Fan Casting Black Orchid in DC Characters

Susan Linden had been a friend (and childhood sweetheart) of the botanist Dr. Phillip Sylvian, who was a botanist along side contemporaries such as Jason Woodrue, Alec Holland and Pamela Isley. Susan ended up marrying a man named Carl Thorne who she met working in Monaco, a marriage which would later turn abusive. She turned to Dr. Sylvian for protection but was unable to prevent Carl from finding her and eventually killing her. Dr. Sylvian was able to revive her however, using cloning techniques and his botanical knowledge to turn her into a plant/human hybrid and gain the powers that would start her espionage and crime fighting career.