From Wiki (leaving out lots of stuff as well)- Dinah Drake made her debut in Flash Comics #86 (August 1947) as a supporting character in the "Johnny Thunder" feature, written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Carmine Infantino. She initially appeared as a villain.[4]
Johnny is instantly infatuated with her, and is reproached by his
Thunderbolt. Dinah is later revealed to have been infiltrating a
criminal gang. In Flash Comics #92 (February 1948) she has her own anthology feature, "Black Canary", replacing "Johnny Thunder".[5] The new series fleshed out Black Canary's backstory: Dinah Drake was a black-haired florist in love with Larry Lance,[6] a Gotham City Police Department detective. She first meets the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics #38 (December 1947-January 1948),[7] joining them in All Star Comics #41 (June–July 1948).[8] Black Canary's foes include criminal circus act Carno and His Masked Riders, and the Sacred Order of the Crimson Crystal.I met the Black Canary in the first JLA/JSA team up. That was a reprint, so she had been a JLA member for quite a while by then. DC sure tried to screw up the character, I must say. And this was even before the poorly thought out Crisis on Infinite Earths. Poor Dinah. They could have had the daughter show up in the 60s, that would have made a lot more sense. Jebus.
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