Scott Snyder Teases The Absolute Batman Villain, Poison Ivy, Levels Up And 'Comes Back In A Big Way"

Can’t get enough of the DC Comics’ Absolute Universe? Well, the great news is you won’t have to worry about it ending anytime soon, at least not entirely. That’s because co-creator of the Absolute Universe, Scott Snyder, is making it clear there’s about to be a level-up by one of Bruce Wayne’s most dangerous foes — namely, Poison Ivy.

Speaking from MegaCon Orlando 2026, Snyder gave tremendous insight about where the Absolute anthology will go next, and fans are rightfully eating it up.

"I was really interested in the idea of things that kind of surprise you by how much more they can do than you think, like jellyfish being able to reverse their lives,” Snyder said. “I read about all these crazy plants that can survive nuclear blasts and the idea was to take Ivy and instead of just having her be The Green.”

Absolute Poison Ivy Will Gain Insane New Powers

According to Snyder, Poison Ivy is about to branch out with her powers.

“And I love all those stories, but you've seen it with Swamp Thing too, like when he takes over Gotham, well what if you just level her up and instead of her research stopping at plants, she's like what if I start combining animals and insects and every kingdom,” he said. “That's why it's the seven kingdoms of life. And so she is the avatar of almost everything in our series. And she hasn't even… she's just growing…. she comes back in a big way."

You read that correctly: Poison Ivy is no longer relegated to controlling plant life, but rather she can now cross kingdoms to include animal life as well; and that could very well make her arguably the most powerful foe Batman has crossed paths with thus far.

When Will Poison Ivy Return to the Absolute Universe?

There are some dark, demented things happening in ArkK M, including experiments on humans conducted by scientists but overseen by Absolute Joker with the goal of finally killing Batman — fans need only open their imaginations to what Ivy might become in the thick of things.

"I just don't want you to get anything you've seen before in Absolute, and you've seen Swamp Thing do the things that Ivy could do even leveled up, but you haven't seen Swamp Thing mixed with the red, the gray, the black, like all of it,” Snyder said. “And having a goddess of creation and destruction in one person that way. So, that's kind of where we're headed over there."

By now, you’re wondering when Absolute Poison Ivy will return with her newfound, wonderfully outrageous powers. Snyder has an answer for that as well: "I don't want to spoil too much, but it'll likely be in about a year."

Mark your calendars, because 2027 is going to see the Absolute Universe as it’s never been seen before, if you can imagine that.