Lady Blackhawk

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.

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.

Zinda battled her former comrades a number of times as Killer Shark's accomplice before she was freed of the effects of the potion.

Zinda's companions include, but are not limited to, Arisia, who is a former Green Lantern, Buck Wargo, a millionaire adventurer and 'Tiger-Man', a half-tiger, half-man.

Zinda accepts the job with Black Canary's unofficial group on the grounds she is in full control of any flying duties.

Blake resigns from the Birds of Prey in the issue #107 rather than see Barbara Gordon forced to dismiss her under orders from the group's new leader, Spy Smasher.

Blake continues to wear her own version of the Blackhawks uniform in Birds of Prey, which consists of a blue tunic, military cap, frilled miniskirt and boots.

At her parents' urging, Natalie entered and won the "Miss Young Communist League" beauty contest in 1937.

The title sparked a short-lived modeling career and a role in the low-budget 1938 film Gun Molls in Trouble.

Due to the state of competition between the Soviets and the West, it is possible that her adopted country may have provided exaggerated accounts of Reed's skills as a pilot and expertise in aircraft design.

Reed's connection with the Blackhawks came with her contribution to the design and production of the team's modified Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket planes.

Hendricksen was lost in a helicopter explosion in the spring of 1948 shortly after discovering he was the father of Natalie's child, Jimmy (born in 1945 (Blackhawk Annual #1)).

Jimmy joined the Blackhawk Squadron as a young adult, serving first with the ground crew (circa 1963), and eventually as a pilot.

An alternate timeline variant of Zinda Blake appears in Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance as a member of Team-7 who is later killed.

[7] A team of Lady Blackhawks appear in Multiversity: Society of Super-Heroes #1, consisting of Lena, Killah, Pixie, Red, Monkey, and Princess.

Zinda Blake debuts as Lady Blackhawk in Blackhawk #133.
Cover artwork for Birds of Prey #82, by Joe Bennett. Zinda is pictured with Black Canary (center), Barbara Gordon (right), and Wildcat (left).
Natalie Reed on the cover of Blackhawk #1 (1988).