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11 unusual facts about Black Canary


Black Condor

Amongst its members are Black Condor, a male equivalent to Black Canary.

Captain Stingaree

Teaming up with Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang I, the three captains went on a crime spree kidnapping other captains to show supremacy over air, land and sea, before they are taken down by Captain Comet and Black Canary II.

DC Showcase: Green Arrow

After Merlyn is defeated, Vertigo steps in and attempts to kill both the hero and Perdita, only to be defeated when Black Canary (revealed to be the arriving girlfriend) knocks Vertigo unconscious with her "Canary Cry".

Flash Comics

Carmine Infantino's first published work for DC was "The Black Canary", a six-page Johnny Thunder story in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947) that introduced the superheroine the Black Canary.

Green Arrow and Black Canary

After Black Canary murders 'Green Arrow' on their wedding night, it is discovered that it was actually Everyman posing as him.

Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance)- Daughter of the original, trained against her mother's wishes to become one of the best fighters in the world, along with her trademarked 'Canary Cry' sonic scream.

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters

On his forty-third birthday, Ollie Queen relocates from Star City to Seattle, Washington, the home of his girlfriend Dinah Lance.

Manitou Dawn

There she also met Black Canary, who sensed Dawn's former affair with Green Arrow.

Pharzoof

Oracle had received a tip-off that there is a planned breakout on a train carrying several dangerous metahumans to the Slab, and sends Black Canary to try to prevent it.

Thunderlord

Liang Xih-k'ai, Thunderlord's real name, helps the Black Canary dismantle a bomb on the island of Taiwan.

Viking Prince

In Birds of Prey #29 (Jul 2001) Black Canary, having been sent back in time to 12th century America, meets Jon Haraldson, the Viking Prince, who is one of the Viking explorers who have discovered Vinland, and they have a brief relationship before she returns to the 21st century.


DC: The New Frontier

Stories included a Batman vs. Superman that revealed that it was not until the mid-1950s that Superman and Wonder Woman met Batman, a post-New Frontier story where Robin teams up with Kid Flash for the first time as well as a Mad Magazine style story between Wonder Woman and Black Canary.

Legacy hero

Family franchises such as DC's Atom, Black Canary, Captain Marvel, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, The Ray and Robin or Marvel's Black Knight, Captain America and Captain Marvel have seen several characters take up the name and abilities of the original.

Rachel Skarsten

Rachel Skarsten (born 23 April 1985) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Dinah Lance on the television series Birds of Prey and Tamsin in Lost Girl.

Super Jrs.

In the Superman/Batman arc Lil' Leaguers, a juvenile Justice League from a parallel world is introduced including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Red Arrow, Red Tornado, Supergirl, Vixen, Black Lightning, Zatanna, and Black Canary.

Tornado Twins

The words Inferior Five, Metal Men, and Tornado Twins appear in the background in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode Mayhem of the Music Meister when the titular villain has Batman and Black Canary in a death trap.