- For other uses of Black Canary, see Canary (Disambiguation).
| “ | Being a hero kind of sucks. And it never gets any easier because it's the hardest thing that you can do. | ” |
Dinah Laurel Lance[4] is a reformed criminal from Earth-2 and was a lieutenant of the villainous speedster, Zoom. After being turned into a Metahuman, she began using the moniker Black Siren. Sent to Earth-1, Lance was part of Zoom's Metapocalypse and was sent to fight The Flash. She was ultimately defeated and incarcerated in the Pipeline until she was broken out by Adrian Chase half a year later. As soon as she was freed, she joined multiple criminal organizations including Prometheus', Cayden James', Ricardo Diaz's and even led her own crew of mercenaries. However, she was reformed after getting to know her Earth-1 doppelgänger's father and her ex-boyfriend's Earth-1 doppelgänger. Soon after Oliver Queen's imprisonment, Lance became the district attorney of Star City while impersonating her Earth-1 doppelgänger. After briefly being a criminal, she chose to stand by her friends and took up the mantle of Black Canary, which she maintained after returning to Earth-2.
In the New Multiverse, Lance was recreated identically to her original self. However, her Earth-1 doppelgänger was not brought back which made her feel guilty until Quentin told her that it is not her fault that Earth-1 Lance was not brought back as her presence is not needed to change. Like in the Original Multiverse, vuses the moniker Black Canary and kept herself as a vigilante. After Queen's funeral, she time travelled to 2040 and formed the Canaries with Dinah Drake, who was mysteriously sent to 2040 with her history erased, and Mia Queen, who was given her Pre-Crisis counterpart's memories. Together, they defeated Trevor and stayed in that time as the vigilantes of Star City 2040.
Biography[edit source]
Original Multiverse[edit source]
Early Life[edit source]
Becoming Black Siren[edit source]
Attacking Eath-1[edit source]
Working with Prometheus[edit source]
Working with the Dragon[edit source]
Betrayal[edit source]
Redemption[edit source]
Becoming Black Canary[edit source]
Crisis on Infinite Earths[edit source]
Original Death[edit source]
Erased Future[edit source]
New Multiverse[edit source]
Oliver Queen's Funeral[edit source]
| “ | You're all of the people who Oliver would have wanted his sacrifice to bring back, and Laurel, she... she would have been on that list, too, if it wasn't for me. Oliver's death, it fixed everything else. Why didn't it fix this, too? Because, sweetheart, there is nothing about you that needed to be fixed. |
” |
— Laurel Lance and Quentin Lance[src]
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Star City 2040[edit source]
Possible Future[edit source]
Magog[edit source]
Powers and Abilities[edit source]
Powers[edit source]
- Superhuman Sonic Scream: After being exposed to Dark Matter during the particle accelerator explosion, Lance's physiology was altered such that she possesses the ability to emit high decibel sound waves from her vocal cords. Lance's sonic scream can reach up to 250 decibels, with it capable of both causing internal hemorrhaging in human bodies and completely demolishing concrete buildings.[1][4]
- Sound Immunity: With high decibels emitting from her vocal cords, Lance also possesses the ability of being immune to her own screams, protecting herself each time she accesses her abilities.[1]
Abilities[edit source]
- Culinary: Lance was considered a good chef by Quentin Lance.[5]
- High-level Intellect: Lance is shown to be an observant individual and possesses a high intellect, with her easily determining that Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow were merely impersonators of their doppelgängers.[1]
- Legal Knowledge: Replacing her Earth-1 doppelgänger's role as a lawyer, Lance was able to become familiar with legal terms and related affairs in the span of a few months using Lance-1's old law textbooks.[6] Lance eventually became the District Attorney of Star City, even considered one of the best in years.[7][8]
- Trilingualism: Lance is fluent in English, Madarin and Cantonese.[9]
- Marksmanship: With her past as a criminal, Lance was proficient in handling sidearms.[10]
- Peak Human Physical Condition: As a skilled criminal and an enforcer of Zoom's army, Lance was trained to be in top physical condition, allowing her to combat her opponents with ease and even overpower them without relying on her powers.[1]
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: Lance is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, making her a tenacious opponent to many.[1][11]
- Knife-Fighting: Lance combated Sara Lance, a skilled fighter, with a pair of daggers.[2]
- Stick-Fighting: As the Black Canary, Lance utilized a series of tonfas as her close combat weapon.[12]
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: Lance is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, making her a tenacious opponent to many.[1][11]
Weaknesses[edit source]
- Vocal Cords: As the source of her abilities, Lance cannot emit any supersonic scream when her vocal cords are gripped tightly or injured.
- Power Dampeners: Like other metahumans, Lance's superhuman abilities are nullified when exposed to power dampeners.
Equipment[edit source]
Original Multiverse[edit source]
Former Equipment[edit source]
- Black Siren Suit: As Black Siren, Lance wore a black and silver protective suit.[1]
- Black Canary Suit (Earth-1): After redeeming herself, Lance was gifted her Earth-1 doppelgänger's black protective suit, which she wore and operated as the Black Canary.[2][12]
- Tonfas: As the Black Canary, Lance utilized a series of tonfas as her close combat weapon.[12]
- Black Canary Suit (Earth-2): Upon returning to Earth-2 after fighting the Ninth Circle, Lance replaced her Earth-1 doppelgänger's suit with another with different design. Donning a black and yellow color scheme, Lance operated as the Black Canary of Starling City.[13]
New Multiverse[edit source]
Current Equipment[edit source]
- Black Canary Suit: As the Black Canary, Lance wears a black and yellow protective suit.[14]
- Tonfas: As the Black Canary, Lance utilized a series of tonfas as her close combat weapon.[14]
- Martian Memory Restorer: Lance acquired the Martian Memory Restorer from Cisco Ramon, who replicated J'onn J'onzz's Green Martian ability to restore Pre-Crisis memories.<ref name="Green Arrow & The Canaries">
- Guns: Lance wielded a series of firearms as Black Canary.<ref name="Green Arrow & The Canaries">
Appearances[edit source]
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Notes[edit source]
- Lance is one of the refugees after the Crisis destroyed the Original Multiverse.
Gallery[edit source]
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 003.png
Civilian (Pre-Crisis)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 004.png
Black Siren
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 005.png
Black Canary (Earth-1)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 006.png
Black Canary (Earth-2)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 007.png
Black Canary (2040)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 001.png
Civilian (Post-Crisis)
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Original Multiverse) 002.png
Black Canary (Post-Crisis)
References[edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Invincible
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lost Canary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fallout
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Reversal
- ↑ The Thanatos Guild
- ↑ Brothers in Arms
- ↑ Inmate 4587
- ↑ Past Sins
- ↑ Collision Course
- ↑ Docket No. 11-19-41-73
- ↑ Life Sentence
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 You Have Saved This City
- ↑ Starling City
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Green Arrow & The Canaries
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