The Under-Rated Black Canary

One of the baddest, yet most under-rated DC superheroes ever, Black Canary.

One of the most under-rated DC characters in my opinion is the beautiful Black Canary. Yes she's a gorgeous blond woman wearing basically a one-piece black leather swimsuit, fishnet hose, high heeled boots and a black leather jacket. But she is also one of the best hand to hand fighters in the DC Universe, (Oracle once suggested she might even be BETTER than Batman....let that sink in) and she has a superpower that can stun Wonder Woman....but she doesn’t use it because she prefers to go mano a mano with supervillians.

Of course since the New 52 revamp the Canary now is not the one I grew up with. The original Black Canary was created in 1947 by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino and first appeared in Flash Comics #86. That BC was Dinah Drake, the mother of "my" Black Canary Dinah Laurel Lance.

Besides being a literally kick ass hand to hand fighter, Canary has the "Canary Cry". This sonic scream can render normal humans unconscious and do a lot of damage to the upper-level heroes like WW, Superman, Martian Manhunter etc.

So here is a lady that can probably take you out in a fight if you are a normal human, and if you are a superhuman, she still might be able to take you.

Black Canary has a pretty big following and she is a HUGE favorite of cosplayers

Canary takes Cheshire out in two moves....

Zatanna Zatara - DC Comics

Zatanna by Ed Benes

Zatanna Zatara was created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson back in Hawkman #4 (October-November 1964).
Zatanna is the daughter of the Golden Age character, magician Giovanni Zatara.
The character seems to be fairly popular despite not having attained superstar status.
I'm guessing like Black Canary, the fishnets have something to do with it.
That and her shadowy relationship with Batman.....
Besides Smallville, Zatanna has shown up in Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited.
Back in 2005, screenwriter Hadley Davis proposed an action-comedy starring a teen-aged Zatanna, but nothing ever came of it.

Black Canary

Black Canary is a fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine. Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947).

Black Canary is noted for her "Canary Cry" – a high powered, ultrasonic scream with the ability to shatter objects and incapacitate villains. However, depending on the era, the Canary obtained the talent in a different manner. Black Canary's regular occupation is that of a self-employed florist, and is best known for her trademark fishnet stockings.

Black Canary is among the first generation of superheroes and a founding member of its all-star group the Justice Society of America.

The 1986 maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths reset the history of the DC Universe and split the character into two entities: Dinah Drake Lance, who took part in Golden Age adventures and married Gotham City detective Larry Lance, and their daughter Dinah Laurel Lance, who appeared in the modern stories.

Dinah Laurel Lance grew up idolizing her mother's superhero friends and (initially against mother's wishes) took up her mother’s crime-fighting mantle at age 19. She joins the Justice League soon after its formation. Dinah Laurel conducts espionage, counter-terrorism, and rescue missions with a group of female vigilantes, and is also a longtime partner/romantic interest of Green Arrow Oliver Queen.

Dinah Lance appears briefly in the television adaptations of Birds of Prey, and the Black Canary appears in a number of episodes of Justice League.

The combination of the Black Canary's courage, fearlessness, and fighting prowess, with her sex appeal (accentuated by the fishnet stockings), has resulted in her also being referred to as "The Blonde Bombshell".

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