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  OUTSIDER FILE: BLACK CANARY
Black Canary I's career didn't begin until the late 1940's (she missed being an All-Star but did join the JSA) until her heroics were cut short by her (and her teammates') refusal to unmask during Senate hearings in the McCarthy Era.
Black Canary's costume was designed and created by Oracle: the gray breast area is a thin yet resiliant kevlar, the dark blue is regular spandex, while the golden metal on the sides and arms are strategically placed to prevent too much damage to the ribs and arms when in combat.
Black Canary's recent run-in with the Joker was one of the most devestating moments of her career.
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 The Brave and The Bold: Black Canary
Starman and Black Canary head out to stop the Sportsmaster and Huntress, who are attacking the members of a golf course on a flying green (with the intent of stealing the tournament's $100,000 prize money), leaving a dejected Wildcat to guard the estate on the chance the bad guys escape.
Black Canary had used her Canary Cry to get the bale away from Batman, since she had noticed that the truck driver had worn expensive gloves and figured something was up.
Black Canary jumped between them, saying that she had stunned the Batman so Larry could capture the Collector himself, not realizing that Larry had used her and he was, indeed, the Collector.
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 Black Canary
Black Canary soon joined the Justice Society of America as a heroine, not as a mole, and ceased being published along with the rest of the team by the early 1950s.
Black Canary was revived along with the other Golden Age characters during the 1960s, and was shown as existing on the parallel world of Earth-Two (the home of DC's Golden Age versions of its characters).
This version of Black Canary appears to be killed off at the end of the episode, though the writers left her fate ambiguous in order to allow a possible return later.
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 Fanzing 37 - August 2001 - Black Canary Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Canary is ordered to kill Green Arrow but, using a meditation technique, she hypnotizes herself into seeing Luthor as GA. In a murderous rage, Black Canary brings all her martial arts skills to the fore, smashing in the side of Luthor's helicopter with one blow.
In the course of the case, Black Canary is arrested on suspicion of involvement in the death and fingerprinted.
Black Canary acquires a new/old weapon in the form of the Canary Cry, a small electronic globe that emits the equivalent of her old sonic shriek.
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 Black Canary - Oracle Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Black Canary is a superb athlete and master of numerous martial arts, including karate, judo and aikido.
Black Canary is linked to Oracle, and the vast informational resources at Oracle's disposal, through a high-powered, miniturized two-way radio built into her costume.
Black Canary currently possesses no super-powers, however she did at one time have a "Canary Cry" -- a powerful sonic attack that she projected using her voice.
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 Black Canary
Nevertheless, the Black Canary looks as if she were about to kick some butts and shout a powerful sonic cry at her opponents.
Black Canary is one of the early DCDirect action figures that has always suffered from severe stability problems.
Black Canary's hair limits her neck articulation, although on the alternate Dinah Lance head, this is not a problem.
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 OAFE - DC Direct Black Canary review
Like the Flash, the original Black Canary has been replaced by a successor, but unlike the switch between Barry Allen and Wally West, there was no grand and momentous transfer of the title.
The original Black Canary was Dinah Drake, the daughter of a police detective.
Canary's costume was obviously inspired by the era's pin-up girls: fl leather bustier, bolero jacket, fishnet stockings and high-heeled boots.
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 Confused about Black Canary - The Comic Bloc Forums
Post-Crisis, there was the mother, Black Canary I, who was a member of the JSA and didn't have a sonic cry; then the daughter, Black Canary II, who DID have the cry, was a founding member of the JLA, got involved with Green Arrow, later joined the reformed JSA, and is currently starring in BoP.
Black Canary I is deceased but BC II continues her mother's legacy each month in BoP.
Black Canary is one of the few characters that benefited from Crisis on Infinite Earths in that her post-crisis origin is pretty simple.
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 Birds of Prey: Black Canaries (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
History repeated itself and a second Black Canary was born, using her Canary Cry Dinah the younger became part of the generation of heroes that appeared after the appearance of Superman and was a founding member of the Justice League of America.
Black Canary continued operation solo for a while before she was approached by Oracle, she offered her a new costume and a new direction to her life.
