BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #57

COVER TAGLINE: Vengeance of Poison Ivy TITLE: Leaves of Grass Part 2: Reefer Madness STORY ARC: None RELEASE DATE: Ocotber, 1996 COVER DATE: December, 1996 WRITER: Alan Grant PENCILER(s): Dave Taylor INKER(s): Stan Woch COLORS: Pamela Rambo LETTERS: Bill Oakley EDITOR(s): Dennis O'Neil, Jordan B. Gorfinkel COVER: Brian Stelfreeze PRICE: $1.95 U.S./$3.00 Canada CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley); Floronic Man (Jason Woodrue); Holly Wood; Eva Green; Harvey Bullock PLOT: Poison Ivy confronts Jason Woodrue (the Floronic Man), who is revealed to be the supplier of the genetically-enhanced marijuana that is flooding Gotham. He relates being regrown under the influence of marijuana. The Floronic Man believes that marijuana can save the world. He pays Poison Ivy for the use of her blood to create a new life form. The Batman tracks them and is surprised and knocked unconscious by Holly and Eva. Also, the Tim Drake subplot continues as Tim�s friend Norris has a bad reaction to the genetically-enhanced marijuana.

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