Laurel Lance (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

For other uses of Black Canary, see Canary (Disambiguation).

Laurel Lance
Biographical Information
Status	Deceased
Home Universe	Earth-1
Physical Information
Species	Human
Associations
Occupation	Vigilante Assistant District Attorney for Star City (formerly) Legal Aid Attorney for CNRI Law Student (formerly)
Affiliation	Team Arrow (formerly) Star City (formerly) CNRI (formerly)
Relatives	Unnamed (paternal grandfather; deceased) Quentin Lance (father; deceased) Dinah Lance (mother; deceased) Sara Lance (sister)
Appearances
Portrayed by	Katie Cassidy
First Appearance	Pilot (Arrow)
Last Appearance	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four (in the Speed Force)

“	Laurel Lance, always trying to save the world.	”
— Tommy Merlyn to Laurel Lance[src]

Assistant District Attorney Laurel Lance (November 15, 1985 – April 6, 2016) was the vigilante known as the Black Canary.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• High-level Intellect:
• Hand-to-Hand Combat:
  • Stick Fighting:
• High Pain Tolerance:

Equipment

Former Equipment

• Black Canary Suit
  • Blonde Wig
• Canary Cry
• Bo-staff
• Tonfa
• Black Canary's Motorcycle
• Sonic Device
• Bow (briefly)

Appearances

Appearances
	Pilot (Arrow)	Appears
	Honor Thy Father	Appears
	Lone Gunmen	Appears
	An Innocent Man	Appears
	Damaged	Appears
	Legacies	Appears
	Muse of Fire	Appears
	Vendetta	Appears
	Year's End	Appears
	Burned	Appears
	Trust but Verify	Appears
	Vertigo	Appears
	Betrayal (Arrow)	Appears
	The Odyssey	Flashback
	Dodger	Appears
	Dead to Rights	Appears
	The Huntress Returns	Appears
	Salvation (Arrow)	Appears
	Unfinished Business	Appears
	Home Invasion	Appears
	The Undertaking	Appears
	Darkness on the Edge of Town (Arrow)	Appears
	Sacrifice (Arrow)	Appears
	City of Heroes	Appears
	Identity (Arrow)	Appears
	Broken Dolls	Appears
	Crucible	Appears
	League of Assassins	Appears
	Keep Your Enemies Closer	Mentioned
	State v. Queen	Appears
	The Scientist	Mentioned
	Three Ghosts	Appears
	Blast Radius	Appears
	Blind Spot	Appears
	Tremors (Arrow)	Appears
	Heir to the Demon	Appears
	Time of Death	Appears
	Suicide Squad (Arrow)	Appears
	Birds of Prey (Arrow)	Appears
	Deathstroke (Arrow)	Appears
	The Man Under the Hood	Appears
	Seeing Red (Arrow)	Appears
	City of Blood	Appears
	Streets of Fire	Appears
	Unthinkable	Appears
	The Calm	Appears
	Sara	Appears
	Corto Maltese	Appears
	The Magician	Appears
	The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak	Appears
	Guilty	Appears
	The Brave and the Bold	Appears
	The Climb	Appears
	Left Behind (Arrow)	Appears
	Midnight City	Appears
	Uprising	Appears
	Canaries	Appears
	The Return	Appears
	Nanda Parbat	Appears
	The Offer	Appears
	Suicidal Tendencies	Appears
	Public Enemy	Appears
	All-Star Team Up	Mentioned
	Broken Arrow (Arrow)	Appears
	Who Is Harrison Wells?	Appears
	The Fallen	Appears
	Al Sah-him	Appears
	This Is Your Sword	Appears
	My Name Is Oliver Queen	Appears
	Green Arrow	Appears
	The Candidate	Appears
	Restoration	Appears
	Beyond Redemption	Appears
	Haunted (Arrow)	Appears
	Lost Souls (Arrow)	Appears
	Brotherhood	Appears
	Legends of Today	Mentioned
	Legends of Yesterday	Appears
	Dark Waters	Appears
	Blood Debts	Appears
	Pilot, Part 1	Appears
	A.W.O.L.	Appears
	Unchained	Appears
	Sins of the Father (Arrow)	Appears
	Code of Silence	Appears
	Taken	Appears
	Star City 2046	Mentioned
	Marooned	Mentioned
	Broken Hearts	Appears
	Worlds Finest	Mentioned
	Beacon of Hope	Appears
	Eleven-Fifty-Nine	Appears
	<span style='color:Flashback Corpse;' title="Canary Cry">Canary Cry	Flashback Corpse
	Genesis	Flashback
	River of Time	Mentioned
	Monument Point	Mentioned
	Invincible	Mentioned
	Lost in the Flood	Mentioned
	Legendary	Mentioned
	Schism	Mentioned
	Legacy (Arrow)	Flashback
	The Recruits	Mentioned
	Out of Time (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)	Mentioned
	Penance	Mentioned
	Human Target	Mentioned
	Episode 4 (Vixen Season 2)	Appears
	So It Begins	Mentioned
	Episode 5 (Vixen Season 2)	Appears
	Compromised	Mentioned
	Vigilante	Mentioned
	Episode 6 (Vixen Season 2)	Appears
	Invasion! (The Flash)	Mentioned
	Invasion! (Arrow)	Dream
	The Chicago Way	Mentioned
	Who Are You? (Arrow)	Vision
	Second Chances	Mentioned
	Bratva	Mentioned
	Spectre of the Gun	Mentioned
	The Sin-Eater	Mentioned
	Fighting Fire with Fire	Mentioned
	Checkmate (Arrow)	Mentioned
	Fellowship of the Spear	Mentioned
	Kapiushon	Mentioned
	Doomworld	Mentioned
	Disbanded	Mentioned
	Aruba	Vision
	Dangerous Liaisons (Arrow)	Pictured
	Missing	Flashback
	Lian Yu	Mentioned
	Fallout (Arrow)	Mentioned
	Mixed Signals	Mentioned
	Freakshow	Photograph
	Next of Kin	Pictured
	Reversal	Pictured
	Return of the Mack	Mentioned
	Thanksgiving	Mentioned
	Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1	Mentioned
	Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2	Mentioned
	Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3	Mentioned
	Irreconcilable Differences	Mentioned
	Divided	Pictured
	All for Nothing	Video Footage
	The Devil's Greatest Trick	Pictured
	Here I Go Again	Mentioned
	The Curse of the Earth Totem	Mentioned
	Collision Course	Mentioned
	Doppelganger	Mentioned
	Necromancing the Stone	Mentioned
	The Thanatos Guild	Mentioned
	Guest Starring John Noble	Mentioned
	Brothers in Arms	Mentioned
	Fundamentals	Vision
	Fury Rogue	Mentioned
	Shifting Allegiances	Mentioned
	Docket No. 11-19-41-73	Mentioned
	Life Sentence	Mentioned
	Level Two	Mentioned
	Due Process	Mentioned
	Elseworlds, Part 2	Mentioned
	Past Sins	Mentioned
	Emerald Archer	Video Footage
	Inheritance	Indirectly Mentioned
	Lost Canary	Mentioned
	You Have Saved This City	Mentioned
	Starling City	Mentioned
	Welcome to Hong Kong	Vision
	Reset	Mentioned
	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two	Mentioned
	Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four	In the Speed Force

Notes

• She has been killed in four separate timelines.

Gallery

• Civilian

  Civilian

• Black Canary

  Black Canary

• Statue for the Black Canary

  Statue for the Black Canary

References

Other versions of Laurel Lance
New Multiverse Earth: 1 Original Multiverse Earth: 2