- "No! No! No! No! This can't be happening! No!"
- — Dinah, after Typhuss is killed
Captain Dinah Drake, formerly known undercover as Tina Boland, she is also known as Dinah Drake-Halliwell is a female meta-human from Earth-139 and she is the vigilante known as Black Canary and she is the former leader of the Birds of Prey.
Dinah is the captain of the Star City SCIS Department and she is the widow of Starfleet officer Typhuss James Halliwell.
Dinah was later recruited into Team Arrow by her husband's Earth-1 doppelgänger.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Dinah Drake was born and raised in Star City. She joined joined the SCIS in 2369, becoming a detective specializing in undercover jobs. Dinah's first undercover assignment was with the street gang called the Pilgrims, where she was trained in bo-staff fighting. Another one of her undercover missions involved working with a gang of safe crackers.
During one of her undercover ops, Dinah learned of The Quadrant, a massive criminal organization that spanned all over the United States, but no one was able to confirm their existence. When the criminal organization known as Blockbuster's gang tried to expand their activities from Blüdhaven to Central City, Dinah infiltrated their ranks and prevented a turf war with the other crime families of Star City.
Dinah has apparently been engaged to be married multiple times, though all of these relationships dissolved.
Becoming a meta-human[]
Tina tortured by Sonus' gang
Tina was then tortured by Sonus' men, trying to get information from her. Two weeks later, Sonus captured Vincent, having discovered he was a cop too. Tina tearfully begged Sonus to spare him, but Vincent was shot dead right in front of her. At the same time, S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded. As Dinah screamed in despair over Vincent's apparent death, the dark matter particles from the accelerator went into her system, turning her into a meta-human with powers of sonic screaming. In her grief over Vincent's murder, Dinah unleashed her sonic scream for the first time, attacking Sonus.
Following Vincent's funeral, Dinah handed in her badge and resigned from the SCIS. Over the next three years, she began traveling all across America to avenge Vincent's death, never settling down roots. Dinah always kept track of Sonus' movement and began systematically targeting his gang. She also occasionally acted as a vigilante, attacking criminals to protect innocents.
Dinah using her abilities on two men in Hub City
By January 2389, Dinah tracked Sonus to Hub City. One night, she was at a bar and witnessed two male patrons harassing a waitress. Dinah intervened, claiming she found the attackers' actions to be cliché. When the two men started bothering her instead, Dinah simply smiled to herself before screaming them out of the bar.