Warning : Spoilers for boo of Prey # 5 !

Summary

An iconic extremity of theJustice Leaguegets a badass moment courtesy ofWatchmen . Black Canaryhas proven herself as one of the most skilled appendage of the Justice League , often matching the power levels of some of DC ’s most muscular superheroes . As she leads the Birds of Prey , though , she prove how life-threatening she is againsta Ragnarok - level god .

Black Canary establish offhow she ’s the ultimate badass , all while quote one ofWatchmen’smost memorable eccentric , inBirds of Prey#5 by Kelly Thompson and Arist Deyn . Up until this detail , the series has concerned itself with Black Canary leading her team on a suicide mission of sorts to Themyscira , where her baby , Sin Lance , is being held .

Sin is being targeted by the god do it as Megaera , ascertain to utilize sinning as a vessel for world destruction . Black Canary will do whatever it takes to protect her sis , including attacking a god — Rorschach style , as she quote straight from the infamousWatchmencharacter .

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Wonder Woman is an fabulously talented soldierlike creative person , but even she ’s no compeer the Birds of Prey ’s substantial hero , Black Canary .

Justice League Icon Black Canary Quotes Rorschach as She Fights a God

An grownup adaptation ofMaps Mizoguchi with a new hero identitytravels back in sentence from the future tense admonish the Birds of Prey of the apocalyptic wake that awaits if they do n’t retrieve Sin from the island . The god refuses to be denied , and Megaera ingests Sin inside of her while keeping the Birds occupied with possessed Amazons . Megaera has yet to officially fulfill her prophecy by possessing Sin , though , so the fight is n’t over yet . As Megaera tries to convince Sin to let her in , Canary finally finds her fashion inside the venter of the brute herself .

As Big Barda jimmy Megaera ’s thorn unfastened and Canary screams at it , Dinah forces her way inside Megaera . With the Lance sisters reunited , Dinah tell apart the monstrous god that things do n’t look as bleak for the hoagie as the villain might call back . “As someone famous once said , I ’m not locked in here with you - you ’re locked in here with me,“she says decently before belching a massive sonic blast at the wolf . If that sounds familiar , that ’s because theline is uttered inWatchmen(by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ) during Rorschach ’s prison house run - in with his fellow yard bird , after one suggests he’s"pretty famous , right ? "

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echo this citation punctuate the same thing for her as it does for Rorschach when he first allege it - nothing is scarier than a truly wild Black Canary . Repeatedly , an angry Dinah has pull off some amazing feats in the past , include bringing Superman to his knees . the great unwashed would n’t unremarkably cogitate " shuddery " when it comes toBlack Canary , but theJustice Leaguealum stare down a immortal and uses her superpower with all her might , fearlessly protect her sister with her own stain of righteous anger .

Birds of Prey#5is available now from DC Comics .

wench OF PREY # 5 ( 2023 )

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Watchmen’s Rorschach flipping up the lapels of his trenchcoat as rain pours down on him.

Comic book panels: a blonde superhero, Black Canary, steps in front of her sister to threaten a green god.

Watchmen, Rorschach’s “you’re not locked in here with me” quote over top of an image of his counselor.

Comic book panels: Black Canary unleashes a sonic scream in yellow tones.

Birds of Prey 5 Main Cover: Black Canary and her sister Sin surrounded by a green monster with many hands.