Comic Title: Secret Origins #50
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1990
On Sale Date: June 19, 1990 Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Previews, #16

Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #180

Copyright Date June 19, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Shipping Date June 21, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #18

Direct Market Date June 21, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #150, 153, #155

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $3.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Michael Eury

Title: "Unfinished Business"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Black Canary (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Brennert
Penciller: Joe Staton
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Julia Lacquement

Reprinted In:
Tales of the Batman:Alan Brennert HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Dinah Laurel Lance (last appearance in Green Arrow #38; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)

Guest Star(s)

• Dinah Drake Lance (dies in this story; last appearance in Green Arrow Annual #2; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Oliver Queen (last appearance in Butcher #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #44)

Villain(s)

• Reaper (in flashback to the JSA's retirement; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #575)
• Several small-time criminals (in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (last appearance in Justice League Europe #17; next appearance in Time Masters #7)
• Roy Harper (last appearance in New Titans #69; next appearance in New Titans #71)
• Spectre (last appearance in Spectre #31; no further appearances)
• Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (in flashback to the JSA's retirement; last appearance in Infinity Inc. #39; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #48)
• Ted Grant (in flashback to Dinah's training; last appearance in Catwoman #2; no further appearances)
• Yolanda Montez (in flashback to Dinah's training; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Infinity Inc. #33)
• Larry Lance (in flashback to Dinah's debut; first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Richard Drake (Dinah's father; in flashback; no further appearances)
• An unnamed doctor (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Dinah Laurel Lance (before becoming Black Canary; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #32)
• Dinah Drake (prior to becoming Black Canary; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #50)
• Dinah Drake Lance (before her daughter became Black Canaray; last appearance in Secret Origins #50; next appearance in Green Arrow Annual #2)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Justice Society of America (in flashbacks)
• Hawkman (in flashbacks)
• Flash (Jay Garrick) (in flashbacks)
• Atom (Al Pratt) (in flashbacks)
• Doctor Mid-Nite (in flashbacks)
• Starman (in flashbacks)
• Doctor Fate (in flashbacks)
• Sandman (in flashback)
• Mr. Terrific (in flashback)
• Hourman (in flashback)
• Johnny Thunder (in flashback)
• Thunderbolt (in flashback)
• Justice League (in flashback to its formation)
• Martian Manhunter (in flashback to the foundation of the JLA)
• Aquaman (in flashback to the foundation of the JLA)
• Flash (Barry Allen) (in flashback to the foundation of the JLA)
• Batman (in flashback)
• Atom (Ray Palmer) (in flashback)
• HUAC (in flashback)

Comments:
This story relates the post-Crisis origin of both the original Black Canary and her daughter. This tale differs from the Earth-1 version in several respects; notably there was no cross-over from Earth-2 to Earth-1.

The original Black Canary dies in this story.

Synopsis:
Dinah Lance rushes to the deathbed of her mother in Gotham City. Green Lantern helps to carry Dinah and Oliver Queen across the country quickly.

Dinah's mother was Dinah Drake. Her father Richard trained her as a child and wanted her to join the police force. In 1947, Dinah Drake proved herself by saving her father and Larry Lance when they were under fire. However, she was unable to earn a spot on the police force because she was a woman.

After the death of her father, Dinah Drake became the Black Canary. At first, she posed as a criminal, before finally revealing her true heroic intentions. She eventually met Johnny Thunder and replaced him in the Justice Society. Along the way, she rekindled a connection with Larry Lance, now a private detective.

After the JSA disbanded in 1951, Black Canary retired. Dinah married Larry and joined his detective firm. Sometime later, she reconnected with her associates in the JSA following Alan Scott's fateful encounter with the Reaper. The revival did not last however. Dinah retired again and gave birth to Dinah Laurel Lance.

The younger Dinah Lance grew up around the retired JSA members. When she became old enough, she sought out Ted Grant for training. She also discovered a new super power, a canary cry. Dinah then joined in the formation of the Justice League where she met Oliver Queen.

Back in the hospital, Dinah Drake Lance is greeted by the Spectre. He allows her to make peace with her daughter before leading her into the afterlife.