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When she is turned down, her disillusioned father dies shortly afterwards. In this story, Dinah Drake is trained by her Irish father, detective Richard Drake, intending to follow him on the Gotham City police force. The two Canaries' origin stories were told in full in Secret Origins #50 (August 1990). Although some references (for example, those in James Robinson's Starman series) tried to distinguish the two Canaries by calling the first "Diana", recent accounts have confirmed Dinah as the mother's given name. The mind-transplant story of 1983 was discarded in this version of the story, the present-day Black Canary is Dinah Laurel Lance, who inherits the identity from her mother, Dinah Drake Lance. Dinah Lance made her cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film Birds of Prey, portrayed by Jurnee Smollett-Bell, who will reprise the role in an upcoming HBO Max movie focusing on the character.įictional character biography Post-Crisis įollowing the universe-altering events of Crisis on Infinite Earths (concluding in March 1986), Black Canary's history was revised again. In Arrow and the Arrowverse shows the character Laurel Lance was portrayed by Katie Cassidy. In Birds of Prey she was played by Rachel Skarsten, and in Smallville she was played by Alaina Huffman. She is also a common member of the Birds of Prey.īlack Canary has been adapted into various media, including direct-to-video animated films, video games, and both live-action and animated television series, featuring as a main or recurring character in the shows Birds of Prey, Justice League Unlimited, Smallville, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Young Justice and Arrow.
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She is commonly affiliated with the Justice League of America and the archer superhero Green Arrow, professionally and romantically. Lance is one of two women under the alias Black Canary within the DC Universe she is Dinah Drake's daughter and successor of the superhero mantle in the post- Crisis narratives. Peak Human strength, reflexes, endurance, stamina, agility, and balanceīlack Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Siu Jerk Jai, Operative Canary, D.D., Dangerous Diva, Canary, Laurel, Myra Kallen Justice League of America #75 (November 1969) Dinah Laurel Lance as the modern iteration of Black Canary.