Batman Secret Files: The Gardener #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of January, 2022. It was published on November 16, 2021.
Synopsis for "The Gardener"
Appearing in "The Gardener"
Featured Characters:
- The Gardener (Bella Garten) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Animal-Plant Hybrids (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Flashback and main story)
- Poison Ivy (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Antagonists:
- Dr. Jason Woodrue (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Alec Holland (Flashback only)
- Harley Quinn (Flashback only)
- The Joker (In a photograph only) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Dr. Linda Holland (Flashback only)
- Dr. Philip Sylvian (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- United States Government (Behind the scenes)
- Amanda Waller (Flashback only)
- United States Army (Flashback only)
- Bella Garten's biological father (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)
- Bella Garten's biological mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)
- Mr. Garten (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- William Cole (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Bigfoot (Mentioned only)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (Mentioned only)
- Mrs. Garten (Mentioned only)
- Interpol (Mentioned only)
- Unicorns (Mentioned only)
- William Cole's children (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- William Cole's fourth wife (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- Earth
- Germany (Flashback only)
- United States of America
- Louisiana
- Belle Reve (Flashback only)
- New Jersey
- Gotham City (Flashback and main story)
- Arkham Asylum (Flashback only)
- The Greenhouse
- Ivy Town
- Ivy University (Mentioned only)
- Missouri
- Central City (Mentioned only)
- Louisiana
- Ecuador (Mentioned only)
- Earth
Items:
- Batsuit
- Bio-Restorative Formula (Mentioned only)
- Harley's Mallet
Concepts:
- The Green (Behind the scenes)
- Metahumans
Notes
- This issue is part of a series of one-shots labeled "Batman Secret Files", focusing on different characters. Full list of one-shots:
- Batman Secret Files: The Signal #1;
- Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1;
- Batman Secret Files: Clownhunter #1;
- Batman Secret Files: Peacekeeper-01 #1;
- Batman Secret Files: Miracle Molly #1;
- Batman Secret Files: The Gardener #1.
- The issue is reprinted in Batman: Secret Files.
Trivia
- One of the Gardener's flashbacks shows Poison Ivy warning her about wanting to make every human fall in love with her which is a reference to the events of Batman (Volume 3) #41-#43.