NMLP P-022443 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Black Orchid

Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean · DC Comics · 1988

Gaiman's first sustained work for DC; the true first is the prestige-format Book One / #1 (1988). The 1991 collected edition is a later first-thus, not the first appearance.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022443 for "Black Orchid" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022443, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).