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Batman Post-Crisis #54
Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow
BATMAN. GREEN ARROW. They've been partners before, but never with so much at stake. A world-threatening plague, a dying Black Canary. And their only hope is the deadly temptress who set it all in motion...POISON IVY.
46 pages, Comic
First published June 1, 1992
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Dennis O'Neil
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Dennis "Denny" O'Neil
was a comic book writer and editor best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement.
His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.
His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.
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August 17, 2022
Nice plot and a good team-up story. Nice art also. Recommended
August 24, 2022
This was a rather old Batman GN. It was a one-shot written by Dennis O'Neil. The gist? Batman and The Green Arrow must team up to stop Poison Ivy from setting loose a virus that will kill humanity. This was written in 1992 when Ivy's popularity wasn't nearly as established as it is today. I do not know if this is the first time she appears in a Batman story, but it seems fresh.
Still the artwork is typical of the 90's and that's not great. Interesting look for the Batsuit, it seemed to take inspiration from the 50's style with the pointed ears. The overall story and art are just ok. Not bad but not great. It's interesting as an early look at Poison Ivy.
Still the artwork is typical of the 90's and that's not great. Interesting look for the Batsuit, it seemed to take inspiration from the 50's style with the pointed ears. The overall story and art are just ok. Not bad but not great. It's interesting as an early look at Poison Ivy.
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October 22, 2015An incoherent effort from the early nineties, when DC were frantically trying to package anything they could as a graphic novel because it was the format which had made Watchmen and Dark Knight such successes, right? And maybe the blood and bad language? So there's lots of posturing and clenched jaws, an evil corporate type who is meant to be a normal human despite intermittently looking like a killer ventriloquist's dummy, and scenes where it's genuinely not clear whether this Batmobile can fly because the artist couldn't be arsed doing enough background. Also, at times Batman's cape flares up in such an unnatural fret that I can only assume he's decided to diversify his role models - "Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot - I shall become a pufferfish!"
April 29, 2022
Reading this short "Graphic Novel" after 30 years it was published. It was a nice little team-up story with a nice mystery. The artwork was also nice. Let's complete a few more books, let's just keep on reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to the bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to the bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
February 19, 2016
A solid if unremarkable crossover featuring Batman and Green Arrow working together against Poison Ivy without entirely being on the same page as to their goals and methods. Denny O'Neil's script is solid as usual, and the art is deliberately evocative of the classic 70's era, particularly the work of Neal Adams and Jim Aparo. Overall this is an enjoyable enough book, but I do have to wonder why it was issued as a graphic novel rather than just a few issues of one of DC's regular titles. In any event, worth a look for fans.
October 18, 2021
A short read, but a really solid Batman/Green Arrow team-up. Solid mystery, solid action, and some gut-wrenching justice at the very end.
November 20, 2017
Un crossover fallido por donde se lo mire
December 2, 2020
Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow is a graphic novel and is written by Dennis O'Neil and illustrated by Michael Netzer. It is a story that teams up Bruce Wayne as Batman and Oliver Queen as Green Arrow facing against Pamela Isley as Poison Ivy.
Bruce Wayne as Batman and Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teams up with each other in search of Pamela Isley as Poison Ivy, because Dinah Lance as Black Canary, Queen’s girlfriend, has fallen deathly ill from a world-threatening plague – one that Poison Ivy has set in motion.
Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow is written and constructed moderately well. Denny O'Neil captures Green Arrow's headstrong and socially minded character. His motivation here is to track down Poison Ivy as his girlfriend has been poisoned by a serum she developed. Ivy has specific plans, though, and this sets Batman at odds with his Justice League colleague as he’s more concerned about the bigger picture. There's a vague ecological message, but the tale rambles to an overwrought conclusion having long outlived any welcome.
All in all, Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow is a mediocre graphic novel that teams up Batman and Green Arrow with a hazy and heavily disguised environmental and ecological message.
Bruce Wayne as Batman and Oliver Queen as Green Arrow teams up with each other in search of Pamela Isley as Poison Ivy, because Dinah Lance as Black Canary, Queen’s girlfriend, has fallen deathly ill from a world-threatening plague – one that Poison Ivy has set in motion.
Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow is written and constructed moderately well. Denny O'Neil captures Green Arrow's headstrong and socially minded character. His motivation here is to track down Poison Ivy as his girlfriend has been poisoned by a serum she developed. Ivy has specific plans, though, and this sets Batman at odds with his Justice League colleague as he’s more concerned about the bigger picture. There's a vague ecological message, but the tale rambles to an overwrought conclusion having long outlived any welcome.
All in all, Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow is a mediocre graphic novel that teams up Batman and Green Arrow with a hazy and heavily disguised environmental and ecological message.
April 9, 2019
I am fan of the character Poison Ivy. I strongly believe that she is an under-used character in DC comic's rogues gallery. She is a smart, sexy, and lethal woman with an agenda for making the world a better place for mother nature. So, when I picked this book up at a recent comic con I was not disappointed by my purchase.
Batman teams up with the Green Arrow to find a cure for a new deadly toxin in order to save Black Canary's life. They find out that Poison Ivy, an evil scientist, and a business man plan to distribute this deadly toxin through baby food.
The story overall is good with lots of action. However, the ending is a let down; after a nice build up it fizzles. The pencil art work is really good, especially the way that Batman's cape is drawn. The cape seems to add more menace to the Dark Knights image and atmosphere. More comic artist should use this technique. The coloring is is nothing special and there is a bit too much line work and cross hatching, but overall the art work fits the story well.
Batman and Poison Ivy fans will enjoy this book.
Batman teams up with the Green Arrow to find a cure for a new deadly toxin in order to save Black Canary's life. They find out that Poison Ivy, an evil scientist, and a business man plan to distribute this deadly toxin through baby food.
The story overall is good with lots of action. However, the ending is a let down; after a nice build up it fizzles. The pencil art work is really good, especially the way that Batman's cape is drawn. The cape seems to add more menace to the Dark Knights image and atmosphere. More comic artist should use this technique. The coloring is is nothing special and there is a bit too much line work and cross hatching, but overall the art work fits the story well.
Batman and Poison Ivy fans will enjoy this book.
September 20, 2024
Relectura de unitarios de Batman, 1. Un relato simple que opone a nuestros dos héroes a una despiadada Hiedra Venenosa en una historia de esas que le gustan a O’Neil, con carga social, ecologismo, etc., pero que por momentos se pasa de sencilla aunque entretiene. El dibujo de Netzer no lo ayuda demasiado tampoco, con serios problemas a la hora de mantener una sola línea o proporciones coherentes en sus personajes.
December 4, 2021
Lazy, hot Saturday afternoon reading. Denny O'Niell is probably the best superhero storyteller ever. This is one of the hard core and gritty 90s stories you would expect. Nicely paced and compact add suits the format.
Not so sure about Mike Netzer. The concert is wonderful though, and Joe Rubenstein adds a lot of the pace Netzer's static art sometimes lacks.
Not so sure about Mike Netzer. The concert is wonderful though, and Joe Rubenstein adds a lot of the pace Netzer's static art sometimes lacks.
November 16, 2015
A short tale of Batman and Green Arrow teaming up to stop Poison Ivy, a henchman of hers and a businessman. An easy read with decent art (even if Batmans Cape incoherently keeps flaring up), but really nothing special and a rushed wrap up of the story.
October 10, 2018
A very good team up that makes completely sense once you see Batman: the Brave and The Bold.
If only the author had written in this style the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series...
If only the author had written in this style the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series...
October 14, 2021
Interesting tale, team-ups are sometimes fun, and this was entertaining.
February 5, 2019
Team-up carino e a tratti portatore di tematiche profonde e con un finale decisamente crudo.
A parte ciò, certi sviluppi mi sono sembrati un po' campati per aria, troppo meccanici e poco fluidi. Sembrava che i personaggi si comportassero in quella maniera perché avevano letto la sceneggiatura prima. E molti dialoghi erano piuttosto strani e incoerenti con la caratteristica dei personaggi coinvolti. In più la presenza di Freccia Verde (e lo dico da fan numero uno del personaggio) è oltremodo superflua. Insomma, poteva esserci chiunque al suo posto e la differenza non si sarebbe sentita.
E Poison Ivy mi sta proprio sui coglioni.
