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The Black Canary

A complete list of the multiversal variants of the Black Canary is provided below

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Prior Earth-0

On the timeline that formed Post-Crisis, the history of the Earth-Two Black Canary is largely the same up to the birth of her daughter. In this timeline, the daughter of Black Canary was not transported to Limbo but instead grew up in her family home, stumbling upon her mother’s dual identity by accident. She eventually was trained by Wildcat and became a founding member of the Justice League, though her heroic career was a source of conflict with her mother and Larry Lance’s death. The original Black Canary aged a normal rate and eventually died of cancer caused by exposure to Aquarius’ radiation after reconciling with her daughter (Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50). She was buried in Valhalla while the JSA were in Limbo (Green Lantern Quarterly #3).

Earth-21

The history of the Earth-21 Black Canary is thought to mirror that of the Earth-Two version until at least the 1950’s, when the JSA was forced to disband by the HUAC. Additional details are unrevealed (DC: New Frontier LS).

Earth-22

The Earth-22 Black Canary is thought to have had a similar history as her Earth-Two counterpart up until the 1950’s when she was present at the battle with the Ultra-Humanite and Dyna-Man (The Golden Age LS). She likely has a similar history as her prior Earth-0 counterpart, being succeeded by her daughter and later grand-daughter Olivia Queen. The entire lineage is killed in the nuclear explosion in Kansas following the battle between the generations of super-heroes targeted by the US military (Kingdom Come LS).

Earth-37

Dinah Drake Lance is the wife of Gotham Police Detective Larry Lance and when he is murdered by a drug cartel, she takes up the identity of the Black Canary to track down his killers. Her efforts are ultimately terminated when she is murdered by Otto Saunders, a member of the gang. (Thrillkiller ’62 LS).

Earth-40

The Dinah Drake of this earth is a singer and undercover informant for the US government during World War II (JSA: The Liberty Files LS).. She appears in the background in uniform during the Arena event (Convergence: Arena #1) but her full history is unrevealed.

Earth-49

Dinah Drake of Earth-49 was an active member of the Justice Society of America and by the early 21st century is retired and only periodically active. Unlike other Dinah Drakes, she possessed a sonic scream. She is widowed and lives alone with her cat, when targeted by the Joker when the JSA is evacuated in response to this criminals murder spree of elder heroes. Taking possession of the elder Canary allowed the Joker to attack the heroes and force them to retreat to a different locale. Black Canary I is free but in the final battle with the Joker, is banished to unknown realm by his Helm of Chaos. The fate of the Black Canary I of Earth-49 is unknown (Injustice Year Zero LS).

The Full Multiversity of the Black Canary

Earth	Identity	Appearance			Notes
Earth-One	Dinah Laurel Lance	Justice League of America #75, Identity full revealed in Justice League of America #219-220			The daughter of the original Black Canary who believed for years she was actually her mother
Earth-Two	Dinah Drake Lance	Flash Comics #88			Holotype and Member of the Justice Society of America
Earth-Three	None Known
Earth-Four	None Known
Earth-S	None Known
Earth-X/10	None Known
Earth-0	Dinah Drake Lance	Green Arrow Annual Vol. 2 #2			Similar History as Earth-Two version but died much later
	Dinah Laurel Lance	Legends #4			Daughter of the original who has an overlapping career with her mother
Earth-1	None Known
Earth-2	None Known
Earth-3	Unknown	Crime Syndicate #2			A criminal version known as Black Siren
Earth-4	None Known
Earth-5	None Known
Earth-6	Dinah Drake	Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Catwoman			No code name
Earth-7	None Known
Earth-8	None Known
Earth-9	None Known
Earth-10	None Known
Earth-11	Dino Lance	Countdown: The Search for Ray Palmer – Superwoman/Batwoman #2			Male version of Black Canary
Earth-12	Dinah Lance	Superman & Batman Magazine #4			Presumed similar to other second generation Black Canaries but the existence of Dinah Drake in this time line has not been fully confirmed
Earth-13	None Known
Earth-14	None Known
Earth-15	None Known
Earth-16	None Known
Earth-17	None Known
Earth-18	None Known
Earth-19	None Known
Earth-20	None Known
Earth-21	Dinah Drake Lance		DC The New Frontier #1	Similar to Earth-0 version
	Dinah Laurel Lance		DC The New Frontier #6	Similar to Earth-0 version
Earth-22	Dinah Drake Lance		The Golden Age #1	Similar to Earth-0 version
	Dinah Laurel Lance		Kingdom Come #1	Similar to Earth-0 version
	Olivia Queen		Kingdom Come #1	Daughter of Green Arrow and Black Canary
Earth-23	None Known
Earth-24	Dinah Lance	Bombshells United #6			Possibly Transgender
Earth-25	None Known
Earth-26	Stacked Canary	Captain Carrot #14			An avian form on this world or a nearby variant
Earth-27	None Known
Earth-28	None Known
Earth-29	None Known
Earth-30	None Known
Earth-31	None Known
Earth-32	Black Arrow	The Multiversity Guidebook #1			A fusion of Black Canary and Green Arrow
Earth-33	None Known
Earth-34	None Known
Earth-35	None Known
Earth-36	Blackbird (unknown)	The Multiversity Guidebook #1			Member of the Justice 9
Earth-37	Dinah Drake	Thrillkilller ’62 #1
Earth-38	None Known
Earth-39	None Known
Earth-40	Dinah (presumed Drake)	JSA: The Liberty Files #1
Earth-41	None Known
Earth-42	None Known
Earth-43	None Known
Earth-44	None Known
Earth-45	None Known
Earth-46	None Known
Earth-47	None Known
Earth-48	None Known
Earth-49	Dinah Drake Lance	Injustice Year Zero #1			Similar to Earth-0
	Dinah Laurel Lance	Injustice Gods Among Us #6			Opposes Superman
Earth-50	None Known
Earth-51	Dinah Lance	Countdown #15			Similar to Earth-One with limited backstory. Presumed deceased
Earth-52	None Known
Earth-55	Dinah Lance Queen	DCeased #1			Becomes new Green Lantern when Hal Jordan infected
Earth-63	Dinah Drake	DC vs Vampires #2			Is not turned to a vampire