Saturday, July 21, 2007

Fruit of the Earth, Part 2


Batman #568
August 1999
Quick recap... Clayface has been supplying the Penguin with produce from his new Poison Ivy All-Night Grocery. He's enslaved Ivy and all her little oprhans in a bunch of Play-Doh. They harvest the food, and Clayface gets a buncha dough for it.Problem is, that Clayface has set up shop in a recently excavated Batcave below Gotham. Batman and Robin have arrived to find a weakened Ivy and a child labor force..it's kinda like a Kathie Lee Gifford Mexican sweat shop, only they sell food.
Batman's ventured into this new cave to recover a box of discs. Ivy cuts a deal with Batman: If he helps her escape, she'll let him have the discs. Batman agrees and first has Robin evacuate all the kids. The kids tell Robin that thye're quite happy in Ivy's park. They were all orphaned by the quake and Ivy's been providing for them.
Clayface eventually comes home and starts mixing it up with Batman.

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