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| Canary | |
| Aliases: | Canary Kid |
| Continuity: | DC Universe |
| Notability: | Supporting character |
| Type: | Military personnel |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Associations: | United States Army Easy Company |
| Status: | Deceased by virtue of time era |
| Born: | Unknown |
| Died: | Unknown |
| First: | Our Army at War #126 |
Canary is a fictional soldier and a supporting character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in the "The End of Easy Company!" story, which was the first vignette featured in Our Army at War #126 in January, 1963.
Biography[]
Known only as Canary, this young man enlisted in the United States Army in the early 1940s. He was assigned to the special detachment known as Easy Company where he served as a machine gunner. He was nick-named "Canary" due to his penchant for whistling whenever they were in a combat situation where stealth was not required.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Canary was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert.
- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
- Canary made an appearance in the "Cheers to the Tin Man" episode of Creature Commandos in 2024.
- The final fate of Canary is unknown. He has likely passed away from natural causes in the intervening years following World War II.
- During the Silver Age, Canary was associated with the continuity era known as Earth-One wherein all World War II era heroes were military soldiers. There were no super-powered heroes such as the Justice Society in this reality.
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