Dinah Lance

Dinah Laurel Lance is the second Black Canary, daughter of the original Golden Age heroine. Unlike her mother, she was born with a metahuman gift — a devastating sonic scream called the Canary Cry — and honed her natural abilities into world-class martial arts mastery before joining the Justice League.

Few characters in DC's vast history have proven as enduringly vital as Dinah Lance — a Silver Age standout who first graced pages in 1970 under the legendary creative partnership of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams, and has kept pace with the DC Universe for over five decades since. With 414 catalog appearances spanning from that debut through 2026, she's woven into the very fabric of DC storytelling, most prominently across Green Arrow, Justice League of America, and Action Comics Weekly. The company she keeps tells its own story — sharing adventures with Batman, Superman, Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, and Green Arrow across 16 collector-recognized key issues, she's never far from the center of DC's most consequential moments. For any fan who wants to understand the beating heart of DC's street-level, socially conscious era and beyond, Dinah Lance is absolutely essential reading.