Dinah Drake

Dinah Drake is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Dinah Drake

She found out later that her exposure to Aquarius' magics gifted her with a 'Canary Scream', which allowed her to fire high pitch harmonics through her voice at her foes. At first, she had little control over the power but soon learned to harness it. Dinah then joined the Justice League of America to replace Wonder Woman, who was at the time stripped of her powers. Dinah then began a romance with the Green Arrow. (Justice League of America v1 #75)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Personality and attributes

Dinah Drake was the daughter of Richard Drake who had been a Lieutenant in the Gotham City Police Department. It was his hope that Dinah hope that she would become a member of the GCPD. (DC Special Series v1 #10)

She came to be romantically involved with Larry Lance and became pregnant with his child. Dinah would later give birth to a daughter named Dinah Laurel Lance who greatly resembled her mother. (Justice League of America v1 #219)

Powers and abilities

She was noted to had been trained in hand-to-hand fighting by her father. (DC Special Series v1 #10)

Notes

• The Dinah Drake Black Canary was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino where she made her first appearance in Flash Comics v1 #86 (August, 1947).
• In Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur (2010), Infantino wrote, ""I was drawing Johnny Thunder, which was not much of a character. I suppose he could have been better because his 'Thunderbolt' was interesting, but the situations they were in were pretty juvenile. Bob Kanigher wrote those stories, and he had no respect for the characters. These stories were nowhere near as good as 'The Flash' stories. DC knew it—they knew 'Johnny Thunder' was a loser, so Kanigher and I brought the Black Canary into the series. Immediately she got a good response, and it was, 'Bye, bye, Johnny Thunder.' Nobody missed him."
• After the Flashpoint, the character was amalgamated with her daughter who instead went by the name Dinah Drake in The New 52 though the character was later restored by DC's Infinite Frontier.

In other media

Television

• In Arrow, Dinah Drake appeared in the setting of the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse where she was portrayed by actress Juliana Harkavy.

Films

• In Birds of Prey, Dinah Drake was referenced in the setting of the live-action film set in the DC Extended Universe.

Appearances

• Flash Comics v1: (1947)
• Justice League of America v1:
• Secret Origins v2:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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