Black Canary Origin | DC Comics

Who is Black Canary?
Orphaned as a child, Dinah had to learn to fight for herself at a young age. After many of life’s twists, she would eventually possess one of the most powerful sonic screams in the world and becoming a founding member of The Bird of Prey.
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Interesting facts about Black Canary
∙ Black Canary has some of the most convoluted origins of any character. There are around 4 separate versions of her origin story.
∙ Black Canary’s cry is so powerful that it destroyed an entire island and even made Superman‘s ears bleed and can launch her over long distances.
∙ In the many different versions of Dinah's origins, She has also been trained by top tier fighters such as Wildcat, Lady Shiva, Cassandra Cain and Wonder Woman.
∙ Her Canary Cry has been depicted as having the capabilities as most sonic weapons, ten-fold and has even been depicted as breaking metals and as having the resonance to affect and shatter the Earth.
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[@witch-markedwonderwoman5308]

She was trained by Wildcat, Wonder Woman, Cassandra Cain and Lady Shiva herself. She also beat Batman before. Speaking about them can you make Lady Shiva and Cassandra Cain? Also Talia Al Ghul and Barbara Gordon. Dang DC has so many good females my list can go on...lol. Edit: you already did Cassandra Cain👍.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Witch-marked Wonder Woman And Richard Dragon

[@The_Old_Soul_Artist]

Some of those have been done already, I think.

[@Urmom71608]

Yah!! Do all of those! Also I love batgirl like sooooo much*

[@marksanfelipe5859]

what exactly did you mean by " She also beat Batman before", you mean that time at the docks?

[@dialogarconlahistoria8229]

Ready for Connor Hawke? 🤷‍♂️

[@robertasantos2528]

Could you do Poison Ivy? Edit: Who agrees gives a thumb up

[@jamesharding322]

a GREEN thumb up! ;)

[@joellatchman9415]

I would like to see one of poison ivy as well

[@joelflores6734]

He has done it now 🤗

[@vincentmorada5482]

He have already that

[@damianstarks3338]

Such a badass female comic book character.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Damian Starks I know Black canary Is unstoppable with her skills

[@damianstarks3338]

Jalen Ikezeue bro you read my mind here.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Damian Starks I still can't believe she work for the government in the new 52

[@damianstarks3338]

Jalen Ikezeue yeah I can’t believe it neither she doesn’t seem like the type to do that.

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

@@damianstarks3338 I'll make it's a bit weird but I think it's kind of interesting in a way

[@coolbeans3752]

It's all fun and games, until the Black Canary sings.

[@Luzlapis]

She was about to become another catwoman but Desmond saved her.

[@anonsmith3459]

THERE'S ONLY ONE SELINA KYLE/ CATWOMAN. SHE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN A CRIMINAL MAYBE.

[@aaaaaaa2211]

@@anonsmith3459 but you can’t help but see how similar their stories are

[@donovanh.4052]

Birds of prey was perfect but I think Blackcanary needs a solo film

[@corneliusfarrell8673]

Definitely do

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

The only character I liked in the movie

[@StebieJ]

Imagine huntress & Black canary movie

[@devanshisane]

Wasn't the Canary in the new movie supposed to be the original canary's daughter or did I misunderstand her plot?

[@donovanh.4052]

Yes, and in some comics The original blackcanary was Dinah Drake who was a member of The J.S.A.....Then she had her daughter who was also named Dinah and took her mother's maiden name Dinah Lance in respect to her mother because the original blackcanary/Dinah Drake would die in WW2.Then is some story lines Dinah lance Dinah Lace takes up the mantel of Blackcanary after discovering she had the same powers aka the Canarycry as her mother,and gets married to Greenarrow and they have a daughter named olivia and Olivia becomes the new blackcanary after Dinah lance died and when her Father Oliver Oliver Queen aka the GreenArrow dies she takes up both their mantels and becomes Blackarrow

[@theninjapenguin5160]

Black Canary is my absolute favourite! And I'm obsessed with your storytelling channel and I will be watching all of the origins at once! DC forever!

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you I’m glad you like the channel!

[@kirkcannon8079]

I always felt like she is among the few mentally healthy heroes

[@mathers1980]

This channel is top 10 in my opinion...

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you so much!

[@BovineDesigns]

And yet the Arrowverse made it the most complicated origin ever.

[@mat_kinasa2947]

Arrowverse screwed her so bad

[@tonyhamilton6948]

@@mat_kinasa2947 That they did in a way, We can only hope that if they did a movie, they make it Right.

[@NEARReiCtor8799]

It’s not complex at all.

