
Indeed, she was so much a part of Green Arrow's life that she became a foster mother to his sidekick, Roy Harper a.k.a. She was a regular part of his adventures with Green Lantern and was developed by writer Dennis O'Neil into a more proactive, feminist character - one who ran her own business, had her own solo adventures and chided Green Arrow for his possessive attitude and referring to her as "his girl".

In the early days of The Bronze Age of Comic Books, Black Canary began dating fellow JLA member Oliver Queen a.k.a. She joined the Justice League of America and - for reasons involving her exposure to cosmic radiation - developed a sonic scream super power a.k.a.

Desiring a fresh start, Dinah decided to leave her home-dimension behind to start over on Earth-One. It was during one of these adventures that Larry Lance (whom Dinah Drake had married sometime in the 1950s) gave his life to save Dinah's. The Justice League of America and Justice Society of America - two similar groups belonging to two similar Earths - would join forces to face threats to both their realities. In The Silver Age of Comic Books, Black Canary was revived in 1963 as part of some of the first Crisis Crossover stories in comics history. She also joined the Justice Society of America and continued to be a part of that team even after their adventures ceased publication in 1951, at the end of The Golden Age of Comic Books. Her path frequently crossed that of her boyfriend, private detective Larry Lance. Dinah Drake was a raven-haired florist, who used a blond wig and flashy costume as a disguise while fighting crime in her native Gotham City.
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It was here that her Secret Identity was finally revealed, as was the meaning of her Code Name. Black Canary became something of a sidekick to Johnny Thunder for several stories, using her superior fighting skills to save the well-meaning but bumbling hero from danger.īy the end of the year, Black Canary proved to be more popular than Johnny Thunder, and his back-up feature became hers in Flash Comics #92 (February, 1948). However, it was quickly revealed that she was actually a hero working undercover to expose criminals.

She first appeared as a supporting character in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947) where she was seemingly a villain plotting against Johnny Thunder. Black Canary is a Legacy Character crime-fighter, most famous for her leather and fishnets costume, who fights evil with her mastery of multiple martial arts and an ultrasonic scream capable of various effects from rendering people unconscious to demolishing robots and buildings.īlack Canary was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino.
