One of the biggest threats in Batman’s rogues gallery has just found love in the most unexpected place of all.

While the titular antivillian of Poison Ivy #27 is busy investigating the budding eco-terrorist organization known as the Order of the Green Knight, two of her closest allies are uncovering an entirely different mystery in the sewers beneath Gotham City. After being left by herself in the haunted town of Marshview, Ivy’s unlikely friend Janet makes a call to none other than Killer Croc. And, while Croc is more than expecting some strange occurences going into things, there is no part of him that was expecting Janet to take the opportunity to make her move on him.

• Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
• Art by MARCIO TAKARA
• Colors by ARIF PRIANTO
• Letters by HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU
• Main cover art by JESSICA FONG
• Variant covers by JENNY FRISON & NOOBOVICH, PUPPETEER LEE, and JENNY FRISON

Introduced in G. Willow Wilson and Emma Rios’ story “Ophiocordyceps Lamia” from the pages of 2022’s oversized Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1, Janet Mitchell, better known as Janet-from-HR, was a human resources worker at a Gotham chemical plant who became a fast-friend of both Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. In the years since her debut, Janet-from-HR has been an ever-present fixture in Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn’s lives, becoming an unofficial member of their tight-knit team. Janet-from-HR has even played a key role in various storylines, including the events of DC’s Night Terrors, which saw nearly every hero and villain on the planet trapped in a nightmare realm by the villainous Insomnia.

Waylon Jones, better known as Killer Croc, made his DC Comics debut all the way back in 1983’s Detective Comics #523 by Gerry Conway and Gene Colan. Waylon was born with a rare condition that caused him to develop his oversized physique along with his iconic reptilian appearance. After being abandoned as a child, Waylon quickly fell into a life of crime, which his superhuman strength and shocking appearance only helped cement due to the terror he so easily instilled in others.

Despite having served largely as a villain for the likes of the Caped Crusader, Killer Croc is one of several heroes including Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn who have slipped firmly into antivillain territory in recent years. Like Ivy and Harley, Killer Croc has slowly shifted away from his former habits, ultimately stepping up to save the day with surprising frequency. Killer Croc has even teamed up with heroes such as Nightwing, further proving that there is far more than meets the eye when it comes to Batman’s most monstrous enemy.

Poison Ivy #27 is on sale now from DC Comics.

Source: DC Comics

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Batman is one of the oldest comic superheroes, with nearly a century of comics, TV-shows, films, and video games. The mild-mannered Bruce Wayne becomes Gotham City’s caped crusader, protecting it from villains like The Joker, Killer Croc, The Penguin, and more. Batman is also one of DC comics’ “Big Three” alongside Superman and Wonder Woman, and together the three help keep the earth safe as founding members of the Justice League.