The floral femme fatale Poison Ivy debuted in 1966’s “Batman” #181, the same year that the “Batman” TV series starring Adam West hit the air. While Ivy never appeared on the show, she owes her existence to it. Ivy was co-created by writers Sheldon Moldoff, Robert Kanigher, and artist Carmine Infantino, all prolific part of DC’s Silver Age stable of writers and artists.
In a 2007 interview, Infantino revealed Ivy was created due to the popularity of Julie Newmar‘s Catwoman on “Batman.” “They wanted more female villains [for Batman],” Infantino recounted. Indeed, in Ivy’s debut issue, her goal is to become the no. 1 female villain of Gotham City, against rivals like Dragon Fly,…
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