Unofficial Batman Secret Files: The Gardener Index |
BATMAN SECRET FILES: THE GARDENER #1
Cover Date: January 2022
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2021-11-16
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Cover Credits:
Art: Christian Ward (signed)
Credits:
Story | James Tynion IV |
Art | Christian Ward |
Lettering | Tom Napolitano |
Colors | Christian Ward |
Associate editing | Ben Meares |
Editing | Amedeo Turturro |
Group editing | Ben Abernathy |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
- Batman
- Poison Ivy (in flashbacks before becoming Poison Ivy, and in flashback in between Damage Vol. 2 #6 and Batman Vol. 3 #41)
- The Ivy seed (first appearance; a seed created from the joy, passion, intellect and love of Pamela Isley; created in flashback)
Villain(s):
- Floronic Man (in flashback)
Guest Appearance(s):
- Alec Holland (in flashback)
- Linda Holland (in flashback)
- Phil Sylvian (in flashback)
- Harley Quinn (in flashback)
- Amanda Waller (in flashback)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. Garten (first appearance; Bella's foster father; in flashback)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Joker (in a photograph)
Location(s):
- Earth
- United States of America
- Germany
- Munich
Comment(s):
- This story takes place before Batman Vol. 3 #41
Solicitation:
- She is shrouded in mystery, her motives a secret, and one cannot help but ask: Who is Bella Garten, a.k.a. the Gardener, really? Green-thumbed storytellers James Tynion IV and Christian Ward dig deep into her past and unearth the secret origin of the latest addition to Batman's rogues gallery. Learn not only how Bella Garten came to know Pamela Isley, but how she was integral to the origin of the woman who would one day be known to all as Poison Ivy.