[11], An ongoing Black Orchid series, published under the newly created Vertigo imprint, featuring the new Black Orchid, ran for 22 issues from 1993 to 1995. Black Orchid apparently returns from the dead to contact her former teammate Shade, the Changing Man, but is ultimately revealed to be a monster who had merely assumed Orchid's form. Patrick tries to lure her to the meteorite display at the Gotham City Museum of Natural History, attracting the Justice League. She often spends an entire investigation impersonating a seemingly insignificant female background character (e.g. [2] She often spends an entire investigation impersonating a seemingly insignificant female background character (e.g. She disguised herself as the ring-leaders girlfriend, then later, during the heist itself, she captured the group. She later departed the area, after tackling the Military Helicopters sent after the Squad. His story had Lisa Patrick purchase a large chunk of kryptonite on the black market, convinced that Black Orchid is a Kryptonian. An unidentified Black Orchid recently appeared in the weekly Trinity series, as a member of an alternate universe Justice League. This page is for the 4th and current Black Orchid, Alba Garcia, from the New 52's Justice League Dark. She was science student Paula Porter, who witnessed an experimentation on irradiating Orchids. Her companion, a child version of Black Orchid heretofore nicknamed "Suzy", had matured over the course of the series, taking up the mantle of the Black Orchid as a young adult. On her way out of the science experiment, she slipped, stabbing herself on the thorns of the Orchids, and giving herself amazing powers. Often, her involvement would not be discovered until the end of the story, when the person Orchid had replaced would be found bound and gagged with a black orchid left near them. [citation needed]. She answers, "Earth". Later she was contacted by someone who appeared to be the Black Orchid, however, when they arrived at the “Orchids” home. Written by Dick Foreman, it saw the second version of the character use pheromone manipulation as mind control to become a femme fatale, breaking and marrying millionaire Elliot Weems to claim his fortune and company business as her own. For many years, Black Orchid has been amongst the code named elite of a professional spy organization working for the greater good of society. The original Black Orchid, revealed to be Susan Linden Thorne, was killed by a shot to the head in Lex Luthor’s board room. 09:58AM In the Elseworlds story JLA: The Nail, a captive Black Orchid makes an appearance in Professor Hamilton's Cadmus Labs. They bind her to the safe door, which they have set with explosives. The character has been involved with the Suicide Squad, Parliament of Trees, Shadowpact and Birds of Prey. Black Orchid was next seen impersonating Mr. William Hellers (AKA William Hell) limo driver, and promptly turned the information she discovered over to the Suicide Squad, who defeated and shamed William Hell. It was later that Neil Gaiman's Black Orchid mini-series, in his earliest work for DC Comics, would provide a back-story and real name for the character, only to kill her off moments later. This page is for the 1st Black Orchid, Susan Linden. The first Black Orchid had super strength, a degree of invulnerability, flight, and was a master of disguise. She was a human-plant hybrid with ties to the supernatural force known as the Green, thus tapping into an arcane entity that empowered her as one of a legion of Black Orchids. However, Black Orchid swoops in to save the day. Black Orchid offered the group an Ultimatum, come clean or be arrested. She had been a teenage crush of botanist Philip Sylvain, who later became a colleague to Pamela Isley, Alec (Swamp Thing) Holland and Linda Holland. Black Orchid was created by Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga, first appearing in Adventure Comics #428. Colleen O'Shaughnessey is her voice actress. The second version could also generate seductive pheromones and was seen to change her eye pigmentation, commenting that skin, hair, and eye color were easy for adjust (presumably linking back to her predecessors' disguise ability). Suzy features prominently in The Black Orchid Annual #1, part 2 of Vertigo's Children's Crusade crossover. A human-plant hybrid powered by the mystical force of the Green, Black Orchid is able to transfer her powers and consciousness between host bodies. In 1988, the character was relaunched in the three-issue miniseries Black Orchid, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. Realizing that clea… Black Orchid undid her bindings but died of smoke inhalation before she could escape. [1] After the miniseries concluded, DC Comics intended to put Black Orchid in Suicide Squad as a comic relief character, but replaced her with Poison Ivy after Gaiman's objections. Flora Black is her successor, a less moral femme fatale. She was undercover trying to discover what exactly Lex was up to next. Orchid(or justOrchid), is a female fighter who fights with Escrima sticks or tonfas, uses her legs to do spinning kicks and can transform into a fire cat. ", "Sweet trailer for #JusticeLeagueDark movie! The original Black Orchid was a criminal named Susan Linden-Thorne, who would stick close to her crime scenes as she impersonated innocuous bystanders. