When in the first few pages of this book we watch the heroine, after whom the book is named, being murdered, we know right away that these conventions are not going to be followed. And I know, or think I know, that some of them follow certain conventions. I like how they have their own mythology, or rather, are a form of mythology. Most of my knowledge of them is indirect – it comes from movies or T.V. I have to confess that I’m not very well-read in superhero comics. She has some of the memories of her creator, a woman named Susan Linden, but she is confused about exactly who or what she is. She gets killed.Īt the same time, one of her sisters, another woman-plant, reaches maturity and gains consciousness. But unlike most super heroes, she doesn’t manage to escape her captors at the last minute. At the very start of the book, her true identity is discovered just as she is on the verge of finding out who the leader of a large criminal organization is. Black Orchid is the nickname of an artificially created half plant half woman who fights crime in Gotham City.
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