Richard Drake (New Earth)

Lieutenant Richard Drake
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1930s-2011
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Real Name	Richard Drake
Main Alias	Lieutenant Richard Drake
Relatives	Unnamed wife (deceased), Dinah Drake (daughter), Dinah Laurel Lance (granddaughter)
Affiliation	Gotham City Police Department
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Widowed
Occupation	Police officer
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Grey
Origin
Universe	Earth-Two · New Earth
Creators	Gerry Conway · Mike Vosburg
First Appearance	DC Special Series #10 (February, 1978)
Appearance of Death	DC Special Series #10 (February, 1978)

Lieutenant Richard Drake was a police lieutenant with the Gotham City Police Department in the 1940s.

History

A widower, Richard Drake trained his only daughter, Dinah, in the hope that she would become a member of the GCPD. Drake's rookie partner, Larry Lance, soon began dating Dinah. Soon after Dinah's application to the police academy was rejected, Drake was found dead of a heart attack. Dinah subsequently used her father's training and the inspiration of "mystery-men" like the Justice Society to become the original Black Canary.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Pedagogy

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-Two era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and no longer apply.
• Richard Drake's appearance in Justice League of America 80-Page Giant (Volume 2) #1 contradicts established canon. The story, set in 1939, claims that Drake was unmarried with no children. This cannot be true, because his daughter Dinah is fully grown in her first appearance in 1947.

Related

• 3 Appearances of Richard Drake (New Earth)
• 1 Images featuring Richard Drake (New Earth)
• Quotations by or about Richard Drake (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Richard Drake (New Earth)

Footnotes

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