Comic Title: Adventure Comics #429
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1973
On Sale Date: June 28, 1973 Newsstand Date June 28, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #97

Copyright Date June 29, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1973

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "Challenge to the Black Orchid"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Black Orchid (of Earth-1)

Writer: Sheldon Mayer
Artist: Tony DeZuniga

Feature Character(s)

• Black Orchid (disguised as Mala Miles; last appearance in Adventure Comics #428; next appearance in Adventure Comics #430)

Villain(s)

• Barry De Morte and his men (Ferd named; no further appearances)
• Mala Miles (Barry's partner; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sam Hendricks (a ship's master; no further appearances)
• Daphne Wingate and Cindy Harper (a scientist and a yoga master; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed sailors (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Black Orchid prevents a sniper from shooting playboy Barry De Morte. She then rescues the shooter, Sam Hendricks, from De Morte's bodyguards. Hendricks was a former ship's master who lost his job after De Morte robbed his ship. The Black Orchid knows about the robbery and challenges the thief to turn himself in to the authorities.

De Morte instead moves ahead with his plans for another robbery. He suspects that the Black Orchid is someone who knows him, so he invites two suspects to a party. He then watches them while he and his partner Mala Miles setup the robbery of another cargo ship. However, the Black Orchid has disguised herself as Mala and lures De Morte into the hands of the authorities. Hendricks is then cleared of the charges against him, and the real crooks are apprehended.