| Alias |
|
| Black
Orchid |
| Nick
Name |
| | |
| Civilian
ID |
| Susan (Suzy) Linden-Thorne |
| Occupation |
|
Adventurer
Crime Fighter
Vegas Cards Dealer
|
| Legal
Status |
| Deceased
Citizen of the United States. |
| Nation
or Planet of Origin |
| United
States |
| Group
Affiliation |
|
Suicide
Squad |
| Base
of Operations |
|
Metropolis |
| Height |
| 5'
8" |
| Weight |
| Unknown |
| Eye
Color |
| Violet,
changes with will. |
| Hair
Color |
| Violet,
changes with will. |
| Skin
Tone |
| Violet,
changes with will. |
| Known
Powers |
| Human
plant hybrid with superhuman strength, speed, agility and durability with
an ability to fly capable of reincarnation by mental transference to host
bodies growing in stasis. A master of disguise capable of
altering her appearance and voice. |
| Accessories |
| Disguises: Mask and
wigs used to disguise herself to infiltrate criminal organizations.
"Sisters": Human
plant hybrids which can be inhabited by Black Orchid's conscious. |
| Common
Enemies |
|
Lex
Luthor |
| Regularly
Appearing |
|
Adventure
Comics
Black Orchid Vol. 1 & 2
|
| First
Appearance |
|
Adventure Comics #428
(Aug. 1973) |
| Creator |
| Sheldon Mayer &
Tony DeZuniga |
| Origin |
| A
brilliant botanist, Dr. Phil Sylvian dreamed of creating a new form of
life that would live in a symbiosis with the earth, that dream would come
true when his childhood love Susan Linden would return to his life and
then be violently stolen away. Susan Linden had lived a rough
life. She ran away from a physically and sexually abusive father and
became involved with an abusive an criminal husband as a means to escape
her own criminal embezzlement of a Vegas casino. She eventually left
her husband and was going to testify against him, when he killed her.
Dr. Sylvian took Susan's genetic
material and used it as the blueprint for his human-plant hybrids.
Either from a sense of vengeance or a desire for justice, the reborn Susan
became an avenger against the criminal world known as the
Black
Orchid. |