Decent Comics: "Island of Fear!" by Mayer and DeZuniga

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove's been tellin' ya about Black Orchid's strip being continued in the back pages of Phantom Stranger's mag! Well, here ya go! "Island of Fear!" first appeared in the back of Phantom Stranger #31 (March 1974) and it's by series creators Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga!

Decent Comics: "The Anger of the Black Orchid!" by Mayer and DeZuniga

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! While "The Anger of the Black Orchid! by co-creators Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga is the last feature-length Black Orchid tale in Adventure Comics, it's not the end of our mysterious heroine! Nope! But you'll find out more about that next month. Right now, let's trip on back to August 1973 for a look back at Adventure Comics #430...

Cover art by Bob Oksner

Decent Comics: "Challenge to the Black Orchid" by Mayer and DeZuniga

We're back with the second Black Orchid mystery, Groove-ophiles! This time, our mysterious heroine takes on piracy, 1970s style! From Adventure Comics #429 (June 1973), Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga bring us a..."Challenge to the Black Orchid!"

Cover art by Bob Oksner

Decent Comics: "Black Orchid" by Mayer and DeZuniga

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna take a loving look back at one of the most mysterious super-heroines ever--Black Orchid! With the powers of flight, super-strength, and invulnerability topped off with her skills as a master of disguise, Black Orchid's short-lived run as headliner in Adventure Comics (issues 428-430, April-August 1973) left us all scratching our heads wondering who she really was. Co-creators Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga seemed to enjoy leading us astray as to her true identity--and it was kinda fun--but they never told us who Black Orchid really was. Later, our mysterious heroine got a series of back-up stories in Phantom Stranger (issues 31-32, 35-36, and 38-41) with different creators taking turns teasing us about her true identity. It wouldn't be until 1988 that Black Orchid's origin and identity would be revealed--but that's a whole nuther story. Right now let's dig on Black Orchid's debut (but NOT her origin, no matter what that cover says)!

Cover art by Bob Oksner