[@mat_kinasa2947]

@@NEARReiCtor8799 they made her a civilian, created a new character with the perfect habilities, backstory and suit just to kill her in order to make Laurel the black canary by taking two boxing classes, when she started to grow up as a vigilante they killed her to pander olicity and after that they bring a Laurel from a parallel earth that was a villain and a random police officer with the canary cry and called her Dinah Drake like the golden age canary

[@Coolsomeone234]

Still fuckin mad about that and olicity

[@xavierrodriguez666]

Like for the bonus origin. Thank you for doing Black Canary. I’ve been waiting for this and finally it’s here. Thank you

[@pogiman7488]

Would love to see Black Canary vs Black Widow.

[@elikemselasie8061]

Canary stomps Just has to scream

[@allenlovell1604]

Actually, I think 🤔 I'd rather see them team-up together against their main nemesis or main enemies if you will . Canary versus Brother Blood, DeathStroke, or DragonClaw from the League of Assassins ( Batman-The Animated Series 🤔). For Black Widow, there's a few options. HYDRA, AIM, and possibly some others ? That would cool to see, and bring in the JLA and SHIELD as well !

[@bigfootwalker5399]

the result would be pretty one-sided

[@aysealtn1669]

Yeahhh

[@rafeeqturner1458]

This first story line introduced (trained in a dojo) is one of the best origins bios I've seen. I love this storyline

[@satan437]

Narrator : Black canary possesses the most powerful scream in the entire universe. Black Bolt's Whisper : Am I a joke to you

[@coolbeans3752]

Ever since World War Hulk, yes, yes he is.

[@cyberbully8137]

Hey man black bolt is in Marvel right?

[@ichigokurosaki7505]

@@cyberbully8137 yes he is

[@VixXstazosJOB]

_Ok thread, P0P Culture Lesson_ When talking about Universe and Comics in the same place, we Always talk about that universe in particular, so You can't use a char from another universe. So the video was technically correct at saying it.

[@ericstreeter3540]

I like this version of her origin. Keep it going

[@wolfgang6442]

Frrs far better than what the character had in Arrow🔥👍💯

[@BECAUSE_IM_BATMAN]

Very good video I love Black Canary. Thank you for giving us her origin.

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you!!!

[@BECAUSE_IM_BATMAN]

@@ComicOrigins Your Welcome I love your content. Keep up the great work 👍

[@QueenTJ1991]

Black Canary is one of my favorite DC superheroes! She is so epic, badass and cool!

[@avengersjusticeaj8674]

Black Canary origin ,l was looking forward to seeing this 😍 ,thanks👍

[@sshantobia1]

How to be a DC character Step one : live in Gotham city Step 2: have a traumatic childhood, preferably deceased or abusive parents. Step 3 : begin your life of crime Step 4 : meet Batman

[@sepakvolley07]

*meet the batfamily, or atleast one of em

[@genesisanimations5116]

Facts(minus step one)

[@garyjones1688]

I love the Black Canary she was also played by a mixed woman named jurnee Smollett one of my favorite female actors in birds of prey and she's kick butt

[@tiktokclips5100]

Holy shit you’re so good bro keep going ❤️

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you so much!!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I like your robo narrator. You should check out my Black Canary (Bronze Age) history. Love your channel.

[@Universeknight10055]

This super incredible great and super amazing video. Keep make more great videos. This video get two ✌ thumbs ups 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍😎. Black canary and lot other characters are my favorite characters. I know more about Black canary.

[@psychonaut2173]

really love these videos man keep them coming love the music, the sound effects the clips where the character has been featured

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy the channel!

[@markherron1407]

BLACK 🖤 CANARY: The power of the voice Birthday: April 9 Black 🖤 Canary is a hero with a big voice:her shattering scream is a mighty weapon 🔪🔫 against anyone foolish enough to fight against her. She's a good strategic thinker and leader,as she has shown as part 〽️ of several super-teams. She's also a talented musician and vocalist! Happy New 🆕 Year Blessings and hugs ❤️🤗💞🤗🙏🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏!

[@markherron1407]

Her Birth Card ♦️ is Queen 👑 of DIAMONDS! Blessings and Hugs 💖🤗🙏🤗🙏🤗🙏!

[@helloyoungme]

best DC related channel!!! 💕💕

[@ComicOrigins]

Wow, thank you!

[@monikasarkhel2359]

Black Canary is amazing

[@Gilthunderr]

I loved this video, thank you for making it! I was very interested on get to know her since I’m very new in the comic world and she’s my main in injustice 2

[@jsmalls911]

How is this not a movie!?!?

[@TaylorSwiftsBestFriend]

Yass finally !!! Thank you for uploading!! Been waiting this for ages

[@ComicOrigins]

I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for your patience

[@marcosrodriguez9051]

Amazing hope to see swamp Thing

[@guilhermeisac1]

i love the especial efect on your videos

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you!!

