Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #2

Poison Ivy stands center stage on Clay Mann's cover, her leaf-and-vine ensemble and a single red rose in hand doing little to soften the tension created by the handcuffs at her wrists and the two Gotham City police officers flanking her on either side. The imposing stone statues looming in the background lend the scene a charged, almost ceremonial gravity — Ivy looks utterly composed despite being in custody, which tells you everything about who's really in control here. Issue two of Amy Chu's six-part series promises that the complications in Ivy's world are only deepening.