With Birds of Victim shrieking into theaters, we’re shining a spotlight on the DC Comics film’s cast of characters– from A to Zsasz. There are some long histories behind some of the bad guys and superheroes, however here’s whatever you need to learn about Black Canary:

What is Black Canary’s origin story in the comics?

Dinah is one of the DC Universe’s biggest martial artists. She acquired her name and outfit from her mom, the first Black Canary, and trained for many years under numerous other leading fighters. She battles bad men to keep her mom’s tradition going, and likewise due to the fact that it requires doing.

She’s likewise remained in an off-again-on-again OTP with Green Arrow for years, which is why you may acknowledge her from the CW series Arrow. She’s an establishing member of the comics version of the Birds of Victim, and has been a member of the Justice League.

Who produced Black Canary?

Dinah Lance has a long history at DC Comics, dating all the method back to her debut in 1947’s Flash Comics #86, by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. It’s remarkably made complex one that includes parallel universes and body switching– not what you ‘d anticipate from a character so grounded inreality Thanks to DC Comics routine connection restarts, you do not really need to understand about any of that.

Birds of Victim’s Black Canary owes a lot to Brendan Fletcher, Annie Wu, and Pia Guerra’s Black Canary series, in which Dinah went on the run from her issues as the frontwoman of a punk band.

What are her powers or capabilities?

Dinah is a first-rate martial artist with one signature superpower: the Canary Cry. A capability she acquired from her mom, she can let loose a sonic scream effective adequate to shatter metal and stone. As it takes a lot of energy and can be hazardous to those around her, she chooses to utilize it as a last option (D&D players, believe of it as an Encounter Power).

Who plays Black Canary in the film?

Friday Night Lights and True Blood veterinarian Jurnee Smollett-Bell enter the function of Black Canary, thanks to a production that wasn’t scared to look outside of Dinah’s conventional representation as a white female. (On the other hand, there’s a long, strange history of black superheroes having “black” in their names; so your mileage might differ.)

Dinah is plainly at the start of her story in Birds of Victim. She’s still a specialist fighter with a mama who utilized to be a superhero, she isn’t one herself. …

Black Canary’s origin story sounds familiar

Black Canary’s origin was a big motivation for the character of Silk Spectre in Watchmen, who is likewise a second generation character who acquired a skimpy outfit from her mother.

What Black Canary comics should I check out?

Black Canary # 9-11 (1992)

After years playing Green Arrow’s dedicated sweetheart, Dinah lastly had an opportunity to let go in the 1990 s with this three-part story teaming her with Huntress for the first time, consisting of a subtle butch remodeling that– let’s face it– truly must’ve remained.

Black Canary/ Oracle: Birds of Victim # 1 (1996)

With Green Arrow (briefly) dead, the roadway was clear for Dinah to lastly end up being the action film hero she was predestined to be, courtesy of the extremely first Birds of Victim story ever.

Black Canary Vol. 1 and 2 (2015-2016).



In 2015, Dinah got possibility to shine with a profession modification– lastly, she embraced the musical profession she should have after years of being * checks notes * a flower designer– and an abstract plot including her missing mom, ninja cults and a support band who is constantly all set to rumble. This remodeling led to the most modern-day and most vital Canary comic to date.