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Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #2
Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016) #2
Murder in the lab! As the police investigate the death of her mentor, Dr. Pamela Isley suspects poisoning! But by whom, and why? Before the cops suspect her alter ego, Poison Ivy, Pam needs to find the true murderer. Meanwhile, her DNA experiments are about to pay off!
23 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 17, 2016
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Amy Chu
326 books191 followersWinner Bram Stoker Award, Gold Anthem Award. Writer for DC, Vertigo, Marvel, IDW and more, including: Poison Ivy, Ant-Man, Deadpool, Red Sonja, Green Hornet, Sensation Comics Wonder Woman, X-Files. KISS and DMC Comics. Cofounded Alpha Girl Comics, publisher of Girls Night Out and other comics. Frequent comic-con panel speaker and moderator.
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April 13, 2022
(B+) 77% | Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-6 can be found here: Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death
February 26, 2016
AWESOME. I love Pamela Isley's aloofness to most humans, and her compassion for plants and animals. She combats the "pit bulls are evil" stereotype like a champ (Harley would be so proud!). And we even get hints at a secret desire she may have had for some time. Fantastically written Ivy. Gorgeous artwork.
February 14, 2017
Amy Chu is doing a great job. Loving this so far.
February 25, 2016
Ivy'nin kendisi gibi birilerinin olmasını istemesi iç acıtıcı. Çok yalnız.
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July 30, 2016As always, I love Poison Ivy and everything I read about her ever. It's really awesome that they're coming out with more comics with her as the protagonist, usually she's just a side character.
February 26, 2017
A murder mystery with a twist only Ivy can provide.Im enjoying learning more about her character with each passing book.
August 14, 2021
Amy Chu did a great job at delivering Ivy’s story! I’m a simp for Miss. Ivy. I’m sorry Harley 😩✋
February 20, 2016
I just discovered this series last week and the second issue is already coming out. It's nice to get some more of the story without having to wait a whole a month. Of course, since I'm caught up now, I'll have t wait a full month for issue #3.
Amy Chu picks the story up in this one with the GCPD at the Botanical Gardens investigating the death of Poison Ivy's mentor. The cause of death was ruled to be poisoning. The plants she had been working with are very poisonous and other scientists keep telling the police it must have been an accident, but those scientists are obviously hiding something and Poison Ivy knows it. Poison Ivy, as her alter ego Pamela Isley, and the dead scientist had been working on a way to splice animal DNA with that of plants. Their research is now missing. Ivy thinks someone she works with knows that Poison Ivy and Pamela Isley are the same person. As she sets out to uncover the mystery of her mentor's death, a policeman on the case develops suspicions of his own.
That mystery is the only thing the writing really has going for it in this issue. For the most part, this issue is rather mundane. There is absolutely no action in this issue. There is a lot of different people standing around talking in this issue. It starts off with the cops talking to all the scientists. Then you have cops talking to each other and scientists talking to each other. Oh, yeah, let's not forget Poison Ivy talking to some plants. Even the dialogue isn't that great. It is as mediocre as the story in this issue. If all stories are divided into 3 Acts, this would be the closing of Act 1 of this 6 issue series. I know it is setting up for the 2nd act, but this issue is just basically just a building block laying foundation for the rest of the story. when all is said and done with issue #6, the overall story may turn out to be great, but this one part is rather slow and boring. Judging this issue alone the writing gets 2.5 stars.
Clay Mann's art doesn't seem quite as breathtaking to me in this issue. It is probably because I just saw the same art for the very first time last week. Don't get me wrong. The art is still extremely fantastic, but when I saw it last week it reminded of seeing a movie like Se7en or Fight Club for the first. I was blown away. Seeing the art in this issue was like watching one of those same movies again for a second. It is still highly enjoyable, but you can never get that mind-blown feeling that you had upon the first viewing back. Ivy continues to look great and the scientist with the purple Mohawk stands out too. Of course, anyone with a purple Mohawk IS trying to stand out. Mann's art gets 5 stars.
The art and writing scores average out to give this issue a 3.75 overall rating. The art continues to be the strongest thing about the book. I will pick up the next 4 issues of this series for that art even if the story doesn't get any better than it is here.
Amy Chu picks the story up in this one with the GCPD at the Botanical Gardens investigating the death of Poison Ivy's mentor. The cause of death was ruled to be poisoning. The plants she had been working with are very poisonous and other scientists keep telling the police it must have been an accident, but those scientists are obviously hiding something and Poison Ivy knows it. Poison Ivy, as her alter ego Pamela Isley, and the dead scientist had been working on a way to splice animal DNA with that of plants. Their research is now missing. Ivy thinks someone she works with knows that Poison Ivy and Pamela Isley are the same person. As she sets out to uncover the mystery of her mentor's death, a policeman on the case develops suspicions of his own.
That mystery is the only thing the writing really has going for it in this issue. For the most part, this issue is rather mundane. There is absolutely no action in this issue. There is a lot of different people standing around talking in this issue. It starts off with the cops talking to all the scientists. Then you have cops talking to each other and scientists talking to each other. Oh, yeah, let's not forget Poison Ivy talking to some plants. Even the dialogue isn't that great. It is as mediocre as the story in this issue. If all stories are divided into 3 Acts, this would be the closing of Act 1 of this 6 issue series. I know it is setting up for the 2nd act, but this issue is just basically just a building block laying foundation for the rest of the story. when all is said and done with issue #6, the overall story may turn out to be great, but this one part is rather slow and boring. Judging this issue alone the writing gets 2.5 stars.
Clay Mann's art doesn't seem quite as breathtaking to me in this issue. It is probably because I just saw the same art for the very first time last week. Don't get me wrong. The art is still extremely fantastic, but when I saw it last week it reminded of seeing a movie like Se7en or Fight Club for the first. I was blown away. Seeing the art in this issue was like watching one of those same movies again for a second. It is still highly enjoyable, but you can never get that mind-blown feeling that you had upon the first viewing back. Ivy continues to look great and the scientist with the purple Mohawk stands out too. Of course, anyone with a purple Mohawk IS trying to stand out. Mann's art gets 5 stars.
The art and writing scores average out to give this issue a 3.75 overall rating. The art continues to be the strongest thing about the book. I will pick up the next 4 issues of this series for that art even if the story doesn't get any better than it is here.
February 24, 2016
5 / 5 Cover
5 / 5 Art
5 / 5 Story - There's a second murder and things are looking like it's Ivy
5 / 5 Entertainment - The story get's you hooked
5 / 5 Next issue? - I can't wait, it's a mini-series so we have to learn who the killer is soon
25 / 25 Total
Rating 5 out of 5
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5 / 5 Art
5 / 5 Story - There's a second murder and things are looking like it's Ivy
5 / 5 Entertainment - The story get's you hooked
5 / 5 Next issue? - I can't wait, it's a mini-series so we have to learn who the killer is soon
25 / 25 Total
Rating 5 out of 5
Read@Book
May 23, 2016
Interesting, Interesting. Hope my questions will be answered.
March 14, 2016
A nice step up from issue 1.
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