My first exposure to Black Canary was during the Alex Savuik / Mike Grell art run of Green Lantern / Green Arrow, and one of my first memories of seeing Dinah Lance out of costume was of her trying to down some of Ollie’s hot chili recipes- tears are streaming down her cheeks as she gasps something like “Best paint-remover I ever tasted!” Ahahahhha! I remember thinking, “Wow, Her hair’s BLACK! Nice!”
Another memory I have of Black Canary being particularly alluring was in some old issue of I think the BRAVE AND THE BOLD that my friend had because he liked BATMAN. In this issue, Bats and Dinah teamed up to fight the Penguin, at some point, Black Canary gets captured, the baddies strip her down to her bra and panties(!) and tie her up to a chair. I remember later telling my friend that I had to pick up that issue, and he laughed and said, “Ahhh, you only want it ‘cause Black Canary’s in her underwear!”
Well….it was true, but in the end, the issue had already sold out and I never got a copy for myself, otherwise it’s probably a good bet that a scan from that comic woulda been posted here!
Black Canary
First Appearance Flash Comics #86 by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino.
Favorite Artists: Neal Adams, Mike Grell, Alex Savuik
