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Black Canary (DC) — First appearance, key issues & comics · Cape Zone

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Character/DC

Black Canary

Dinah Drake / Dinah Drake Lance

369 appearancesSince 1947

Part of the Black Canary mantle · 2 known bearers →

Black Canary first appeared in Flash Comics #86 (1947-08), published by DC. 369 appearances are indexed across 60 series.

Also known as Dinah Drake

Girlfriend and later wife of Larry Lance. Mother of Dinah Laurel Lance (the second Black Canary).

Character history

Key issues

2 issues

Flash Comics
#86
first appearance · intro
1947-08-00
Secret Origins
#50
death
1990-08-00

Across the catalog

Appears in

60 series

Green Lantern
1960–1986
25 issues →
Justice League of America
1960–1987
23 issues →
All-Star Comics
1940–1951
20 issues →

Flash Comics cover

Flash Comics

1940–1949

18 issues →

JSOCape Archive 1991

Justice Society of America

1991–1991

7 issues →

Team 7 cover

Team 7

2012–2013

7 issues →

Green Lantern / Green Arrow cover

Green Lantern / Green Arrow

1983–1984

6 issues →

Green Arrow cover

Green Arrow

1988–1998

6 issues →

Justice League of America Archives cover

Justice League of America Archives

1992–2012

6 issues →

Black Canary: Best of the Best cover

Black Canary: Best of the Best

2025–2025

6 issues →

The Flash cover

The Flash

1959–1985

4 issues →

All Star Comics Archives cover

All Star Comics Archives

1991–2006

4 issues →

DCU: Legacies cover

DCU: Legacies

2010–2011

4 issues →

Detective Comics cover

Detective Comics

1937–2011

3 issues →

SA[Cape Archive 1950

Strange Adventures [ashcan]

1950–1950

3 issues →

TGACape Archive 1993

The Golden Age

1993–1994

3 issues →

Crisis on Multiple Earths cover

Crisis on Multiple Earths

2002–2013

3 issues →

DC: The New Frontier cover

DC: The New Frontier

2004–2004

3 issues →

Green Arrow / Black Canary cover

Green Arrow / Black Canary

2007–2010

3 issues →

Adventure Comics cover

Adventure Comics

1938–1983

2 issues →

World's Finest Comics cover

World's Finest Comics

1941–1986

2 issues →

The Brave and the Bold cover

The Brave and the Bold

1955–1983

2 issues →

DC Comics Presents cover

DC Comics Presents

1978–1986

2 issues →

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest cover

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest

1980–1982

2 issues →

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1985–1985
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Secret Origins
1986–1990
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Starman
1994–2010
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Starman
1995–2005
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Birds of Prey
1999–2009
2 issues →
JSA
2000–2007
2 issues →
DC: The New Frontier
2004–2005
2 issues →
Green Lantern / Green Arrow
2004–2004
2 issues →
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America
2005–2013
2 issues →
COMCape Archive 2005
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups
2005–2007
2 issues →
52
2006–2007
2 issues →
DC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez
2009–2010
2 issues →
BOPCape Archive 2010
Birds of Prey
2010–2011
2 issues →
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2011–2012
2 issues →
Batman and Robin Eternal
2015–2016
2 issues →
Justice League of America: The Silver Age Omnibus
2016–2020
2 issues →
Deathstroke Inc.
2021–2023
2 issues →
Crisis on Multiple Earths
2021–2023
2 issues →
Comic Cavalcade
1942–1954
1 issue →
DC Special
1968–1977
1 issue →
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular
1971–1973
1 issue →
Secret Society of Super-Villains
1976–1978
1 issue →
DC Special Series
1977–1981
1 issue →
Hembeck 1980 [Hembeck Series]
1980–1980
1 issue →
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe
1985–1987
1 issue →
History of the DC Universe
1986–1986
1 issue →
Flash
1987–2006
1 issue →
Superman
1987–2006
1 issue →
Green Arrow Annual
1988–1995
1 issue →
The History of the DC Universe
1988–1988
1 issue →
HCape Archive 1990
Hawkworld
1990–1993
1 issue →
Hard-Traveling Heroes: The Green Lantern / Green Arrow Collection Volume One
1992–1992
1 issue →
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly
1992–1994
1 issue →
The Green Lantern / Green Arrow Collection, Volume Two: More Hard-Traveling Heroes
1993–1993
1 issue →
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
1994–1994
1 issue →
TGACape Archive 1995
The Golden Age
1995–1995
1 issue →