Black Orchid #[nn] (1991) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Black Orchid (DC, 1991 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [September] 1991
Key date: 1991-09-00
On-sale date: 1991-07-25
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $19.95; 23.95 CAD
Pages: 164
ISBN: 0-930289-55-2

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Susan Linden-Thorne.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean	Black Orchid, Flora Black
1	-	credits, title page	3	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
2	Introduction	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	4	script: Mikal Gilmore
3	Chapter 1: One Thing Is Certain...	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
4	Chapter 1: One Thing is Certain...	comic story	46	script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Todd Klein	Black Orchid, Flora Black, Alec Holland, Pamela Isley, Susan Linden-Thorne Death, Lex Luthor, Jason Woodrue
5	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Omar Khayyam; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean	Black Orchid, Flora Black
6	Chapter 2: Going Down...	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
7	Chapter 2: Going Down...	comic story	48	script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Todd Klein	Batman, Black Orchid, Flora Black, Harvey Dent, Pamela Isley, Joker, Lex Luthor, The Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Jervis Tetch, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne
8	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Lou Reed; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean	Black Orchid, Flora Black
9	Chapter 3: Yes...	credits, title page	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
10	Chapter 3: Yes...	comic story	49	script: Neil Gaiman; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Todd Klein	Abigail Arcane, Black Orchid, Flora Black, Alec Holland, Susan Linden-Thorne, Lex Luthor, Swamp Thing
11	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: e. e. cummings; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean	Black Orchid, Flora Black
12	Acknowledgements	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
13	Neil Gaiman Biography	text article	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
14	Dave McKean Biography	text article	1	pencils: Neil Gaiman; inks: Neil Gaiman; colors: Neil Gaiman
15	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Third Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Fourth Printing	price 19.95 USD; 27.95 CAD; barcode 76194120269300114

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Black Orchid: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3335-8	2012	On eBay ›
Black Orchid #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-4035-6	2013	On eBay ›
Black Orchid #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9482-3	2020	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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