A parte ciò, certi sviluppi mi sono sembrati un po' campati per aria, troppo meccanici e poco fluidi. Sembrava che i personaggi si comportassero in quella maniera perché avevano letto la sceneggiatura prima. E molti dialoghi erano piuttosto strani e incoerenti con la caratteristica dei personaggi coinvolti. In più la presenza di Freccia Verde (e lo dico da fan numero uno del personaggio) è oltremodo superflua. Insomma, poteva esserci chiunque al suo posto e la differenza non si sarebbe sentita.
E Poison Ivy mi sta proprio sui coglioni.
July 21, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this Graphic Novel that I picked up at the Elephant’s Trunk Antique & Flea Market in our recent Northeast Antique Road Trip. I’ve always loved Batman comics & stories. This one throws in Green Arrow, Poison Ivy, Black Canary and a worldwide health pandemic that’s all too real in recent global activities. This was a fun mystery & an interesting way to fictionalize a similar situation to what had happened in the past 3 years w/ COVID-19. Happy Reading! Stay entertained, mentally sharp & sane. 😊❤️✌️
June 11, 2024
Hard to believe that one of the defining scribes of both Bat and Arrow would turn in something this uninteresting, unoriginal and inessential.
The characterization is paper thin and the dialogue is eye-rolling. Somehow 44 pages managed to be a slog.
But still not bad enough to be unintentionally hilarious like Batman: Fortunate Son
The characterization is paper thin and the dialogue is eye-rolling. Somehow 44 pages managed to be a slog.
But still not bad enough to be unintentionally hilarious like Batman: Fortunate Son
December 8, 2024
A really fun team up between Batman & Green Arrow. Dennis O’Neil is a hell of a writer and this is evident here. A quick read but an enjoyable one. This is the best era for Green Arrow and it shows here! Artwork is also really nice by Michael Netzer, it’s a mixture of a bunch of popular artists from the time, such as Neal Adams and Brian Bolland.
May 15, 2019
Solid team-up, with quality O'Neil writing, though Green Arrow is a bit of an idiot.
July 19, 2019
I normally give books, even those that aren't well thought of, a high score but I couldn't do it for this book. I really did not enjoy reading this book.
April 30, 2022
no thanks bud
September 8, 2022
Not a bad read if you just want something to flip through, but pretty underwhelming at times. Green Arrow's handled relatively well at least.
December 29, 2024
normalmente eu gosto das coisas que o dennis o'neil escreve mas essa eh a excessão
December 11, 2018
An old favorite, in several ways: Michael Netzer (formerly Nasser) draws wonderfully, in a Neal Adams-esque style, inked by the ink artist I first saw him dileneated by, Joe Rubenstein. Todd Klein always letters a good story, and the color art by (help me spellcheck) Kindzinski rocks.
But I read this again and originally because it's Denny O'Neil telling a story with these great characters.
Not perfect, but good melodrama with high craft.
Recommended.
But I read this again and originally because it's Denny O'Neil telling a story with these great characters.
Not perfect, but good melodrama with high craft.
Recommended.
February 12, 2020
Dark and moody Batman/GA team-up. The pairing was atypical, but other than that, not much of interest in this small graphic novel.
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/ep...
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/ep...
June 30, 2024
(15 February, 2023)
Batman and Green Arrow neatly stop a simple Poison Ivy plan. Her delusions of a new world has her dupe an idiot or two. Thank goodness Batman has great detective skills, although none are shown.
Alter egos and real names are almost absent here, no Bruce and very little Oliver and Dinah. All in all, a very forgettable tale of avarice run amok. Meh!
Batman and Green Arrow neatly stop a simple Poison Ivy plan. Her delusions of a new world has her dupe an idiot or two. Thank goodness Batman has great detective skills, although none are shown.
Alter egos and real names are almost absent here, no Bruce and very little Oliver and Dinah. All in all, a very forgettable tale of avarice run amok. Meh!
June 6, 2011
Nice team up. Green Arrow is written well, and so is Poison Ivy. Fun with a sting at the end.
September 1, 2012
Worth reading.
February 16, 2015
Pretty straight forward, not the best of Batman and Green Arrow but anytime they team-up is a treat.
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