The original Black Canary was a skilled athlete and hand-to-hand combatant, trained by her father in detective work and procedure she was a skilled crime fighter.
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 Black Canary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The combination of the Black Canary's sex appeal, accentuated by her trademark fishnet stockings, with her courage, fearlessness, and fighting prowess has resulted in her also being referred to as "The Blonde Bombshell" (see this Silver Age cover).
At some point Black Canary became a pen pal of the youthful hero known as The Ray who had a crush on her.
Black Canary took to this role with great satisfaction, although in the beginning there were a number of disagreements between the two.
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 CanaryNoir :: Home of Birdwatching :: Birds of Prey
Yellow on Black — home of lots of Black Canary and Batman romance-themed FanFics including the incredible FanFic event from 2001, August which is set in the Spud-i-Verse version of the Bativerse and is not BC and Bats centered though they do play a healthy role in the story.
She soon went back to her old costume (she'd been wearing a fl jumpsuit and no wig for sometime whenever she was at work on a case and only occasionally wore her classic costume during most of her Seattle years) and both with and without Oliver, she went back to her first love of crimefighting.
The Canary Cry is back with a vengeance (and if Dinah ever decides to have kids, she once more is able to), and she's also physically younger now than her 31 chronological years.
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 Fists & Fishnets: The Black Canary quiz -- free game
Black Canary II had a superpower that her predecesser didn't, the Canary Cry, a high-pitched scream that immobolized her opponent.
Black Canary II had another super suitor, this man took the codename of one of her mother's cronies in the JSA, what was his name?
Black Canary II and Green Arrow travelled the U.S. in the seventies in a critically acclaimed series starring another of their JLA buddies, which one?
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 JSA Members: Black Canary
Post-Crisis, Black Canary did not die shortly after her exposure to the radiation that killed her husband, and her daughter was neither comatose nor unrevealed.
Also, since Black Canary was not among those who received the long-prolonging effects of Ian Karkull's radiation, there is some question as to the relation of ages between mother and daughter Black Canary; the original must have been in her 40s or 50s when the second was born.
Black Canary's abilities were the result of extensive training in police skills and in the martial arts by her father (a police officer).
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 Is Black Canary a Second Stringer?
Black Canary became a founding member of the League, but unfortunately, there are very few portrayals of this period.
Black Canary broke that hold in the classic League and the Justice Society but it hasn't happened again, The only women, who could break that hold are Zatanna and Hawkgirl.
Canary is caught in the middle of Lady Shiva and the equally dangerous Cheshire.
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 Black Canary
To keep her identity secret, Dinah wore a blonde wig early in her career as the Black Canary while her natural hair was actually fl.
Black Canary is linked to Oracle, and the vast informational resources at Oracle's disposal, through a high-powered, miniaturized two-way radio built into her costume.
For a long time, Black Canary was without her sole signature super power as the result of an injury.
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 The Black Canary - Comic Book Detective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Black Canary is a heroic female crime fighter, in the Batman tradition.
The Black Canary, along with her male partner such as Phil Martin or Larry Lance, is often tied to a post or stake in such traps, and made to be part of a giant machine.
The Black Canary and Larry try to prevent a professor from being kidnapped by gangsters, while he is ice skating on a frozen lake.
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 Thoughts on the Black Canary Archives
The Black Canary has enough faith in Johnny that she believes he is capable of rescuing her.
He refuses to believe the Canary is capable of murder, and the Canary once again saves Johnny when the he most rational thing to do would be to cut losses and leave him behind.
Black Canary guest-starred with Batman in two Brave and Bold issues, and one of those stories was a Jim Aparo masterwork with her in frenetic action and sonic scream facing down the Joker.
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 JSA Member Profile: Black Canary (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eventually The Black Canary and Harlequin rescued the Justice Society from the new Injustice Society of the World (in the classic "Case of the Patriotic Crimes" from All-Star Comics #41, June-July 1948), winning her a membership in that organisation.
The Black Canary was also a skilled detective, solving many cases that the police could not.
It appears that the introduction of The Black Canary was part of a larger trend in the comic book industry towards superheroines in the mid to late Forties.
