Scott's Take: Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson

Poison Ivy Vol. 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson has Poison Ivy reborn in a new body with some new powers. She is also dying, so she decided to kill humanity by spreading a deadly fungus. If that was not enough, the person who helped create her is hunting her to also kill her.

 

Poison Ivy is needlessly cruel in this volume. Even though that is a major point of this story, it is out of character for her. But, she is supposed to be out of sorts so it kind of works. Personally, I like Poison Ivy the best when she is targeting the big corporations that are damaging the environment and not your average person.

 

There is incredible art in this volume and plenty of body horror. The new powers really don’t make sense in this universe since Poison Ivy has power over the green (plant life, trees, etc.) and fungus has always been depicted has part of the grey (the power of death, etc.) Somehow, she now can use fungus and she is not the only one. A minor nitpick, but noticeable.

 

Overall, I enjoyed this volume despite that fact. I am looking forward to Volume 2 titled Unethical Consumption which is scheduled for late November of this year. So, a long wait.

 

My reading copy came via the Hoopla App of the Dallas Public Library System. 

 

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