'' Black Canary'' first appeared in ''

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'' #86 as a guest hero/villain for character Johnny Thunder appearing for five issues until gaining her own feature starting with issue #92 through the series' end in #104.

Starman and Black Canary

Black Canary headlined two issues of ''

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'' with Starman in a trial run from issues #61 and #62 that did not lead to a series.

Unpublished 1984 miniseries

A miniseries by writer

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and artist

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was planned in 1984. The first issue of the series was pencilled, but the project was ultimately shelved due to the character being used in writer/artist

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's high-profile '' Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'' series. Elements from the ill-fated project were used for Weisman's '' DC Showcase: Green Arrow'' short film.

Volume 1

Volume 1 of ''Black Canary'' (November 1991 – February 1992) was a four–issue miniseries written by Sarah Byam and drawn by

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with inking by

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Volume 2

After the success of the miniseries Byam and Von Eeden returned for a monthly series that ran for 12 issues (January 1993 – December 1993) before its cancellation.

Volume 3

Volume 3 was a four-issue miniseries (early September 2007 – late October 2007) that chronicled Black Canary's adventures with her daughter

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escaping the clutches of the

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. The series was written by

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with art by Paulo Siqueira. It filled the story gap between Black Canary's appearances in ''

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'' and '' Green Arrow''.

''Green Arrow and Black Canary''

Volume 4

In February 2015, DC announced a new volume of ''Black Canary'' to be starting in June of that year, after the conclusion of ''

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''. Written by Brenden Fletcher and illustrated by Annie Wu, ''Black Canary'' was one of the first DC titles to be published as part of the DC You initiative. The series was cancelled as of issue #12 (Aug. 2016), when DC rebooted its continuity with

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Collected editions

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