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll DC Database is a FANDOM Movies Community. The elder goes under the alias of Flora Black to meet with Sherilyn Sommers, her closest friend. [17], This article is about the fictional characters. However, he was gunned down by other members of the same organisation. This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other The 1993 ongoing series was nominated for the Squiddy Award for Favorite New Continuing Series in 1993, the Squiddy Award for Most Improved Series in 1993 and 1994. [14] She transforms into a monstrous purple Swamp Thing-like creature during her time in a magical alternate dimension where each member of the Justice League Dark suffers differently due to the effects of the new environment. Black Orchid next infiltrated a group of diamond thieves, trying to pull off a heist by stealing the diamonds from a car on a country pass. When Black Orchid comes to the rescue, he learns otherwise. File:Black orchid 9704.jpg. It was revealed that this Orchid was a member of a Legion of Black Orchids, who used technology to render themselves invulnerable to bullets, give themselves super strength and flight. Although she has a number of superpowers (including flight, super-strength, and invulnerability to bullets) her main ability is a mastery of disguise. Black Orchid remained with the group to defeat the demon Nebrios, and eventually went her separate ways with the rest of the grouping. That's me at the end, talking to #batman www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbA8TKIeJ7g&sns=tw … via @youtube", The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame. The wife, mistaken for Black Orchid, beats Barstoe around the head, and the entire force labour group escapes on his boat, leaving Barstoe with Carla, who turns out to be a dummy made from Boat-putty. All rights reserved. At that moment the Black Orchid strikes again, swooping down and knocking some of the guards over. All Site Content TM and © 2020 DC Entertainment, unless otherwise noted here. The group tricked Ronnie into giving them the plans to the World Bank, who was safe guarded by her Father. In this way she became related with other such human-plant hybrids as the Swamp Thing, Floronic Man, and Poison Ivy. a maid, a secretary, someone's girlfriend) and the other characters only discover her involvement at the end of the story upon finding the bound and gagged woman she impersonated, and an abandoned disguise with her calling card, a black orchid. She is a vigilante and master of disguise who gains her powers from a connection to The Green, originally known as Susan Linden-Thorne. The Black Orchid first appeared as a mysterious vigilante in Adventure Comics #428, from writer Sheldon Mayer and artists Tony DeZuniga. As the men are led to their wives, by Barstoe’s commander, Carla, Barstoe accuses one mans wife of being the Black Orchid. [7] She had been attempting to infiltrate Lexcorp, but her ruse was discovered. The grown-up Suzy is identical to her "sister" and carries on the tradition in both the DC Universe and related Vertigo titles. She infiltrated Poison Ivy's all-female gang by taking out and replacing one of her guards, and used her disguise to get close enough to Ivy to rescue the kidnapped Batman. As Black Orchid, each of these women has possessed enhanced strength, stamina and speed in addition to their supernatural disguise ability, a byproduct of their deep connection to the Green. [6], Susan Linden had been killed by an abusive husband named Carl Thorne, whom she met while a croupier in Monaco. Although she has a number of superpowers (including flight, super-strength, and invulnerability to bullets) her main ability is a mastery of disguise. Aliases: Susan Linden-Thorne, Flora Black, Suzy, Alba Garcia, First Appearance: ADVENTURE COMICS #428, 1973. She then became the series' major villain in the closing story arc, before perishing in the final issue. [16] She is a member of the original Secret Seven who had been killed years earlier. Black Orchid continued to work with the Suicide Squad, bringing Captain Boomerang back into the fold and fighting part of the Russian superhero team, The Peoples Heroes, known as Hammer. (There's a well-known anecdote to the effect that when Gaiman asked his DC editor if he could do a Black Orchid story, he then had to explain to her who Black Orchid was.) The next adventure Black Orchid was involved in was a large scale frame-racket. Black Orchid is the name of three fictional superheroines published by DC Comics. The Annual was published between issues #4 and #5 of the on-going series.[5]. Black Orchid seemingly returned years later, but was later revealed to be, in an ironic twist, a shape-shifting monster that had simply stolen her identity. Now as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile her human memories and botanical origins, she must also untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her murder.

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