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No Context Given: Black Canary #1 (1991)

Paul Montgomery

Staff Writer

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From Black Canary #1 (1991) by

From Black Canary #1 (1991) by Sarah E. Byam, Trevor Von Eeden, Dick Giordano, Julia Lacquement

Actually, this one’s funnier in context. Oliver bought a really expensive bow without mentioning it to Dinah, and now they can’t pay the rent. It’s kind of like that episode of Friday Night Lights where Coach cuts a personal check for the East Dillon Lions uniforms and Tami is all

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