[Supplementary question: Vertigo is not quite the same continuity as the DCU. So she was removed from the DCU of her first Gaiman/McKean story, which is a tour of established characters, and taken to the Vertigo niche-universe, and then re-inserted into mainstream continuity?]
The way I tend to view it is that the Vertigo universe is one step removed from the mainstream stuff. They share characters, and certain story elements, but you can't assume that what happens in Vertigo affects the DCU (and vice versa) unless it's specifically mentioned.
So is Poison Ivy a kind of flower elemental now, like the Floronic Man, Swamp Thing and Black Orchid? (Are there any other plant-people?)
Not really, since she still has a human body, but you could argue the point if you wanted to.
And is this "magic" in DC terms? She was at the Stonehenge gathering in 8C, but does tapping into an elemental force make you "magic" in the same way as Spectre, Cap Marvel and Zatanna are magic? If it does, isn't Animal Man "magic" for tapping into an elemental animal force ("the Red", wasn't it called?) and isn't Flash "magic" rather than "scientific" for drawing on an elemental Speed Force?
I think they really limit the "magic" elementals to the classical four (earth, fire, air, water) most of the time, and treat other characters who tap into universal forces as simple metas. But Animal Man _is_ considered a magical character, thanks to Grant & Rick Veitch.  |
