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...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, dave mckean, Black Orchid is now collected in hardcover for the first time.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.