A review by unladylike
Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman

4.0

I'd been trying to find a printed copy of Black Orchid since I was first exposed to comic books as a young adult (via Neil Gaiman's Ultimate Sandman books), 15 years ago. I was under the impression that this was his first comic book for a U.S. publisher, but it went out of print ages ago. Apparently it was reprinted with some nice intro/afterward padding some time in the last seven years, and I stumbled upon it with excitement while shelving in my public library. Considering this was written and drawn so early in Gaiman's career, it really exceeded my expectations. It's a beautiful twist on the genre, and highly worth reading. Black Orchid fits into the Swamp Thing (and now Animal Man) mythology beautifully, and should really be more prominent in DC.