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Black Canary


Origin - Dinah Laurel Lance was born into a crime fighting family. Her father was police officer and her mother Dinah Drake was the original Black Canary during the Golden Age. At 19, against her parents wishes, Dinah decided to become a crime fighter as well. She donned her mother's costume and trained with her mother's former colleague and life-long friend Ted Grant alias Wildcat. In current continuity Dinah's sonic powers are the result of a meta-gene. Black Canary later became a founding member of The Justice League of America.

Powers and Abilities - By far her most powerful weapon is her "Canary Cry" a high pitched sonic scream that can shatter objects as well as incapacitate humans. Tests have proven were that she can reach ultrasonic frequencies outside of the audible spectrum which render humans unconscious. She is also a skilled hand to hand combatant, mastering at least a dozen different fighting styles, which she prefers to use over her meta-human abilities. She also possesses uncanny reflexes as well as being an expert motorcycle rider. A born leader and a strategic thinker eventually led her to being chairperson of the JLA. Dinah is also a skilled detective although she admits she is not in the same league as Batman. She also plays a mean harmonica.

Weaknesses and Limitations - Other than the Canary Cry, Dinah is a normal human. She is, of course, in great physical shape and is able to lift her own body weight or more, but she is a mortal woman. It has been shown that her sonic ability can be silenced by a piece of tape over her mouth negating her biggest strength.