Sin is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC
Comics. She first appeared in Birds of Prey #92, and was created by Gail
Simone. Fictional character biography
Sin was introduced when Black Canary made a deal with Lady Shiva. They would
switch lives for a year, in which Dinah would train as Lady Shiva had done,
while Shiva herself took her position with Oracle and the Birds of Prey.
During Dinah's training, she arrived at a village in Asia, which was ruled by a
martial arts master known simply as Mother. Dinah was allowed to be trained
by the cruel matriarch, though it often came as horrible mental and physical
abuse. While there, Dinah met a little girl
dubbed Sin. Sin was being groomed to become the next Lady Shiva, following
the death of the current one. Sin and Dinah developed an immediate bond that
bordered on sister and mother/daughter. When Dinah grew tired of Mother and her
training, she decided to leave, and take Sin with her. Mother attempted to stop
her, but was no match for Black Canary. Returning to Metropolis with Sin, Dinah
introduced Sin to her friends in the Birds of Prey, who all took a shine to
the girl. They began to teach her the wonders of the western world and educate
her in English and name-calling. Over time Dinah began to question her life as
member of the Birds of Prey, now that she had a child to care for. After
several missions, she decided to leave the team so as to raise Sin full-time.
This would prove difficult after Dinah rejoined the Justice League.
In the Black Canary miniseries, the League of Assassins attempts to kidnap
Sin, seeing the martial arts prodigy as a messiah that could unite their
splintered and then-leaderless group. In an attempt to save Sin from the League,
Green Arrow fakes the child's death. Though the decision pains him, he
conceals the truth from Dinah so that her grief will be real and convincing to
their enemies. Dinah later learns of her foster daughter's survival.
Sin lives in a secluded monastery, to keep her safe from the League of
Assassins and others who would exploit her intuitive gift for the martial arts.
Black Canary makes occasional trips to visit her, still playing the role of
mother part-time. In other media
= Arrow = Sin appears in season 2 of Arrow
portrayed by Bex Taylor-Klaus. In this reinterpretation of the character, she
is a streetwise teenager from the Glades, a slum in Starling City, who is
a confidante and sidekick of Sara Lance, the Canary. This version of the
character is named Cindy, but is referred to as Sin for short. Sara
apparently saved her from some men attacking her and that is how the two
became friends. After Arrow asks Roy Harper to find the Canary, Roy uses a
contact to lead him to Sin. After a chase Roy eventually finds the Canary,
but is captured by her and Sin, whom they thought was sent by the League of
Assassins but is later released after the Canary discovers that Roy is
connected to the Queen family, and thus the vigilante realizes that Roy was sent
by the Arrow. Sin is later shot at a Cash for Guns event by the Mayor in
"Crucible" and Roy comes to her aid. The two remain friends and she comes to him
for help in finding a friend who, it turns out, was murdered by Brother Blood
in "The Scientist". She later appears in "Blind Spot" and is the first person
outside of Team Arrow to know Roy's new superstrength. She agrees to help him
use it to protect the city and baits the "Starling Slasher" so that Roy can take
him down. In the process Roy nearly kills him and when she tries to
intervene he pushes her down. He immediately snaps out of it and at the
hospital she comments on how they nearly killed him and how Roy lost control. In
"Time of Death" she reunites with Sara after she returns and considers Sara to
be her big sister. Sara has a flashback to the island and recalls when she,
Oliver, and Slade Wilson witnessed a plane being shot down by Dr. Ivo. As the
guys rush to get medical supplies, Sara stays with the pilot and he reveals
himself to be Sin's father, and he asks Sara to watch over her, though the
daughter being Sin isn't revealed until the present when Sara is looking at the
picture that Sin's father gave her. Sara didn't reveal to Sin of the past
connection with her father and his death, leaving her to believe that her
father abandoned her. Sin returns in the episode "Uprising" where she, Black
Canary, Arsenal, Wildcat and John Diggle face off against Danny Brickwell and his
men. References