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"One Man's Hell"

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Birds of Prey: Black Canary/Oracle

One Man's Hell

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Birds of Prey: Black Canary/Oracle #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of January, 1996.

Synopsis for "One Man's Hell"

A new industrial complex in Rheelasia explodes at the opening ceremony.

Dinah lounging on a couch — Dinah gets the call.

A group of men try to car jack Black Canary. She quickly deals with them and heads home where she has messages waiting, bill collectors. One better message, Oracle has a job for her. She leaves for the airport, but her car has just been repo'd, so she uses her last few dollars for a cap.

Nick Devine gives a talk. He is attacked by violent protestors, but is able to easily fight them off and continue his talk, watched by Oracle. She's interrupted by a call from her father, Commissioner Gordon. He wants to take her to dinner, but she's busy.

Dinah arrives at her destination and picks up the car Oracle has arranged for her, and Aston Martin. Oracle has left taped instructions, a new costume, clothes and communications gear for her.

She attends a party thrown by Nick Devine. She introduces herself and gets him to invite her along. He has a bodyguard, Lynx, who dislikes her. Terrorists attack and Dinah helps defend him as Black Canary. He hires her on.

Nick meets with the leader of Bwunda to discuss his next project, a dam there.

Black Canary joins him on the flight to Bwunda. She sees the dam project and the country's abject poverty and decides that night to check out the dam.

At the dam, she finds it being sabotaged. Lynx is behind it, and, Dinah realizes, Nick behind her. Black Canary, caught off guard, is defeated, and can do nothing as the dam is blown and many killed downstream.

In England, Black Canary arrives quite unexpectedly at a meeting between Nick and his next victims. Lynx tries to stop her, but ready for her this time, Canary easily beats her. She takes down Nick, and is tempted to kill him for all the innocents he's killed, but Oracle talks her down, calling in Scotland Yard to pick him up.

Oracle's next mission for her? Breaking up a White Slavery ring in Santa Prisca.

Appearing in "One Man's Hell"

Featured Characters:

Birds of Prey (First appearance)
- Black Canary
- Oracle (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

James Gordon (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

Nick Devine
The Green Brotherhood
Generalissimo Singh Manh Lee (First appearance; dies)
Lynx

Other Characters:

Joker (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Robin (Dick Grayson) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Bruce Wayne (Cameo)

Locations:

New Earth
- Africa
  - Bwunda
- Asia
  - Rheelasia
- Europe
  - United Kingdom
    - England
      - London
- North America
  - Santa Prisca (Mentioned only)
  - United States of America
    - Gotham City
      - Gotham Clock Tower
    - Washington
      - Seattle

Vehicles:

Aston Martin DB-7

Notes

This issue is collected in the Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey trade paperback.

Trivia

With this issue Black Canary starts to wear her new blue, black and gold costume and stops wearing her fishnet stocking costume that she is known for wearing. Additionally, she stops wearing a long blond wig to cover her naturally black, short hair and instead colors her hair blond. The new costume had actually previously appeared in Showcase '96 #3.