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 The Unofficial Black Canary Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
She did eventually give her grudging blessing to her daughter's role as the new Black Canary and died of natural causes several years later.
As young Dinah became fascinated with the stories that her JSA "uncles" would tell, she became more attracted to the idea of becoming a heroine, her mother became more adamant that she, as a non-powered heroine would be in great danger.
The Black Canary was a master of unarmed combat, with a mastery of judo and karate unparalleled by most of the mystery-men at the time.
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 Black Canary
Having joined the Justice League during their recent reformation, Black Canary now finds herself fighting crime on a global scale, which is a new plateau for the street vigilante.
Paul Dini on an aborted Black Canary appearance on BTAS (circa 1998): “The FOX network, on the assumption that kids won’t watch a kid’s show unless kids are in it, soon began insisting that Robin be prominently featured in every episode.
Bruce Timm on Black Canary’s famed fishnet stockings: “Sadly, no fishnets—I’m afraid someone would have to spend a fortune creating a special ‘mapping’ CG program for it to be done adequately in animation.
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 BLACK CANARY
Black Canary está actualmente retirada de laJSA mientras maneja sus sentimientos por el regreso de Green Arrow.
Como la Black Canary moderna, fue miembro fundadora de la Justice League of America, y actualmente sirve como miembro de la reconstituida Justice Society, aunque ese rol está subordinado a su posición como agente primaria de Oracle.
Black Canary ciertamente se dio a conocer desde que lleva el nombre de su madre, además de co-fundar la Justice League of America original, actualmente es miembro de reserva de la JSA y combate el crimen con su compañera Bird of Prey, Barbara Gordon, alias Oracle.
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 Black Canary - Dinah Lance - Message Board - ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Black Canary joins up with Firestorm, Dr. Mid-Nite, Sand, Zatanna, Hourman and Green Arrow to try and unravel the mystery.
Black Canary and members of the JSA battled a mob in Philadelphia.
Black Canary and Flash remained behind to fight Kobra's followers (JSA #49, August 2003).
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 The Black Canary - An Adventure in Time (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It was no wonder that she, too, enjoyed the presence and the talents of Blacks in her Household.
In The Black Canary, what Ben Jonson tells young James of the 1596 incident is one version of the event, but accounts differ over whether any Blacks at all were successfully deported-- not that the queen would have hesitated if she judged action politically necessary.
In The Black Canary James Parrett's mother, Reenie, is fl and his father, Phil, white—and in the long acquaintance of Africa, Europe and America that is an old—though often neglected —story.
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 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Black Canary
Like Snuffy Smith and Captain Easy, The Black Canary began as a supporting character in the series of which she later became the star.
Undaunted, she adopted the guise of The Black Canary, and fought crime in the style of Robin Hood — stealing the loot from criminals.
(Later, in another retcon, the difference between her age and that of the other JLA members was erased by claiming the Canary appearing in current comics was actually the daughter of the original — but since she looked the same, acted the same, and was also named Dinah Drake, we'll let that pass.
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 Black Canary II (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-01.bu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Black Canary is the daughter of the original Black Canary.
She was a founding member of the Justice League of America.
Years later, she lost her "canary cry" due to the trauma of being raped.
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 Black Canary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dinah Laurel Lance has followed the footsteps of her mother, Dinah Drake Lance, to become the first second generation hero of the DC Universe.
Possessing a mastery in several martial arts forms and a sonic 'canary cry' (which has since been lost), Dinah became a founding member of the JLA.
See what the Canary is up to these days.
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 Time-Traveling Black Kid Earns Praise for New Novel, The Black Canary
"The Black Canary" (McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster) has attracted early plaudits for its young fl hero from Pittsburgh and his unexpected plunge into the past trapped in Elizabethan London.
Noting that the novel is "One of the few time-travel fantasies for children with an African-American character, let alone protagonist," Booklist says of its young hero that "readers will gladly follow him through the portals for the pleasure of his company as well as the need to know what will happen next."
Played out against so rich a background, young James Parrett’s search to regain the world he has lost is made more desperate and more poignant, and readers will share his deepening fascination with the new world he has gained.
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