[@tannerholmes1587]

Something remotely unfortunate happens. This guy: 🎶🎹🎹🎹🎹🎶

[@keitha.neubert3063]

Constantly amazed by animators. What a gift!

[@starfire186]

Lol I have some more requests Cyborg-Superman,Eradicator,Parasite,Metallo,QueenBee,Zatanna and Prometheus

[@dedrae6929]

Desmond trained her on how to become a human weapon !!! Where can I get a dad like that?

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

Comic Origins her new 52 origin is pretty interesting. although I felt her being a government agent and geting her Canary cry from experimentation was a bit too much. I thought they could have cut that part out than it would have worked a bit better for me.

[@edwardbeaty8899]

Black Canary: I have the best scream in the world. Black Bolt in sign language: Hold my beer!

[@wolfmeadows]

Black Canary is one of my favorites. Great video.

[@catmanduu66]

That second origin is the one I know. That first one sounds like a whole different character. I thought Lynch was in charge of Gen 13. There was that time she lost her sonic scream in the Long Bow Hunters story. Possibly one of the best Green Arrow/Black Canary stories.

[@jwilliam2987]

Black Canary is awesome

[@thunderlightning1980]

Desmond must of been a shoe in character. Wildcat found her at the age of teen wondering into his garbage outside his training facility.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

Lol. Why not just reusing WC for a retcon, since the beggining?

[@digitpixel9198]

I enjoy watching your videos!!! Entertaining yet informative, keep doing what you do bro 👌👌 (can you do a video on doctor light?? [Kimiyo Hoshi])

[@ildaterzic2890]

I love your videos so much I'm obsessed with dc

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you!!

[@CJOlsen-rq2cv]

AWWW YESSS! Youa actually made it yaaaaay! Thank you! I have been waiting for this!

[@DimitriYar]

If i remember correcly Black Canary is a member of the Justice Society of America !

[@shakil6747]

I can't wait for her movie ♥

[@RatchetK-ei8mk]

Want voice actress Courtenay Taylor to voice Dinah Lance/Black Canary in 3 DC comics animated movies.

[@MUISHAGGY572]

Who is Red Hood next pls.

[@MrOldboy1971]

Funny

[@mia-katherinehong8088]

The voice of the narrator is perfect

[@dontaskme7157]

Don't you just hate it when you find yourself surrounded by ninjas?

[@hersheythecat6392]

Just the worst

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

I feel like if there was a riot performed by ninjas in a city, your basic patrol cop would be able to take them all out 😂, don’t bring a sword to a gun fight

[@yca76]

Really dislike the Rebirth origin. Prefer the classic origin.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

Nah... The Classic is Super Boring, Healthy Hero Kid Friendly, and childish Logic about her Powers. ( "Hey Kid, how did she gain het Scream?" Kid: "SomethingSomethingRadiation stuff, SomethingSomethingScience Fantasy, now She's Powerfull.. Yaaaaaaayyy" )

[@lassegrotkjr6326]

Incredeble you were just a random Channel i just happend to stompel opon, and wow you got your own unice way of telling origin storys, witch i gotta hand to you is Best one i have seen, i look forward to more content from you. Olso have you ever thougt about doing Marvel origin storys to, its all op to you of course, i dont decide how you are gonna make youtube.

[@ComicOrigins]

Welcome aboard! I appreciate your support for the channel and I hope you enjoy the content. Also, yes I will eventually be doing other comic brands like Marvel, Image, etc.

[@lassegrotkjr6326]

Comic Origins thank you its not every KZbinr who gives you a welcome to there KZbin channel😊.

[@deciustrajan6469]

Can you do the Origins of Vic Sage (The Question) or Death of the Endless?

[@marzan6857]

Really like your origin videos. Well done.

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you very much!

[@ryanangelastro504]

Can you do one for Green Arrow?

[@MUISHAGGY572]

DCEU didn't even come close to doing her justice in Birds of prey movie. Black Canary is insanely skilled fighter, the real Black Canary would have soloed the entire Birds of prey villains easily.

[@damianstarks3338]

Dopamine Rat agree with you on the last part of your comment shit I agree with everything you are saying here.

[@josearmandovalenciayoga]

That movie was a @#$ mess I was so sad I was expecting a lot and got súper dissapointed

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

@@damianstarks3338 👍👍

[@Comic_NationGaming]

oh my god every video you guys have amazing music!!

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you so much!!

[@antbarrow5297]

will you also do a video for deathstroke next or maybe even lex luther soon ?

[@jlroberts328]

I like it better when she was trained and Wildcat

[@worldofdoom995]

Awesome work as always.

