| BLACK CANARY I (Dinah Drake Lance) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Robert Kaighner and Carmine Infantino |
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CHRONOLOGY
Black Canary first appeared in Flash Comics #86/2 (August 1947).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Black Canary in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Black Canary Chronology
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| DC Special Series #10/3 (1978): "The Canary Is a Bird of Prey" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [Flashbacks; also retelling Secret Origins Special with new details] |
| Flash Comics #86/2 (August 1947): "The Black Canary" |
| Flash Comics #87/2 (September 1947): [The Package of Peril] |
| Flash Comics #88/3 (October 1947): "The Map That Wasn't There" |
| Flash Comics #90/3 (December 1947): "Triple Exposure" |
| All-Star Comics #38 (December 1947-January 1948): "History's Crime Wave" |
| Flash Comics #91/2 (January 1948): "The Tumbling Trees" |
| Flash Comics #92/2 (February 1948): "The Huntress of the Highway" |
| Detective Comics #554/2 (September 1985): "Crazy from the Heat: The Past is Prologue" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics #39 (February-March 1948): "Invasion from Fairyland" |
| Comic Cavalcade #25/5 (February-March 1948): "Tune of Terror!" |
| Flash Comics #93/2 (March 1948): "Mystery of the Crimson Crystal" |
| Flash Comics #94/5 (April 1948): "Corsage of Death" |
| All-Star Comics #40 (April-May 1948): "The Plight of a Nation" |
| Flash Comics #95/2 (May 1948): "An Orchid For the Deceased" |
| Flash Comics #96/4 (June 1948): "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch" |
| All-Star Comics #41 (June-July 1948): "The Case of the Patriotic Crimes" |
| Flash Comics #97/5 (July 1948): "The Mystery of the Stolen Cloth" |
| Flash Comics #98/5 (August 1948): "The Byzantine Black" |
| All-Star Comics #42 (August-September 1948): "The Man Who Hated Science" |
| Flash Comics #99/5 (September 1948): "Time Runs Out" |
| Flash Comics #100/5 (October 1948): "The Circle of Terror" |
| All-Star Comics #43 (October-November 1948): "The Secret of the Golden Universe" |
| Flash Comics #101/4 (November 1948): "The Day That Wouldn't End" |
| Flash Comics #102/5 (December 1948): "The Riddle of the Roses" |
| All-Star Comics #44 (December 1948-January 1949): "Evil Star Over Hollywood" |
| Flash Comics #103/2 (January 1949): "Mystery on Ice" |
| Flash Comics #104/5 (February 1949): "Crime on Her Hands" |
| All-Star Comics #45 (February-March 1949): "The Case of the Cosmic Criminals" |
| DC Special #3 (April-June 1969): "Special Delivery Death" |
| Adventure Comics #399/2 (November 1970): "Television Told the Tale!" |
| All-Star Comics #46 (April-May 1949): "The Adventure of the Invisible Band" |
| All-Star Comics #47 (June-July 1949): "The Ghost of Billy the Kid" |
| All-Star Comics #48 (August-September 1949): "The Strange Lives of Edmund Blake" |
| All-Star Comics #49 (October-November 1949): "The Invasion of the Fire People" |
| All-Star Comics #50 (December 1949-January 1950): "The Prophecy of Peril" |
| All-Star Comics #51 (February-March 1950): "Invaders from the World Below" |
| Robin 80-Page Giant #1 (September 2000): "Nature's Bride: A Tale of Robin and Marital Bliss" [Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #14 (September 2011): "War and Remembrance, Part One" [Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #15 (October 2011): "War and Remembrance, Part Two" [Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics #52 (April-May 1950): "The Secret Conquest of the World" |
| All-Star Comics #53 (June-July 1950): "The Gun That Dropped Through Time" |
| All-Star Comics #54 (August-September 1950): "The Circus of a Thousand Thrills" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #2 (May 1991): "The Sack of Gotham" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #6 (September 1991): "Danger Flies the Skies" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #7 (October 1991): "The Return of the Justice Society" |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 1 #8 (November 1991): "Battle of the Stars" |
