. But Ivy's left an impact on just about everyone there, for good or bad, over the course of this series. One member of the group was saved from certain death by Ivy, while another has been a little too fascinated with her since encountering her pheromones. Wilson has done a good job of capturing the dichotomy of Ivy over the course of this series – she's some people's worst nightmare, others' greatest hero, and that makes her a fascinating lead.
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