Neil Gaiman+Mexcian Vallium+ grievous bodily harm=Black Orchid

Great crafting and interweaving of a new comic hero with Gaiman's take on the likes of Lex Luther, Batman, Swamp Thing...etc.

Batman, Lex Luther and Swamp Thing are in this book?  Who is the main character?

Black Orchid is a three part mini series of comics based loosely on a heroine (Black Orchid/Flora  Black / Suzy) created in the early 70s by DC . Black Orchid character was considered to be equal to Superman and Batman in powers/intellect, and some crazy earlier versions she had "seductive powers" .

In Black Orchid, I learned quite quickly that Neil Gaiman has taken the stereotypical genre rule book of comics and throwm them out of the window.  Gaiman's mini series can best be described as"WTF"/ "yes about F* time"/"is he tripping?"

The series includes supporting characters of Lex Luther, Batman, Floronic Man, Poison Ivy, and Swamp Thing. There are perhaps others, but most are presented as their non super names like Jason Woodrue ( Floronic Man). I may have missed some for lack of comic knowledge.

The mini series was nominated for several Squiddy Awards in the late 1988s and early 1990s.