She'll probably be in the new Arrow Family book I feel like is coming.
I like Green Arrow and Black Canary as a couple, but I think her solo stories and Birds of Prey stories are better. I think they can be a couple without her having to take a backseat to GA. That's one thing I disliked about Mike Grell's Arrow series. It pulled her out of Justice League (when that series was super hot) -- just to depower her and make her a supporting character in HIS series. Don't get me wrong -- Grell's Arrow was good stuff, but I would have rather he just had Dinah show up occasionally -- as a guest star.
If you squint your eyes and look at Dinah as a supporting character who never, ever had any interest in being a super-heroine, let alone an actual career of it, then the late 80's-early 90's Dinah/Oliver relationship was actually pretty damn cool, if a bit idealized. But stripping Dinah of everything super-heroic, or even just heroic, in the pursuit of turning her into that idealized stay-at-home lover/breadwinner/emotional support animal for Ollie, as well as the ways that they pursued stripping her of being Black Canary, only ended up making Mikes Grell and Gold look like they hated Black Canary. And all the schadenfreud of watching Silver Age fans freak the f out about Ollie and Dinah having an active sex life without any real desire to get married never truly made up for that.
Do we know DC'c intentions for Red Canary are yet? Maybe she and Dinah will get a book together. She deserves a sidekick and a legacy of her own. (or to continue her mother's legacy - depending on current continuity)
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Words to live by.
A fairly big report on the DCEU and still not even a hint about Black Canary/Jurnee Smollett. I mean, seriously, they can't even just say it's canceled and she's out? Why do they need to be secretive about that?