Black Canary: Best of the Best #6 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: May 07, 2025
SRP: $4.99
LEAVING IT ALL IN THE RING! The final round! With both fighters on the ropes and unwilling to surrender, the end seems as far away as Canary’s past. Can she find a way to make her mother proud and still save her from her an untimely demise? Find out as the last punches land!
Black Canary: Best of the Best #6 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: May 07, 2025
SRP: $4.99
LEAVING IT ALL IN THE RING! The final round! With both fighters on the ropes and unwilling to surrender, the end seems as far away as Canary’s past. Can she find a way to make her mother proud and still save her from her an untimely demise? Find out as the last punches land!
Black Canary: Best of the Best #5 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $4.99
THE BATTLE MAY BE LOST IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE! A deal with an immortal devil could be the answer to everyone’s troubles. Or is Vandal Savage more trouble than he’s worth? Meanwhile, Shiva and Canary fight to a standstill–could the only end to this battle be death?
Black Canary: Best of the Best #4 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Feb 26, 2025
SRP: $4.99
DINAH LANCE FIGHTS BACK! The Canary cries! Black Canary has survived the coal mine and is ready to fight back against her opponent. Will the defeat of her cornerman, Ted Grant a.k.a. Wildcat, be enough to bring the fight back?
Black Canary: Best of the Best #4 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Feb 26, 2025
SRP: $4.99
DINAH LANCE FIGHTS BACK! The Canary cries! Black Canary has survived the coal mine and is ready to fight back against her opponent. Will the defeat of her cornerman, Ted Grant a.k.a. Wildcat, be enough to bring the fight back?
Black Canary: Best of the Best #3 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Jan 22, 2025
SRP: $4.99
ROUND THREE…FIGHT! Victory seems assured for the vicious Lady Shiva. Can anything turn the tide of this match? Plus, the Dark Knight Detective drops in on Canary’s training to sway her from the fight!
Black Canary: Best of the Best #2 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Dec 25, 2024
SRP: $4.99
After a disastrous first round, Black Canary takes to her corner and her coach. How could she ever prepare herself for a match against Lady Shiva? The answer is simple…mother knows best. The original Black Canary is back and ready to train her daughter for the fight of both their lives.
It’s Black Canary versus Lady Shiva to determine who is the single greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the universe! Who will walk away with the title? Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 puts the two in the ring in a debut issue that’s entertaining but also a head scratcher.
Written by Tom King, Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 has a sense of that grand debate so many comic book fans have, which two characters would win in a fight. In this case it’s Black Canary versus Lady Shiva. The two are heading to a ring in a televised match with no powers allowed. It’s an interesting concept and King does a solid job of laying out the fight sequences along with the build up to the fight and also teasing Black Canary’s preparation.
The big question of it all is… why? Why are these two fighting in a ring? King answers that by the end of the comic and the answer is even more of a head scratcher for me. It’s not something I’m going to rant about in this review but the motivation is a bit thin on multiple fronts. He goes for the emotion but it all falls flat when any logic is applied to it.
It’s not King’s plot though that’s the draw. Ryan Sook‘s art along with Dave Stewart‘s colors and Clayton Cowles’ lettering are the real reason to check out this debut. The scenes with Dinah outside of the ring have some emotional heft to them but it’s the in-ring fighting that’s going to be what sucks readers in. The fighting is fierce and entertaining and we get hints that it’s going to get brutal as the issues build up. We get the first hints of that here with small visual teases of the beatings the combatants will take.
Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 is an interesting concept and it may pay off in the end but really the highlight is the actual fight. While there’s some good build up in the emotional aspect when it comes to Black Canary’s training and leadup to the main event, the final reveal of the motivation kind of kills all of that. Still, this is a comic whose art could make readers overlook that aspect and just enjoy the battle in the ring.
Story: Tom King Art: Ryan Sook
Color: Dave Stewart Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Story: 7.6 Art: 8.4 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read
DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle
Black Canary: Best of the Best #1 (of 6)
(W) Tom King (A) Ryan Sook
In Shops: Nov 27, 2024
SRP: $4.99
THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM! It’s Black Canary versus Lady Shiva to determine who is the single greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the universe! Who will walk away with the title? Find out as writer Tom King (Wonder Woman, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes) go six rounds to see if our hero has what it takes to be…the best of the best.