Links and References

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 | Executive Editor    = Mike Carlin
 | CoverArtist1        = Gary Frank
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 | Editor1_1           = Jordan B. Gorfinkel
-| Editor1_2           = Denny O'Neil
+| Editor1_2           = Dennis O'Neil
 | Writer1_1           = Chuck Dixon
 | Penciler1_1         = Gary Frank
 | Inker1_1            = John Dell
-| Colourist1_1        = Sherilyn van Valkenburgh
+| Colourist1_1        = Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
 | Colourist1_2        = Allen Jamison
 | Colourist1_3        = Matt Hollingsworth
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 | StoryTitle1         = One Man's Hell
-| Synopsis1           =
+| Synopsis1           = A new industrial complex in Rheelasia explodes at the opening ceremony.
+[[File:Dinah Laurel Lance New Earth 0001.jpg|alt=Dinah lounging on a couch|thumb|Dinah gets the call.]]
+A group of men try to car jack Black Canary.  She quickly deals with them and heads home where she has messages waiting, bill collectors.  One better message, Oracle has a job for her.  She leaves for the airport, but her car has just been repo'd, so she uses her last few dollars for a cap.
+Nick Devine gives a talk.  He is attacked by violent protestors, but is able to easily fight them off and continue his talk, watched by Oracle.  She's interrupted by a call from her father, Commissioner Gordon.  He wants to take her to dinner, but she's busy.
+Dinah arrives at her destination and picks up the car Oracle has arranged for her, and Aston Martin. Oracle has left taped instructions, a new costume, clothes and communications gear for her.
+She attends a party thrown by Nick Devine. She introduces herself and gets him to invite her along. He has a bodyguard, Lynx, who dislikes her. Terrorists attack and Dinah helps defend him as Black Canary. He hires her on.
+Nick meets with the leader of Bwunda to discuss his next project, a dam there.
+Black Canary joins him on the flight to Bwunda. She sees the dam project and the country's abject poverty and decides that night to check out the dam.
+At the dam, she finds it being sabotaged.  Lynx is behind it, and, Dinah realizes, Nick behind her.  Black Canary, caught off guard, is defeated, and can do nothing as the dam is blown and many killed downstream.
+In England, Black Canary arrives quite unexpectedly at a meeting between Nick and his next victims.  Lynx tries to stop her, but ready for her this time, Canary easily beats her.  She takes down Nick, and is tempted to kill him for all the innocents he's killed, but Oracle talks her down, calling in Scotland Yard to pick him up.
+Oracle's next mission for her?  Breaking up a White Slavery ring in Santa Prisca.
-| Appearing1 =
+| Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* [[Birds of Prey (New Earth)|Birds of Prey]] {{1st}}
+* {{a|[[Birds of Prey (New Earth)|Birds of Prey]]}} {{1st}}
-:*[[Dinah Laurel Lance (New Earth)|Black Canary]]
+** {{a|[[Dinah Laurel Lance (New Earth)|Black Canary]]}}
-:*[[Barbara Gordon (New Earth)|Oracle]] {{Flashalso}}
+** {{a|[[Barbara Gordon (New Earth)|Oracle]]}} {{Flashalso}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Bruce Wayne]] {{Flashalso}}
+* {{a|[[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]}} {{flashalso}}
+'''Antagonists:'''
-* [[James Gordon (New Earth)|James Gordon]]
-'''Villains:'''
-* [[Lynx (New Earth)|Lynx]]
 * Nick Devine
 * The Green Brotherhood
+* Generalissimo Singh Manh Lee {{1st Dies}}
+* {{a|[[Lynx (New Earth)|Lynx]]}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* [[Joker (New Earth)|Joker]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{a|[[Joker (New Earth)|Joker]]}} {{Flashback}} {{cameo}}
-* [[Richard Grayson (New Earth)|Robin (Dick Grayson)]] {{Flashback}}
+* {{a|[[Richard Grayson (New Earth)|Robin (Dick Grayson)]]}} {{Flashback}} {{cameo}}
+* {{a|[[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Bruce Wayne]]}} {{cameo}}
 '''Locations:'''
-* [[Gotham City]]
+*{{A|[[New Earth]]}}
+**{{A|[[Africa]]}}
-:*[[Gotham Clock Tower]]
+*** {{a|[[Bwunda]]}}
-'''Items:'''
+**{{A|[[Asia]]}}
-* <br/>
+*** {{a|[[Rheelasia]]}}
+**{{A|[[Europe]]}}
+***{{A|[[United Kingdom]]}}
+****{{A|[[England]]}}
+***** {{a|[[London]]}}
+**{{A|[[North America]]}}
+***{{Mention|[[Santa Prisca]]}}
+***{{A|[[United States of America]]}}
+**** {{a|[[Gotham City]]}}
+***** {{a|[[Gotham Clock Tower]]}}
+****{{A|[[Washington]]}}
+*****{{A|[[Seattle]]}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* Aston Martin DB-7
-* <br/>
 | Notes               =
+* This issue is collected in the {{Co|Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey (Collected)}} trade paperback.
-| Trivia              =
+| Trivia              = *With this issue Black Canary starts to wear her new blue, black and gold costume and stops wearing her fishnet stocking costume that she is known for wearing. Additionally, she stops wearing a long blond wig to cover her naturally black, short hair and instead colors her hair blond. The new costume had actually previously appeared in {{c|Showcase '96 Vol 1 3}}.
-| Recommended         = {{Birds of Prey RR}}
+| Recommended         = {{Birds of Prey RR}}{{Black Canary RR}}
 | Links               =
 }}
+[[Category:Black Canary One Shots]]