White Canary
| Twelve Brothers in Silk | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Birds of Prey (vol. 1) #81 (June 2005) |
| Created by |
Joe Bennett Gail Simone |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Rabbit, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig |
| White Canary | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Birds of Prey (vol. 1) #83 (June 2005) |
| Created by |
Gail Simone Ed Benes |
| In-story information | |
| Abilities | Expert martial artist and weapons master. |
The Twelve Brothers in Silk, also known as The Silk Brothers, is a group of fictional comic book villains, a family of killers that have fought the Birds of Prey in the DC Comics Universe. They were created by artist Joe Bennett and writer Gail Simone.
Black Canary, from Birds of Prey #81, by Gail Simone
The Twelve Brothers, 12 martial artists named after the signs of the Chinese Zodiac, first appeared in the employ of Mister Tan, a Singaporean drug lord. Posing as American mobsters, Wildcat and Black Canary attempted to fool Mister Tan into selling them all of his drugs, which would ultimately cripple his operations while simultaneously depriving the real American mafia of one of their main drug suppliers.
Led by Huang Chao Ran, the brother known as Rabbit, the Twelve Brothers monitored Black Canary and Wildcat during these dealings, attempting to determine if they were legitimate. Their attempts to force Canary and Wildcat to reveal their true identities failed, and culminated in a spar between Rabbit and Black Canary that was interrupted by a furious Mister Tan.
Mister Tan realized that he had been set up after agreeing to the terms Canary stipulated, and in an attempt to avoid being ruined, he arranged for a real mob group to buy his drug shipment. The Twelve Brothers accompanied the shipment to protect it, and met Canary and a group of fighters in America. The two groups agreed to a duel.
Canary's team consisted of Wildcat, Richard Dragon, Green Arrow II (Connor Hawke), Savant, Creote, Huntress, and herself. Before the fight could end in one side's clear defeat, however, Canary signaled her teammate Lady Blackhawk to attack the drug shipment, destroying it. Canary then gave Rabbit an ultimatum: with the shipment destroyed he had already failed in his mission. The only way the brothers could be sure to walk away with their record of never losing intact was to call a draw. Rabbit agreed, and the groups parted ways.
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