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| Aliases: | Black Canary |
| Continuity: | DC Universe Earth-Two |
| Notability: | Supporting character |
| Type: | Superhero |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Gotham City |
| Relatives: | Larry Lance Dinah Laurel Lance |
| Status: | Deceased |
| First: | Flash Comics #86 |
| Final: | Secret Origins, Vol. 2 #50 |
Dinah Drake Lance is a fictional comic book superhero who goes by the code name, Black Canary. She is featured in comic books published by DC Comics and was introduced in the second story in Flash Comics #86, cover-dated August, 1947. Black Canary is considered a character of the Golden Age era, whose adventures have been retroactively attributed to DC's Earth-Two continuity. Many of her stories have been preserved in the continuity that existed following the 1985-1986 reality-altering miniseries event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, albeit with notable alterations and revisions.
Overview[]
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.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Dinah Drake Lance was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artists Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella.
Appearances[]
- Dinah Drake Lance appearances
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