Black Canary is a fictional character from the well-known DC Universe. In the DC Comics, her character was a hand-to-hand fighter without superpowers who often posed as a criminal to infiltrate criminal gangs. Later stories depicted her as a world-class martial artist with a superpower: the “canary cry”, a high-powered sonic scream which could shatter objects and incapacitate and even kill powerful foes. The character will make her cinematic debut in the new film Birds of Prey.