With 17 deaths and massive damage from weekend tornadoes, Laurel County Public Schools has officially ended the 2024-2025 school year as of May 16, district officials announced Tuesday.

Enter Dinah Laurel Lance, aka Black Canary. Black Canary is easily one of the more powerful characters in DC Comics, yet she’s also incredibly underrated.

Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Katherine McNamara as Mia and Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Siren in Arrow, courtesy of The CW.

In the new multiverse, the two Black Canaries on Earth-Prime, Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake, had their memories of their pre-Crisis lives restored by J'onn J'onzz. Both then found themselves in 2040.

It's the drama that Tom wrote, the characterization that he wrote, and the backstory for both Dinah Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake Lance, it's this incredible mother-daughter story.

Despite its prominence, the idea of Black Canary being a mother-to-daughter mantle is relatively recent. The character of Dinah Laurel Lance, daughter of Dinah Drake, was introduced in 1983.

Despite its prominence, the idea of Black Canary being a mother-to-daughter mantle is relatively recent. The character of Dinah Laurel Lance, daughter of Dinah Drake, was introduced in 1983.

There are many highly-skilled fighters in the DC universe but Black Canary is surely up there with the very best of them. Even ignoring her superpowers, Dinah Laurel Lance is also generally ...

Laurel Lance-Queen is a vigilante from Earth-11 who goes by the name “Black Arrow.” She was inspired by her parents’ superhero mantles, whose “roles” were reversed – Oliver Queen was a Black Canary ...

In later years, her character was retconned as the mother of Dinah Laurel Lance, who took on the mantle of the Black Canary in 1969.

In addition, the motivation behind being the Black Canary for Earth-2 Laurel devolved from being a heroic way to stand up for the citizens of Star City to one of redemption, further taking away ...