Dr. Albertus Eric Grimley was a botanist and director at Gotham Botanical Gardens.
History
Dr. Pamela Isley began working for the Gotham Botanical Gardens under her real identity. She became fascinated with the idea of combining human and plant DNA, and used the resources at the gardens to develop her research.[1] She soon succeeded in merging genetic information from both humans and plants, and began growing human/plant hybrids that she referred to as "sporelings". Ivy successfully delivered her two sporelings in secret, naming them Rose and Hazel. However, she became concerned that someone was aware of her research after her colleagues Luisa Cruz and Grimley were murdered.[2] Ivy decided she needed to retrieve her research from the botanical gardens to prevent whoever was onto her from gaining access to it. Ivy recruited Catwoman to help her get inside the building undetected,[3] and inside a laboratory she discovered that someone had stolen her research and used it to develop their own sporelings. Ivy found a live hybrid that she named Thorn. In fear, Thorn had used her unique ability to transmute flesh into plant material to kill the scientists that experimented on her. Ivy discovered another colleague, Victor Lee, dying and realized he had been working against her and was responsible for the murders of her colleagues. She destroyed the facility and rescued Thorn, taking her back to her apartment to join Rose and Hazel.[4]
Ivy's "babies" developed rapidly and reached adolescence in a matter of months, and Ivy became increasingly protective of them. She was attacked by a creature that called itself the Grim, and was shocked to discover the creature was her colleague Grimley, who was thought to have been murdered.[5] The Grim told Ivy that he and Victor Lee had been obsessed with the idea of immortality and believed the answer was hidden in botany. Grimley had been dying of cancer and was determined to become immortal before he died. When he happened upon Ivy's research he saw a chance to exploit it. He faked his own death, then grew his own hybrids and used their stem cells to replenish his body, transforming himself into a gruesome creature in the process. The cancer continued to return, however, and after Ivy destroyed his facility he needed new sporelings to use, leading him to attack Ivy and her children. They fought the Grim, but his resistance to their plant-based powers made him a difficult foe. Swamp Thing heard Ivy's calls through the Green, and together they managed to kill the Grim. Wanting to see the world for themselves, Rose, Hazel and Thorn left Gotham City, leaving Ivy alone.[6]
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- Cancer[6]
- Restricted Mobility (Formerly)[6]
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- 5 Appearances of Albertus Grimley (Prime Earth)
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- Character Gallery: Albertus Grimley (Prime Earth)
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