Batgirl Begins (2) - Recap

As Pamela is taken to the hospital after her exposure to plant toxins, she wakes up as a giant plant attacks the ambulance. It knocks out the guards then carries her to a conservatory and puts her in a plant pod to heal her wounds.

Batman investigates the ambulances and finds traces of vegetable matter. Meanwhile, Gordon is at home berating Barbara for going to the factory but gets a report on Pamela's disappearance. Pamela wakes up to find that she's fully healed, but has been partially transformed into a plant. She quickly realizes that she can control and animate plants through the power of her mind. She goes to see Barbara, activating the potted plant in her room. She says she's now going to take the name of "Poison Ivy" and attack the factories directly that contaminate the environment. Barbara tries to get through to her friend without success. She doesn't want to risk Pamela being arrested by her father so she sneaks up to the Batsignal and summons Batman. Batman arrives to investigate but refuses to take Barbara with him.

Poison Ivy returns to Chlorogene and covers the entire building in plants. Batman arrives as does Barbara... now dressed in a purple-and-black Batman-like costume. Poison Ivy captures both of them with her plants and tosses them off the roof, but Batman manages to rescue them while Poison Ivy escapes. Batman warns Batgirl that he knows who she is and that she's not qualified to help him.

Poison Ivy takes her plants across on the city on a rampage. When Commissioner Gordon and his men confront her, she ends up releasing pheromone spores that force them to obey her. She returns to the conservatory and holds Gordon over a vat of acid. Barbara returns home and hears the news about her father's capture, while Batman tracks down Ivy and goes after her.

The Present

Barbara, in costume, is fighting the mind-controlled Batman. He manages to shake off the pheromones and tries to rescue Gordon, but Ivy's plants grab him. Barbara manages to rescue her father while Batman distracts Poison Ivy long enough to freeze himself. He and Barbara fight Poison Ivy and her plants, with Batman trying to use cyrogenic capsules to freeze her. Her plants deflect them, but Barbara throws her into a pool of water and Batman uses the capsules to freeze her.

Gordon thanks the new female crimefighter but doesn't recognize her without his glasses. She insists on being called "Batwoman" but ends up being christened "Batgirl." Later she meets with Batman who leaves it up to her whether she tells her father or not. She departs, intent on fighting crime.

Gordon thanks his daughter, who reluctantly accepts the name “Batgirl” rather then “Batwoman.” She makes her exit and fortunately Gordon (missing his glasses) doesn’t recognize his daughter. Later Batgirl and Batman meet and Batman lets her decide to tell her father. She departs but it’s clear she plans to continue her career as crimefighter.

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