#BIRDS OF PREY HUNTRESS MAGIC 8 BALL MOVIE#

She would go on to become an accidental rock star, a career choice that provided the spine of the critically acclaimed 2015 Black Canary comic book series, the last time she headlined her own title. After 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, the planet-switching and possession were eliminated, and it was simply declared that there had been two Black Canaries, with the daughter inheriting the identity from her mother at some point.įollowing 2011’s Flashpoint, that was simplified even further, with the suggestion that the current Black Canary was the sole character to have used the identity, created after a period of being a secret special ops agent. In a classic superhero comics continuity moment, it’s later retconned that she is actually possessing the body of her own superpowered daughter, a change that happened without her recollection when she passed between Earths.Īs with most DC superhero characters, Black Canary’s backstory has been significantly revised and simplified in the multiple reboots of the publisher’s superhero universe. Originally the girlfriend of a police detective who becomes a vigilante (disguising herself with a blond wig) to help out her beau, she would become more and more independent and powerful in subsequent appearances when her love interest was killed in a 1969 storyline, the Canary crossed between parallel Earths for a new start by joining the Justice League of America, gaining superpowers - a sonic scream she calls the “canary cry” - in the process. One of DC’s longest-serving female heroes, Black Canary debuted in 1947’s Flash Comics No. Quite how the two will relate onscreen remains unclear. There is, curiously enough, no direct connection between the comic book incarnation of the Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn, although both belong to the Batman mythos indirectly, and have been considered female-centric properties by DC fans. A number of additional heroes have drifted in and out of the group since then - predominantly female, although there have been male Birds - with the center of the team being, traditionally, Black Canary and Barbara Gordon, the latter either in her Batgirl or Oracle personas. The Birds were originally a two-piece that first showed up in 1995’s Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey No. The Birds of Prey are a relatively recent addition to DC canon - at least in the sense of the fact that many of the characters date back more than half a century. Here’s the backstories to the characters to be played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jurnee Smollett-Bell.

#BIRDS OF PREY HUNTRESS MAGIC 8 BALL MOVIE#

With the news that 2020’s Birds of Prey movie has cast its Birds to star alongside Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, audiences unfamiliar with the intricacies of DC comic book continuity might be wondering just who Black Canary and the Huntress actually are, and what they have to do with the Birds of Prey and Harley Quinn.

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