Black Canary
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Black Canary is a female superhero published by DC Comics.
The Black Canary was originally a non-superpowered crimefighter who relied on martial arts and detective skills to combat crime. Later the character was given a superhuman sonic "Canary Cry" that could be used to shatter objects or disable opponents. She has often been referred to as "The Blonde Bombshell" due to her extraordinary beauty and sex appeal, which have been accentuated by her trademark fishnet stockings (which have come and gone through the years in various forms via costumes, but which she currently wears).
As a result of Justice League of America issues #219-20 and the limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Black Canary was retconned into two characters, 'Dinah Drake Lance' and 'Dinah Laurel Lance'. The elder Dinah married her beau, Larry Lance, and when her daughter came of age she took over her mother's costumed identity (against her mother's wishes). Even though the elder Dinah began fighting crime in 1947, it has been established that the younger Dinah has been active for 12 years in the 'DC Comics Universe continuity', which is a fixed timeline DC Comics uses when discussing its modern heroes.
Dinah Laurel Lance was a founding member of the post-Crisis Justice League, a position she took at the age of 19. Shortly into the League's history she met Green Arrow (Oliver Queen). While Dinah couldn't stand the emerald archer at first, they quickly became involved (despite him being roughly 35 years old when she was about 20). Dinah remained part of the league for about five or six years before it was dissolved by Aquaman and reformed in Detroit. During that time, her mother died, which affected her deeply.
She herself moved to Seattle for many years with Green Arrow, where at one point she was kidnapped and tortured, which made her lose both her Canary Cry and her ability to have children. Nonetheless, she continued and persevered, keeping a fairly active presence as a crimefighter.She remained in Seattle for many years, even after her and Green Arrow parted ways. After his supposed 'death' during an adventure, Dinah, although still single, was going through a rough patch, trying to find herself, and her 'purpose'. This led up with her meeting Oracle, aka Barbara Gordon, and a pairing that became known, unofficially, as the 'Birds of Prey'.
On one adventure, the Black Canary was seriously wounded and then was immersed in a Lazarus Pit. This restored her Canary Cry and ability to have children that was impaired several years earlier. Recently, in addition, the Huntress (comics) has joined the ranks of the Birds of Prey, as well as Zinda Blake, a female Blackhawk.
She was highly honored to be a member of the newly reformed JSA. She is one of the few DC characters that holds reserve status in both the JLA and the JSA.
When Oliver Queen was restored to life, he and Dinah shortly resumed their relationship. He came close to asking her to marry him, but chose not to at the last moment, believing she would say no again. In the end, a number of things led to another 'breakup', and as of this writing both Green Arrow and Black Canary remain on unsteady ground with one another.
On the animated series Justice League Unlimited, Black Canary is voiced by Morena Baccarin.Blackcanary11.jpg
A modified version of Dinah Laurel Lance, Carolyn Lance aka The Black Canary (played by Lori Loughlin) made an appearance on the WB television series Birds of Prey.