Poison Ivy Is DC’s Version of Thanos As She Fully Embraces Villain Side
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Poison Ivy #1 by DC Comics
For those believing Poison Ivy truly stepped away from a life of villainy, her new deadly mission is so evil that it puts her on the same playing field as Marvel's Thanos. In Poison Ivy #1 by DC Comics, Pamela Isley reveals she wants to get revenge on the world for destroying the Earth and that the only way to save it is to cause an extinction-level event. Her plan isn't that far off from Thanos' reason for snapping half of all life from existence in the MCU.
In the comics and MCU, Thanos has two very different reasons for snapping half of all life from existence with the Infinity Gauntlet. In the Infinity Gauntlet Saga by Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim, the villain acquired the Infinity Stones to erase half of all living things from the universe to please the living embodiment of Death. However, in the MCU, Thanos snapped half of all life to bring cosmic balance, believing the universe was destroying itself and needed to be reset. In Poison Ivy's new comic, the villain is taking a similar approach to the MCU's Thanos but is going on a deadly mission to make all of humanity extinct.
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In Poison Ivy #1 by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou from DC Comics, Poison Ivy is getting revenge on humanity for destroying the Earth. After seeing her powers and connection to the Green get significantly downgraded, she's using new fungal spores to horrifically turn anyone who stands in her way into part of nature. In the comic, she reveals that she's planning the Sixth Mass Extinction, as she's tired of civilization being an invasive species and sucking up every resource
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