Books in series
#1
Black Orchid
1973
The original appearances of the Black Orchid from Adventure Comics #428-430, The Phantom Stranger #31, 32, 35, 36, 38-41, and The Super Friends #31.
#2
Orquídea Negra
1989
EDICIÓN ORIGINAL: Black Orchid USA En una sala de juntas anónima, una superheroína recibe un disparo en la cabeza. Las llamas consumen su cuerpo, y su asesino queda libre.
Así comienza Orquídea Negra, de Neil Gaiman y Dave McKean, una de las creaciones más notables y transformadoras del cómic. Esta historia, que deconstruye y resucita todo un género, narra las asombrosas vidas de Susan Linden y encarna la nueva madurez en la narración gráfica que revolucionó el medio. Ahora, por primera vez, esta obra fundamental queda recopilada en una edición que incluye una profunda introducción del periodista Mikal Gilmore, así como una sección especial con bocetos inéditos y textos preliminares de Neil Gaiman.
#3
Black Orchid
1995
Black Orchid (vol. 2) 1-22 and Annual #1.
Authors
Richard Foreman
Author · 2 books
Having completed a BA in literature at Essex University in 1973, Richard Foreman took on a variety of occupations including community arts and theatre work. In the late 1980s, writing as ‘Dick Foreman’, he became a full time scriptwriter of comic strips, progressing from one-off stories to a monthly series for US publishers DC comics. The series, ‘Black Orchid’ ran for two years. Following this, his working life switched to other interests, but he continued writing quarterly scripts for photo-stories/comic strips in ‘Who Cares?’, a national magazine for children in care for 20 years. Since 2009 he has returned full time to writing. Following a series of well-received articles for Alan Moore’s ‘Dodgem Logic’ magazine, he began work on ‘Wilful Misunderstandings’, a collection of short stories each based on the reinterpretation of a word, phrase or saying. This will be published by Lepus Books in April 2016. He has recently contributed to the magazines ‘Roundyhouse’ and ‘Tears in the Fence’ and is currently writing a novel.
E. Nelson Bridwell
Author · 8 books
Edward Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine (writing the now-famous catchphrase, "What you mean...we?" in a 1958 parody of The Lone Ranger in Mad) and various comic books published by DC Comics. One of the writers for the Batman comic strip and Super Friends, he also wrote The Inferior Five, among other comics. He has been called "DC's self-appointed continuity cop."
Michael Fleisher
Author · 10 books
Michael Lawrence Fleisher's comic-book writing career spanned two decades in which he authored approximately 700 stories for DC, Marvel, and other comics publishers. His work on series such as The Spectre and Jonah Hex is still highly regarded, as is his work on the Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes. After a widely reported libel case his comic output declined, with his last published comic assignment appearing in the UK anthology 2000AD in 1995.
Ramona Fradon
Author · 4 books
American comics artist known for her work illustrating Aquaman and Brenda Starr, and co-creating the superhero Metamorpho. Her career began in 1950.
Jill Thompson
Author · 20 books
Jill Thompson is an American comic book writer and illustrator. Probably best known for her work on Neil Gaiman's Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman and more recently, Beasts of Burden.
