Black Canary



Mainstream characters Alternate realities
 * Dinah Drake Lance - The Golden Age Black Canary
 * Dinah Laurel Lance - The Modern Age Black Canary
 * Dinah Laurel Lance - Version from Justice League Unlimited.
 * Dinah Laurel Lance - Version from Smallville.
 * Dinah Laurel Lance - Version from the Birds of Prey TV series.
 * Sara Lance - Version from Arrow.
 * Dinah Laurel Lance - Version from Batman: The Brave and the Bold.


 * Black Canary, Vol. 1 - 1991 4-issue limited series.
 * Black Canary, Vol. 2 - 1993 12-issue ongoing series.
 * Black Canary, Vol. 3 - 2007 4-issue limited series.
 * Black Canary/Oracle - 1996 one-shot special.
 * Black Canary Archives - 2001, 1 volume reprint edition.
 * Black Canary Wedding Planner - 2007 one-shot special.
 * Black Canary and Zatanna - 2014 graphic novel.


 * Batgirl
 * Birds of Prey
 * Canary Cry
 * Gotham City
 * Green Arrow
 * Johnny Thunder
 * Justice League of America
 * Justice Society of America
 * Larry Lance
 * Sin
 * Ray, The
 * Seattle
 * Sherwood Florist
 * Star City
 * Starman
 * Team Arrow

Dinah Laurel Lance is a modern-day superhero who goes by the name of Black Canary. She has patterned her style and costume after that of her mother, the original Black Canary. Dinah possesses the metagene, which grants her the ability to emit waves of sonic force, which she refers to her as "Canary Cry". Generating from her mouth, this siren wail is strong enough to repel opponents and rupture steel. The post-Crisis version of Dinah was a founding member of the Justice League of America, and has also served on the JSA and is one of the key figures in the Birds of Prey group. In addition to her formidable power, Dinah is also an excellent martial artist and is proficient in a variety of melee weapons.

Dinah Drake is the original Black Canary from the 1940s. She was a costumed adventurer proficient in hand-to-hand combat. She often teamed up with the adventurer Johnny Quick and was briefly a member of the Justice Society of America. In later years, Dinah often partnered herself with Ted Knight, the original Starman. She married a police officer named Larry Lance and gave birth to a daughter named Dinah Laurel Lance. In Pre-Crisis continuity, Dinah's daughter was cursed by the Wizard with a destructive sonic cry, forcing Dinah and Larry to place the child in the Thunderbolt dimnension to keep herself and everyone else safe. Dinah's final adventure pitted her and the JSA against an alien being named Aquarius, during which Larry Lance was killed in action.