Black Orchid (1988 - 1989)

Neil Gaiman

Jul 2013 · Black Orchid (1988 - 1989) I-Vol 1 · DC

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A New York Times Bestseller Before introducing the modern version of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman wrote this dark tale that reinvented a strange DC Comics super hero in the Vertigo mold. Featuring spectacular art by Gaiman's frequent collaborator, DaveMcKean, BLACK ORCHID. After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, as this demigoddessattempts to reconcile human memory and botanical origins, she must untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her death. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in the Amazon rainforest, this book takes thereader on a journey through secrets, suffering and self-rediscovery.

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Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of American Gods and Coraline and the creator of the critically acclaimed Vertigo series, THE SANDMAN. His other books include the novels Anansi Boys, Neverwhere and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Awards as one of 2000's top ten adult novels for young adults) and the short fiction collections M is for Magic, Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors. With Roger Avary, he is the screenwriter of the motion picture Beowulf (Paramount, November 2007), directed by Robert Zemeckis. His illustrated novel Stardust was released as a major motion picture in Summer 2007 starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. With Terry Pratchett, he is the author of the novel Good Omens. He is also the author of the children's books The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded my Dad for a Goldfish. Among his many awards are the Eisner, Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy and the Bram Stoker. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.