- For the Black Canary suit worn by Dinah Drake, see Black Canary suits (Dinah Drake).
- For the Black Canary suit worn by Laurel Lance (Earth-2), see Black Canary suit (Earth-2).
- "It's Laurel's Black Canary suit."
- "Yeah. Yeah. I thought you could use it here, but, you know, maybe Earth-2 needs a Black Canary."
- —Laurel Lance (Earth-2) and Felicity Smoak
The Black Canary suit is a suit designed to be utilized originally by Laurel Lance as Black Canary. After Laurel was attacked by Damien Darhk, Team Arrow kept her suit in the Arrowcave as a memento of their comrade. Three years later, the suit was passed to Earth-2 Laurel Lance by Felicity Smoak.
Overview[]
First suit[]
Laurel Lance's suit includes a jacket that is zipped up to her neck with long sleeves covering her entire arms. A turtleneck bodysuit, pants, a garter-like belt, leg holsters, thigh-high boots, and fingerless gloves are included, all made of leather. Laurel also wears a black mask and a bleach-blonde wig to hide her identity.
The suit seems to be a modified version of the Canary suit worn by Sara Lance, displaying a more rough, street-edge look. The pattern close to the shoulders on Laurel's jacket is almost identical to that on Sara's jacket.
Upgrades[]
The suit was equipped with a Canary Cry device on a collar made by Cisco Ramon that specifically grants Laurel a sonic scream. Laurel also stopped wearing a wig.
Second suit[]
History[]
After the death of her sister Sara, Laurel began fighting against crime as the vigilante known as Black Canary. Using the jacket given to her by Sara, Laurel also included a leather turtleneck bodysuit, pants, garter-like belt, leg holsters, thigh high boots, fingerless gloves, and a bleached blonde wig. Laurel also used tactical tonfas and the sonic device used by Sara, which she later had upgraded.
Laurel met Cisco Ramon when the latter was visiting Star City. Laurel approached Cisco and asked if he could modify the sonic device into something different. Cisco then use it to craft a choker-like version of it to be worn around the collar, and called it the "Canary Cry".
Laurel was seen wearing the suit, but without the blonde wig. She continued to wear the suit while operating as Black Canary until her death.
After Laurel's attack, the suit was kept in the Arrowcave by Team Arrow in a glass display case as a memento of their comrade.
Three years after Laurel's attack, Felicity Smoak passed the suit to Earth-2 Laurel after the later had successfully redeemed herself. Laurel then took it to Earth-2 and took up the mantle of Black Canary.
Sometime after helping Team Arrow defeat Emiko Adachi and the Ninth Circle, Laurel got a new, updated Black Canary suit through unknown means. She was first seen wearing the new suit on Earth-2.
The new suit consists of a black leather jacket and pants with yellow detailing, fishnet material on the jacket and pants, a black mask similar to the one worn on Dinah Drake's Black Canary suit. Laurel also continues to use the tactical tonfa as her weapon in the field.
Erased future[]
In an erased future, in 2411, Earth-2 Laurel, as an ally of the Canaries, used the suit while saving Mia Smoak.
Capabilities[]
Functions[]
- Identity concealment: Earth-1 Laurel Lance, and later Earth-2 Laurel Lance, used a black mask to conceal her identity when fighting crime.
- Kevlar: The suit is lined with kevlar to prevent gunshot wounds to the user.
Former functions[]
- Sonic scream: After Cisco Ramon designed the Canary Cry, Laurel could scream via the use of a collar. However, the device was not adopted by her Earth-2 doppelgänger due to the latter's meta-human powers.
Known users[]
- Laurel Lance (Earth-1)/Black Canary
- Laurel Lance (Earth-51)/The Canary
Former users[]
- Laurel Lance (Earth-2)/Black Canary (formerly)
- Laurel Lance (alternate)/Black Canary (formerly)
Appearances[]
Arrow[]
Season 3[]
- "Left Behind"
- "Midnight City"
- "Uprising"
- "Canaries"
- "Nanda Parbat"
- "The Offer"
- "Public Enemy"
- "Al Sah-him"
- "This Is Your Sword"
- "My Name Is Oliver Queen"
Season 4[]
- "Green Arrow"
- "The Candidate"
- "Beyond Redemption"
- "Haunted"
- "Lost Souls"
- "Brotherhood"
- "Dark Waters"
- "Blood Debts"
- "A.W.O.L."
- "Unchained"
- "Code of Silence"
- "Taken"
- "Beacon of Hope"
- "Eleven-Fifty-Nine"
- "Canary Cry"
Season 5[]
- "Legacy"
- "The Recruits"
- "A Matter of Trust'
- "Penance"
- "Human Target"
- "So It Begins"
- "Vigilante"
- "What We Leave Behind"
- "Who Are You?"
- "Bratva"
- "Spectre of the Gun"
- "The Sin-Eater"
- "Fighting Fire With Fire'
- "Kapiushon"
- "Dangerous Liaisons"
- "Honor Thy Fathers"
- "Missing"
Season 6[]
- "Fallout"
- "We Fall"
- "All for Nothing" (video)
Season 7[]
- "Emerald Archer" (video footage)
- "Lost Canary"
- "You Have Saved This City"
Season 8[]
- "Welcome to Hong Kong"
DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 5[]
- "Meet the Legends" (drawing)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Laurel's Black Canary suit in the Arrowverse is a more modernized version of the suit worn by Dinah Laurel Lance in the original DC comics.
- Malcolm Merlyn humorously referred to Laurel's suit as a "bondage outfit".
- Initially, the suit was believed to have been destroyed by Earth-2 Laurel Lance during her attack in "Fallout", but is revealed in "We Fall" to still be intact.
- Team Arrow keeping Earth-1 Laurel's Black Canary suit in a glass display case in the Arrowcave as a memorial may be a reference to the usage of Jason Todd's Robin suit in the Batcave.
Behind the scenes[]
- After Laurel died in season 4, Katie Cassidy got to keep the Black Canary jacket and mask.
Other versions of Black Canary suit |
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New multiverse |
Earth: Prime • 2 |
Original multiverse |
Earth: • 203 • 1 • 2 • Dinah Drake |