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Canary was a soldier during World War II and served in the United States Army infantry division assigned to the detachment unit Easy Company. As his nickname implies, Canary had a penchant for whistling in the middle of combat. Whether Canary survived World War II, or whether he is even still alive remains unknown.
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The Canary made its first appearance in episode 206 of The Muppet Show.
The small, yellow bird was also featured in "She Was One of the Early Birds" (with Gonzo in episode 302), "The Bird on Nellie's Hat" (with Miss Piggy in episode 304), and Liberace's concert for the birds in episode 309.
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Canary, whose sonic cry developed during a cross-dimensional trip on a mis-wired time platform, made her first on-panel appearance.
Along with fellow heroes Angelhawk (Warren Hall) and Goliath (Oliver Queen), Canary discovered the body of the World War II hero known as Super-Soldier (Clark Kent) in suspended animation, frozen in an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. The shocked heroes carefully defrosted Super-Soldier's body, discovering to their delight that he was still alive after all these years. Finally back in action, Super-Soldier joined forces with Canary and the other assembled heroes and formed the Judgment League Avengers.
When Canary first met fellow Judgement League Avengers member Hawkeye (Clint Archer), Cupid's arrows flew, although she found herself torn between the emerald bowman and Goliath.
Along with the other members of the JLA, Canary was transported to Apokolips by Doctor Strangefate (Charles Xavier) in order to fight the forces of Thanoseid during the Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour.
Near the close of the Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour, Canary was among those heroes present as American Girl (Carol Barnes), the former sidekick of Super-Soldier, heroically sacrificed her life to further the heroes' cause.
The metamutant member of the Judgement League Avengers known as Aqua-Mariner (Arthur McKenzie) was framed for the destruction of three Roxxon oil freighters, a heinous criminal act which was actually perpetrated by the metamutant-hating madman known as Will Magnus. Given Aqua-Mariner's longtime personal war against surface dwellers who would harm his undersea habitat, the United States government automatically labeled him an "eco-terrorist" and sent in an army of troops to apprehend him without so much as an investigation. Canary and her fellow non-metamutant members of the JLA eventually captured Aqua-Mariner and imprisoned him without trial.
Outraged by the manner in which their fellow metamutant was imprisoned without trial, most of the metamutant members of the JLA, under the guidance of the mysterious New Gotham power broker known only as Mister X (J'onn J'onzz), freed Aqua-Mariner from JLA custody and set out to find the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary city of Homo Superior, under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. But Canary and her fellow non-metamutant members of the Judgement League Avengers were not about to give up Aqua-Mariner without a fight.
On the stormy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, Canary and the Judgement League Avengers engaged their former teammates, the band of renegade metamutants now known as the JLX, in an attempt to capture the metamutant Aqua-Mariner, who was wanted for torching Roxxon oil tankers. Sitting atop the shoulders of fellow JLA member Goliath, Canary boarded the JLX Wavecruiser, but was soon temporarily disabled by JLX member Wraith (Todd LeBeau)'s shadow powers while Goliath was preoccupied with JLX member Runaway (Anna Marie Reynolds). After Angelhawk (the JLA member who was secretly a metamutant in league with Mister X) feigned a broken back, Super-Soldier instructed the Judgement League avengers to retreat so that they could seek medical treatment for Angelhawk, vowing to bring Aqua-Mariner to justice another day.
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A canary was a bird known for its delicate physiology. The avian Quor'sav species had a similarly frail constitution.[1]
Popular term for one of the many electronic devices used to test whether recovered technology is infected by the Virus. The basis of the canary is a very high-speed computing system into which a virus egg can quickly expand and develop to the point where its activity can be detected. The presence of certain type of activity can easily be detected as the virus attempts to "reach out" of the canary to manipulate other objects. Some actually have a mechanical arm that waves a flag to show the developing virus is testing its parameters, "stretching it legs" as it were. It is not unknown for salvage crews to create pools to bet on "when it waves to us".
The canary is so named because many of the early versions actually "died" if they were exposed to the Virus, showing the tested equipment was indeed infected.
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