[@allenlovell1604]

Interesting origin of the Black Canary ! The comics often had her paired with Green Arrow ; I thought she was his ward or something 🤔? Curious as how Canary 🤔 willingly volunteered for a top-secret governmental genetics experiments project and now she's 😳 a Mutant of sorts ? If I hadn't seen this video, I'd have guessed she was related to WonderWoman, WonderGirl, or had something weird happen to her before her birth, in her childhood 🤔, or as young woman ? Going to see if I can find Birds of Prey on DVD 📀 !

[@edwardbeaty8899]

This one was extremely good as Black Canary has had several differant origins. Oh, this is very interesting, linking Black Canary to Gen 13! No Justice Society or special relationship with Wildcat. Okay, that made it in too.

[@mechmaster315]

0:13 no she first appeared in Flash Comics #86

[@dontaskme7157]

Couple of ideas. Green arrow. Katana. Hal Jordan. Hawkman and hawkgirl.

[@vincentfranklin17]

I always liked Black Canary!

[@beastdesu1263]

do toyman please.. i love your videos!! thank you so much

[@dominik1040]

Could you plz do Lady shiva next?

[@senecavanzandt4425]

Black Canary is that chick!! I hope someone does the Green Arrow/Black Canary relationship justice one day. They screwed it up on the CW...

[@NEARReiCtor8799]

Cough cough Marc Guganheim

[@patriciarobinson6081]

See that's Oliver's ♥️ interest! The Arrowverse got It wrong !

[@sparkageddon3186]

thanks for the black canary origins next up birdz of prey

[@miltonestefano]

I loved it thanks !!

[@JR-ez3zd]

The original Black Canary died and her daughter took over as Black Canary!

[@justsomeguyxxx1432]

That's the version that I fell in love with-from CN's "Batman:The Brave and the Bold"

[@naomiroque6886]

Black canary is one of my favorite super heroine in comics book

[@shawnpopovich5375]

Yeah..this was kinda the way it happened if you ever watched DC arrow show. Except they gave her reason for the particle accelerator..but regardless..this was still awesome

[@HawkTHSS2893]

ow okay plz warn me about that scream that was ear deafing!

[@pumpkinsunshine9696]

I didn't know in her first origins, she trained with the government along side death stroke, or was a experimented super solider. That's pretty interesting. It would seem Dinah and Green Arrow always end up together, true love! :) Her scream is amazing, but how would she do against silver banshee? I love the video and as always, it's a entertaining and well planned video.

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you! One of your requested origins is coming next Thomas Wayne!

[@zaylenoliver]

Can you do ravager/rose Wilson

[@85pros39]

Best one so far

[@KingManga360]

Does anyone know the name of that song in the beginning of the video 0:50

[@xLuiKangx007]

She's beautiful

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Yeah Canary Is Extremely Sexy with Thoes Fishnets

[@xLuiKangx007]

@@jalenikezeue4114 I can't wait to draw Black Canary someday

[@jalenikezeue4114]

@@xLuiKangx007 Are you an Artist

[@erion1170]

no lies detected

[@darling8357]

Can u do dc bombshell please 🤗🤗

[@jamessolomon9189]

She also joined the justice league but I think people now that already

[@carloa.portugal7859]

I wish I have a powerful voice like her, and supernatural condition like supergirl or Wonder Woman.

[@kirkzevola5004]

Isn’t Black Canary’s name also Dinah Laurel Lance but she only goes by Laurel? Sorry if this sounds dumb.

[@itznia_ok8069]

only on arrow

[@thorthorr5964]

how/where did you get her canary cry sound?

[@brianeddy4703]

Can u do Wonder Woman and Wonder girl

[@anthonycatalfamojr2403]

Love the bonus origin

[@kaugummigeschmacke6905]

Nice one

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Is this your real voice the guy narrating the videos or is that like a computer generated voice

[@WafuBro20]

Let's see... how about a sing off between her and Silver Banshee?

[@vermiciousknid2456]

Speaking of Silver Banshee is there an origin story on her or Solomon Grundy?

[@roqyaeltayeb5453]

Wow💖 keep going 👏

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

DC needs to give Green Arrow and Black Canary live movie together

[@romeotagarino9481]

I hope about all about black orchid

[@mrittikarudra9367]

I always watch this just because of the scream at the beginning

[@KingManga360]

Does anyone know the name of that song in the beginning of the video (when Black Canary a mother abandoned her)

[@manueldiesta2906]

I've been requesting Raven since December. Raven pleaseee

[@homemaranha5649]

Great origin i can t wait for question deadman or black adam origins

[@ComicOrigins]

Thank you and I haven’t forgot your requests don’t worry!

[@vonyjoseph1080]

Can you do lady frankinstein

[@alexiabrianna1044]

Right I was looking for poison ivy