The City

Batman #611

March 2003

The book opens with Bruce Wayne arriving in Metropolis on the trail of Poison Ivy and we're treated to another flashback from Bruce's childhood where we see Bruce & his young friend Tommy were treated to a fight between Alan Scott & Icicle. We then jump to the present where we see Tommy has "managed" to hook up with Bruce, and we see Bruce is treated to a lecture about endangering his health by running around so soon after his accident. We then join Bruce as he stops into the Daily Planet to presumably give Clark Kent a heads up that he's in town, before he moves on the Lexcorp building to follow up on a lead that Oracle has come up with. It turns out Lexcorp is the sole manufacturer of a specialize growth hormone that Poison Ivy uses on her plants, so Batman is able to locate where she has gone to ground in Metropolis by learning where the largest & most recent shipment of the hormone was sent. We also see that Catwoman is on Poison Ivy's trail looking to a little payback, and Selina is able to get to Ivy's place moments before Batman. However when Batman arrives he learns Poison Ivy has gotten herself a very powerful bodyguard, as Superman looks to have fallen under her control.