Story: "Cast Shadows" (64 Pages)

Credits:

Ann Nocenti (plot, script)
John Van Fleet (art)
Todd Klein (letters)
Harvey Richards (assistant edits)
Joey Cavalieri (edits)

Feature Characters:

Batman
Poison Ivy

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth

Villains:

Doctor Wood (a therapist at Arkham Asylum)
Harold
Betty (inmates at Arkham Asylum)

Other Characters:

Jack Weintraub (an art collector)
Doctor Tom Gorai (Gotham's chief medical examiner)
Donald (a mail sorter, deceased, appears in flashback). Rob Berlin (a financier)
Dan Trimbel (athe richest man in Gotham)

Comment: The commissioner appears behind the scenes, and Joker, Mister Freeze, Penguin, Catwoman and Killer Croc are depicted at Arkham, but these all may be imaginary.

Synopsis:

Batman has to call on Poison Ivy's help when various Gothamites go down with an illness caused by a strange plant. She is able to provide an antidote - it is secreted from her own skin - and it appears she is the cause of the problem. However, it becomes apparent that Doctor Wood, the new therapist at Arkham, is actually behind the illness. Ivy is able to help Batman end the problem, and is given a new, light-filled cell as a reward. Here she can work on her botanical experiments for the good of mankind.