‘Poison Ivy' #8 continues to build off its stellar opening story arc, showcasing even deeper character growth and moments for the protagonist as well as those around her. Truly gorgeous energetic ecological horror meets the beauty of humanity without losing any of its edge as a sharp justified finger continues to point at the broken system that plagues our world daily. This is a comic book with a lot to say and everyone needs to be listening to what it has to say. Read Full Review

Wilson has found a very sharp niche for Poison Ivy that rather brilliantly occupies space somewhere between drama and comedy and horror and action and heroism and...anti-heroism. The real genius is that she does all of that while delivering a coherently simple story that is totally accessible to just about any reader. Wilson has a very, very appealing relationship with Pam. It will be fun to see it develop in future issues.  Read Full Review

Poison Ivy #8 continues to show this series is rightfully one of the most important superhero books on the stands today. It conveys real-life issues in easy-to-understand and relatable ways while further humanizing Ivy. Along the way, we see the good and the bad humanity brings, and like with Poison Ivy, we tend to lean towards the good being the winner of the debate. It just requires Poison Ivy to do horrific things to a lone toxic person. Read Full Review

This story, featuring a guest artist who excels in the truly bizarre, has largely been a bridge between the first arc of Poison Ivy and the next. Read Full Review

At this point in the review, it's clear that my favorite part was Janet from HR. I that we get to see more of her in the coming issues, even if it's just short snippet updates. Ivy still has a long way to go on her journey and I know she will make it a good one. Everything about her in this series has come from an intellectually stimulating place. She isn't just a villain and I hope people realize the layers she has as a character, assisted by the fantastic writing style of G. Willow Wilson. Read Full Review

This chapter of Poison Ivy was more readable than the last, but at the same time, problems with the dialogue and artwork are increasing. I also am not exactly sure what this book is building towards anymore with its story of Ivy as being more heroic. It seems like it would have been better if DC kept this to six issues. Read Full Review

Gorgeous and heartfelt, I didn't want this issue to end.

I feel very similar with this issue as I felt with the previous one. Although, the story was more heartfelt and just better overall in my opinion. I might have given this a 9.0 had it not been for the art. As I stated in my review of Issue 7, Ilhan's art just feels a little inconsistent to me. On one page, he's drawing an absolutely fantastic scene or a beautiful depiction of a character. On the next, he draws a wonky face or a weird body-shot. This is still a good issue overall and I've been enjoying this series so far.

Getting to think on some tough stuff.

This story was really touching. So far, I think this is the definitive Poison Ivy series, which isnt saying much. But this series really rocks, and I like how Poison Ivy literally monster-ize her enemies, and it talks on mature topics like Poison Ivy's state of mind and how we keep on ruining Nature. I like the ending how Poison Ivy stays with the Cancer patient, and so far I have strong impressions.

I wasn't a fan of this issue. We were just introduced to a new villain and just like that, it's over. Ivy gets help from a woman who has a medical condition. Ivy not only brings her to the hospital but stays with her even though she is one of the most wanted women in the world. I'm not sure how is able to travel around without anyone recognizing her. At least that was answered with her getting the job, but being able to walk around a hospital? And one dose of a liquid changed her back, just like that. Ugh - horrible writing.

Weird and unnecessary. Obviously a last minute add on to create a new arc that was not planed.

Something happened with this book to go from a dark story to this drivel. We are supposed to care about a woman whose only character work is that she has a tumor on her liver and needs surgery, but she doesn't want Ivy to take out her evil boss because she will lose her health insurance?!? So, Ivy calls in some favors to get her the surgery, so it was ok to take the bad boss down. What about the people last issue who told Ivy they need their jobs to support themselves and their families? The problem is, normally Ivy would take down the evil owner and move on and it wouldn't be an issue, but G Willow wanted to put in commentary about how good people accept bad things because they have to, but then lets it all fall apart by the end.