This early chapter book featuring Batman and Poison Ivy has full-color, comic-book-style illustrations. Kids will love this adventure-filled story featuring a favorite and timeless superhero—Batman, The Dark Knight! Poison Ivy has stolen the rare Black Orchid from its display at the Gotham Botanical Garden! Using her herbal powers, she escapes Batman and disappears into the night. Batman then discovers three natural food stores have also been robbed. And he sees mysterious, gigantic plants sprouting all over Gotham City. He soon learns that Poison Ivy intends to turn the city into a jungle! Can Batman stop her before it's too late?
Author
Scott Peterson got his start in comics as an editor on the Batman line of comics, working with the legendary Dennis O’Neil. He edited DC’s flagship title, Detective Comics, and launched the first of the the Adventures sub-genre of comics, The Batman Adventures. He later went on to edit for WildStorm, where he oversaw such titles as WildCats, Midnighter, A God Somewhere and North 40, as well as Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes. As a writer, he has been published by Disney, Scholastic, Golden Books, HarperCollins, and DC Comics, including a four-year run as the regular writer of The Gotham Adventures. He is the author of Batman: Kings of Fear with art legendary artist Kelley Jones, and the original graphic novel Truckus Maximus. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
