The consequences of your own actions?! Something we deal with every day? Well, now Pamela Isley is going through it. After her showdown with Jason Woodrue aka Floronic Man in issue #6, Dr. Isley is on her own personal mission. Sheâs neither a traditional hero nor is she fully a villain (some climate change deniers may argue against this).
Letâs dive into this spoiler-riddled recap and review!
Recap:
Weâre coming off of the high (pun very much intended) of the last issue, where Ivy discovers her lamia spores have begun to spread independently of her. Most importantly into the conniving, capitalist hands of Gløpâs owner, Gwendolyn Caltrope. The retreat turns into a psychedelic rager, when Ivy realizes that the spores are still connected to her as they infect the other attendees, giving her the ability to control them.
So what does she do next? ORGANIZE A PROTEST, BABY! Ivy has mellowed into a âslow them downâ vs âmurder them allâ mentality when she takes the ladies at the retreat to an oil refinery to block all entry from outside. She knows that slowing things down for capitalists makes it very, very expensive and thatâs definitely worse to them than actual humans dying. Her old method wasnât quite as effective, so sheâs pivoting. Thatâs growth! (Pun always intended.)
The situation ends up with Ivy very obviously revealing herself to the retreat ladies as well as Gwen, who [SPOILER] conveniently turns into a giant, lamia monster.
Review:
Anytime Ivy is punishing people ruining our environment on a grand scale, I’m beyond thrilled. I appreciate how much nuance weâre getting with the differences in views throughout this series. Ivyâs coming at us from a very, very different perspective than Janet from HR or Gwen are but we can understand them all equally to a certain degree nonetheless. Janet has simplified views but she pushes Ivy into making more humane decisions than weâre normally seeing from her.
Honestly, I do want to see Pammy go off and murder some oil tycoons but maybe thereâs other ways to deal with them. This is growth for Ivy. Sheâs learning that Harley Quinn isn’t the only human she wants to coexist with.Â
The lesson ends up being: weâre all connected… whether we want to be or not, a point this book keeps reiterating over and over again. Even though monsters keep erupting all over the place, metaphorical or not, we start to understand why theyâre even there in the first place. All in all, I love when the writing focuses on Pammyâs internal turmoil and how she resolves it. This issue nails it.
Rating: 5/5 âď¸âď¸âď¸âď¸âď¸
Chapter 11- Itâs no secret that Ivy can be very convincing, but with her newfound powers, she now has people wrapped around her finger. Janetâs time at the spa goes south when Ivy uses herâŚpersuasive powersâŚto blockade a petroleum processing plant. Things take a wild turn, though, when the employees become violent and Ivy must protect the women she initially set out to destroy. So much for a relaxing spa retreat!
Written by: G. Willow Wilson
Art by: Marcio Takara
Colors by: Arif Prianto
Letters by: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover by: Jessica Fong
Price: $3.99