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Black Orchid #1
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From the earliest days of DC's Vertigo imprint in 1993, Black Orchid announced itself with this quietly unsettling first issue. Dave McKean's cover is a painterly, dreamlike composition — a woman's face bathed in violet light, half-emerging from swirling, organic darkness, her expression caught somewhere between rapture and unease. Writer Dick Foreman, artist Jill Thompson, and inker Stan Woch bring "Sightings" to life beneath that haunting image, making this an evocative opening chapter for one of Vertigo's more atmospheric titles.
writer Dick Foreman · artist Jill Thompson · inker Stan Woch · colorist Digital Chameleon · letterer Clem Robins · cover Dave McKean
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CGC 9.8 · 11 in census $56*
CGC 9.6 · 14 in census $30*
CGC 9.4 · 17 in census $30*
CGC 9.2 · 6 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $30*
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Full credits
writer Dick Foreman
artist Jill Thompson
inker Stan Woch
colorist Digital Chameleon
letterer Clem Robins
cover pencils, inks Dave McKean
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Reprinted in Vertigo Jam #1 (1993)
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