During Zero Hour, Zinda befriends Guy, Steel and an alternate-universe Batgirl. She has served as a supporting character to Guy Gardner, Warrior. Her whirl through time involved her assisting in the battle against the villain Extant.
Zinda battled her former comrades a number of times as Killer Shark's accomplice before she was freed of the effects of the potion.ĭue to the time-warping effects of Zero Hour, Zinda is now in the present DC continuity, looking as she did in 1959. Zinda Blake debuts as Lady Blackhawk in Blackhawk #133.Īfter a number of adventures with the Blackhawks, Zinda became the victim of the villainous Nazi operative Killer Shark, who used a chemical potion to brainwash her, forcing her to take up the identity of the costumed Queen Killer Shark. Zinda followed this exploit by rescuing the entire Blackhawk team from the Scavenger, and in return was told, by Blackhawk himself, that she could become an honorary member of the team. Despite her able assistance, Zinda was told that the Blackhawk codes forbade a woman from joining the team. Her first attempt to join the group came when she helped rescue a member from a modern-day pirate called the Scavenger. Zinda Blake, determined to become the first woman member of the famed World War II unit known as the Blackhawks, trained herself to pilot a wide range of modern aircraft and made herself an expert in various forms of combat and weaponry. Ultimately, she rescues Blackhawk himself. In the story, she flies to Blackhawk Island, declares herself part of the team, and helps the Blackhawks on a mission behind German lines. Military Comics #20 (July 1943) featured a story about a woman who attempts to become the first woman member of the Blackhawks, who looks, sounds and behaves much like Zinda Blake, although she does not divulge her name, and never calls herself Lady Blackhawk. The Quality Comics characters were purchased by DC Comics and DC published Blackhawk from #108. She was introduced in Blackhawk #133 (February 1959). Zinda Blake, the first published Lady Blackhawk, is a fictional DC Comics character. The third Lady Blackhawk appears in the Blackhawks comic. Reed has not appeared since the 1992 one-shot special Blake was more recently a regular character in the Birds of Prey comic book from 2004 to 2009, and from 2010 to 2011. All three characters were aviators and soldiers. The third, as-yet-unnamed, Lady Blackhawk debuted in a DC Comics title in 2011. The first, Zinda Blake, was introduced in a DC Comics publication in 1959 ( Blackhawk #133) the second, Natalie Reed, appeared in a DC Comics title in 1988. Lady Blackhawk is an alias used by three fictional comic book characters appearing in American comic books. Natalie Reed (birth name Natalie Gurdin)Īce pilot, skilled marksman, superior hand-to-hand combat abilities Lady Blackhawk as seen in Birds of Prey #75 (December 2004).
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