Black Canary Costume History

With Birds of Prey making its film debut, lets look at the many costumes worn by one of the Bird of Prey's members, the Black Canary. The first Black Canary was Dinah Drake, the love interest of police officer Larry Lance. Relying on her acrobatic and martial arts prowess, Dinah Drake wore a black leotard over fishnet stockings along with a black bomber jacket and black boots. She hid her identity with a simple black mask. Dinah Drake and Larry would eventually marry and have a child, Dinah Lance.
As Dinah Lance grew up she discovered she had a metahuman power to create sonic blasts using only her voice. Calling her power the "Canary Cry", Dinah wanted to carry on the Black Canary tradition. Dinah wore a costume similar to her mother's costume, only with a blue jacket and without the mask. As she became a more accomplished hero, Dinah Lance decided to create her own version of the Black Canary costume, a blue-and black bodysuit with a bird-like design and white boots. When a drug dealer damaged her throat, Dinah Lance lost her sonic scream and quit being the Black Canary. When she finally decided to become a hero again, she created an armored version of her original costume with blue and gold accents, a canary utility belt, and no fishnets. She replaced her lost powers with golden discs capable of generating ear-splitting soundwaves. As she joined the the superhero team, the Birds of Prey, she added a jacket and armored leggings to her costume. When she regained her Canary Cry she created a sleek black and gold version of her first costume. Later she would add a black trenchcoat to the costume.

With the timeline altered by the events of new 52, Dinah Drake was once again Black Canary. As a member of Team 7 she wore a black and gold combat suit with blue fishnet patterns on the legs. Dinah was unknowingly injected with metagenes while on a mission and developed a sonic scream. She would become the Black Canary, wearing high-tech formfitting black-and-gold body armor over blue fishnet leggings. Later she would abandon her armored uniform for a punk rock look.  She wore a blue-and-black bodice with a black leather motorcycle jacket, cutoff shorts, fishnet stockings, and combat boots. In the altered reality called Gothopia, Dinah Drake was the sonic-singing Warbler, in a white-and-sky blue bodysuit.