Comic Title: Black Canary Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2001
On Sale Date: January 24, 2001 Direct Market Date January 24, 2001
Source: Previews, Vol. 10 #11 (#143)

Direct Market Date January 24, 2001
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 24, 2001

Direct Market Date January 24, 2001
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: January 24

Direct Market Date January 31, 2001
Source: Comic Shop News, #705

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 228
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Riddle of the Topaz Brooch"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Black Canary (of Earth-2)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Flash Comics #96 (1948)

Feature Character(s)

• Black Canary (last appearance in Flash Comics #95; next appearance in All-Star Comics #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Larry Lance (last appearance in Flash Comics #94; next appearance in Flash Comics #97)

Villain(s)

• Carno and his gang (jewel thieves; no further appearances)
• An unnamed druggist (a fence; dies before this story begins; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Ronald Gorham and Alfred (her nephew; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Dinah and Larry enter a drug store and find the druggist has been murdered. Dinah leaves the store to find the police, then returns as Black Canary. Before she and Larry can discover why the man was killed, the murderers return to dispose of the body. The crooks win the fight, leaving behind only one lead, a newspaper article concerning a topaz brooch.

Black Canary and Larry attend a public charity event where the brooch is worn by Mrs. Ronald Gorham. When the crooks steal the brooch, Black Canary chases them. They try to escape in a plane, but the heroine forces them down, where they are apprehended. After they're captured, Black Canary learns that the murdered druggist was their fence.