| Black Orchid | |
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| General Information | |
| Real name: | Susan Linden |
| First Appearance: | Adventure Comics #428 (August, 1973) |
| Created by: | Sheldon Mayer Tony DeZuniga |
| Affiliations: | Formerly: Suicide Squad Spirit Squad |
| Abilities: | Disguise |
History[]
Origin[]
A plant/human hybrid, she had ties to The Green, and through that to Swamp Thing, Floronic Man, and Poison Ivy. She was later killed.
FlashPoint[]
In the Flashpoint Universe, Black Orchid was a member of the original Secret Seven, but was killed years earlier in an incident that left Shade, the Changing Man as the team's sole survivor. Black Orchid seemingly returned years later, but was later revealed to be, in an ironic twist, a shape shifting monster that had simply stolen her identity.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Unique Physiology: Although Black Orchid had a number of superpowers she could fly and was nigh-invulnerable her main ability was a mastery of disguise.
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Stamina
- Invulnerability
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Flight
Abilities[]
- Disguise: She often spent an entire investigation impersonating an insignificant background female, such as a maid, a secretary, someone's girlfriend, and the others only discovered her involvement later upon finding the abandoned disguise with her calling card, a black orchid.
Strength[]
- Coming Soon
Weakness[]
- Herbicide: Any sort of weedkiller can cause damage to Black Orchid's unique physiology.
In Other Media[]
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