Detective Comics #823 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2006. It was published on September 7, 2006.
Synopsis for "Stalked"
Poison Ivy loses her control over plants, and the city becomes overrun. For everyone's safety, Batman moves her to the Batcave while he investigates her old hideout on Boyle Street, which she blew up when Two-Face came to capture her during his time as a vigilante. He finds a CD-ROM with video evidence of her feeding people to a plant she also fed experimental growth serum to.
Her plant not only absorbed her victims' bodies but their minds too, and now as Harvest, they have come after her for revenge. Harvest tries to kill Batman and Robin as well because they protected Poison Ivy. She appeals to Harvest, but it remembers how little she cared about them in life and is undeterred.
Batman releases a herbicide that seemingly kills Harvest, but Batman believes its regenerative ability is strong enough for it to come back. Poison Ivy is returned to Arkham Asylum where the sight of a guard eating a papaya unnerves her.
Appearing in "Stalked"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Harvest (First appearance)
- Dennis, Michael, Natalie, Tommy (Flashback and main story)
- Poison Ivy
Other Characters:
- Alec Holland (Mentioned only)
- Harley Quinn (Cameo)
- The Riddler (On a TV or computer screen)
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Arkham Asylum
- Batcave
- 1443 Boyle St.
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in the Batman: Detective collection.
Trivia
- Harvey Bullock's comment that Batman was like "a Vulcan", when he subdued Poison Ivy, is a nod to the "Vulcan nerve pinch" conceived by Leonard Nimoy's character Spock from the Star Trek franchise.