Black Canary Fictional character
Black Canary is a super-heroine in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, the character debuted in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947). One of DC's earliest super-heroine, Black Canary has appeared in many of the company's flagship team-up titles (including Justice Society of America and Justice League of America). Since the late 1960s the character has frequently been paired with archer superhero Green Arrow professionally and romantically, and they eventually married.At her Golden Age of Comic Books debut, Black Canary was the alter ego of Dinah Drake and participated in crime-fighting adventures with her love interest (and eventual husband), Gotham City detective Larry Lance. Although she did not have superpowers, the character was a hand-to-hand fighter who frequently posed as a criminal to infiltrate organized crime. Black Canary was a member of the Justice Society of America, the first comic-book superhero team. Later, Silver Age of Comic Books stories depicted her as a world-class martial artist with a superpower: the "Canary Cry", a high-powered sonic scream which could shatter objects and incapacitate enemies. DC Comics adjusted its continuity, explaining that Black Canary was two characters: mother and daughter Dinah Drake and Dinah Laurel Lance. Stories since the Silver Age have focused on the younger Black Canary, ascribing her superhuman abilities to a genetic mutation. In 2011 DC Comics again reset its continuity, with Black Canary now being the superpowered heroine Dinah Lance (née Drake).The character is ranked the 71st-greatest comic-book character of all time by Wizard, and IGN rated her its 81st-greatest all-time comic-book hero. She was number 26 on Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.
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