Black Canary

Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance (The New 52-DC Rebirth) Dinah Laurel Lance (Infinite Frontier-)) is a DC Comics character from Prime Earth, first appearing in Birds of Prey Vol 3 1, created by Denny O'Neil; Dick Dillin.

Black Canary is the codename of Dinah Lance, one of DC Comics' most enduring superheroines and a fixture of the Justice League and Birds of Prey. Known for her fishnets, leather jacket, and devastating hand-to-hand skills, she is regarded as one of the finest martial artists in the DC Universe. The identity is a legacy passed from mother to daughter, with the modern Dinah operating as both a street-level vigilante and a founding-tier member of major superteams.

Her signature power is the "Canary Cry," a sonic scream capable of shattering objects, stunning opponents, and leveling structures. Beyond that ability, she is an elite martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant, trained across multiple disciplines and often called upon to teach other heroes. She is also a skilled motorcyclist and covert operative, and in some eras has worked without her sonic power at all, relying purely on skill.

Dinah followed in the footsteps of her mother, the original Black Canary, taking up the mantle after a rigorous martial arts education. She has been a mainstay of the Justice League, a partner and sometime spouse to Green Arrow, and co-founder of the Birds of Prey alongside Oracle. In the Prime Earth continuity she was also entangled with the covert group Team 7 and her estranged husband Kurt Lance, while fronting a rock band called Black Canary between missions.

She is the daughter of Dinah Drake, the first Black Canary, and Larry Lance, and later gained an adoptive sister in Cynthia Lance. Her long-running romance with Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, is one of DC's defining superhero relationships. In more recent continuity she is married, though estranged, to Kurt Lance, and she maintains a close friendship and partnership with Barbara Gordon.

She is best known as a leader of the Birds of Prey and a member of the Justice League, Justice League International, and Justice League of America. She has also served with the Justice Society of America, Team Arrow, Batman Incorporated, and covert outfits including Team 7 and T.R.U.S.T. More recent stories have placed her with Justice League Unlimited and the Justice Foundation.

Aliases attributed to her include D.D., Warbler, Officer Kiniry, and Agent Lance, reflecting her undercover work. Outside comics she has appeared in numerous animated series, video games, and live action, notably as a recurring character on Arrow and in the film Birds of Prey. She was among the first women to chair the Justice League, cementing her reputation as a leader rather than simply a team member.

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