When Canary was about to help Batman fight off a hypnotized mob, Meister shot her unconscious with his ray and left both heroes to die in a three part death trap. After hearing Canary sing, Meister fell in love and planned to use her as an instrument of evil. The unexpected appearance of the Music Meister placed everyone under his control. Years later, Black Canary teamed up with Aquaman and Green Arrow to defeat the trio of Black Manta, Gorilla Grodd, and Clock King at a military airstrip. One of the cities she patrols is Gotham City and openly flirted with her old classmate, Batman. Dinah is skilled in Judo and Boxing from which she learned the second from Wildcat.

She also her mother's metagene that gave her the ability to project sonic screams which was nicknamed 'Canary Cry.' In time, she learned how to make subtle use of her power and can project it as a whistle or a high intensity wave.

As the second Black Canary, Lance trained under the Justice Society of America as their star pupil and became a superb athlete and fighter in her own right. Wildcat promised to Lance's mother that he would watch over her as long as he lived. Black Canary aka Dinah Lance grew up in the shadow of her late mother's exploits never knowing the truth about how her mother passed on.

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