| All-Star Comics #55 (October-November 1950): "The Man Who Conquered the Solar System" |
| All-Star Comics #56 (December 1950-January 1951): "The Day the World Ended" |
| All-Star Comics #57 (February-March 1951): "The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives" |
| Adventure Comics #466/3 (November-December 1979): "The Defeat of the Justice Society" [Flashback] |
| Hawkworld Vol. 2 #21 (March 1992): "Escape From Thanagar" [Flashback between panels of Adventure Comics #466/3] |
| Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #50/3 (June 2011): "Episode Three Truth & Justice" [Between panels of Adventure Comics #466/3] |
| JSA #68 (February 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter I: Making History" |
| JSA #72 (June 2005): "JSA/JSA Chapter IV: Past Mistakes" |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [Fourth Flashback] |
| All-Star Comics #48 (August-September 1949): "The Strange Lives of Edmund Blake" [Flashforward] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [Fifth and Sixth Flashbacks] |
| Brave and the Bold #61 (August-September 1965): "Mastermind of Menaces!" |
| Brave and the Bold #62 (October-November 1965): "The Big Superhero Hunt!" |
| Starman Annual Vol. 2 #2 (1997): "Stars In My Eyes" [Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey #66 (June 2004): "Sensei & Student, Part Five: Murder & Mystery" [Flashback] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [Seventh Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey #82 (July 2005): "The Battle Within: Part Two - The Long Count" [Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey #100/2 (January 2007): "Keepsakes" [First Flashback] |
| Batman: Shadow of the Bat #36 (March 1995): "Black Canary: In The Name of the Father" [Flashbacks] |
| Green Arrow/Black Canary #20 (July 2009): "The Silence of Sounds" [Flashback] |
| Green Arrow/Black Canary #21 (August 2009): "Background Noise" [Flashback] |
| Green Arrow/Black Canary #22 (September 2009): "Peace and Quiet" [Flashback] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [Tenth Flashback] |
| Birds of Prey #100/2 (January 2007): "Keepsakes" [Second Flashback] |
| JLA: Year One #1 (January 1998): "Justice League of America Year One" [As Dinah Lance] |
| JLA: Year One #4 (April 1998): "While You Were Out..." [As Dinah Lance] |
| JLA: Year One #12 (December 1998): "Justice for All" |
| Justice League of America #21 (August 1963): "Crisis on Earth-One" |
| Justice League of America #22 (September 1963): "Crisis on Earth-Two" |
| Justice League of America #29 (August 1964): "Crisis on Earth-Three" |
| Justice League of America #30 (September 1964): "The Most Dangerous Earth of All" |
| JLA: Incarnations #1 (July 2001): [No Title] |
| DC First: Green Lantern/Green Lantern #1 (July 2002): "Tomorrow's Hero" [Flashback] |
| Silver Age 80-Page Giant #1 (July 2000): "S.O.S. to Nowhere!" |
| Justice League of America #46 (August 1966): "Crisis Between Earth-One and Earth-Two" |
| Justice League of America #47 (September 1966): "The Bridge Between Earths" |
| Justice League of America #64 (August 1968): "The Stormy Return of the Red Tornado" |
| Justice League of America #65 (September 1968): "T.O. Morrow Kills the Justice League - Today" |
| Justice League of America #73 (August 1969): "Star Light, Star Bright - Death Star I See Tonight" |
| Justice League of America #74 (September 1969): "Where Death Fears to Tread" |
| Green Arrow Annual Vol. 2 #2/2 (1989): "Do Canaries Sing?" [As Dinah Lance] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50/2 (August 1990): "Unfinished Business" [dies] |
| Starman Vol. 2 #37 (December 1997): "Talking With David '97" [As a ghost] |
| JLA Annual #2 (October 1998): "Life Itself" [As a ghost] |
| Blackest Night #4 (December 2009): "Blackest Night" [As a Black Lantern] |