Black Canary 1

[Fat Elvis 007]

what happened to her in the comics? did she die? was it ever explained? also, was it ever explained how she got the canary cry?

[Frostbite]

Black Canary I died of cancer. She never had the Canary Cry.

[Fat Elvis 007]

how did dinah get it?

[Frostbite]

Black Canary II got it because Black Canary I was fighting on some alien planet (while she was pregnant) and got blasted with radiation. The radiation caused a throat gland in the baby, Black Canary II, to mutate.