Changes: Black Canary suit (Laurel Lance)

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For the Black Canary suit worn by Dinah Drake, see Black Canary suit (Dinah Drake).

The Black Canary suits are a set of suits designed to be utilized originally by Laurel Lance as Black Canary. After Laurel was killed by Damien Darhk, Team Arrow kept her suit in the Arrowcave as a memento of their fallen comrade. Three years later, the suit was given 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

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 in "Starling City".

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.

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 death, the suit was kept in the Arrowcave by Team Arrow in a glass display case as a memorial of their fallen friend.

Three years after Laurel's death, 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.

Possible future

In a possible future in 2040, Earth-2 Laurel, as an ally of the Canaries, used the suit while saving Mia Smoak.^[1]

Capabilities

Functions

Identity concealment: Earth-1 Laurel Lance and later Earth-2 Laurel Lance, used a black mask to conceal her identity; to keep her friends and families safe from harm.
Kevlar: The suit is lined with kevlar to prevent gunshots 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; since Earth-2 Laurel possesses the meta-human power of a superior and natural sonic scream, the Canary Cry was rendered unnecessary for the suit.

Known users

Laurel Lance/Black Canary (deceased)
Laurel Lance/Black Siren/Black Canary

Appearances

Arrow

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

"Fallout"
"We Fall"
"All for Nothing" (video footage)

Season 7

Season 8

"Starling City"

Gallery

Concept art

Season 3

Season 8

Promotional images

Season 3

Season 8

Trivia

Laurel's Black Canary suit in the shared multiverse is a more modernized version of the suit worn by Dinah Laurel Lance from the DC comics.
Malcolm Merlyn humorously referred to Laurel's suit as a "bondage outfit".^[2]
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.
Earth-2 Laurel's Black Canary suit seems to be inspired from Smallville's version of Black Canary with the jacket design and short haircut. Meanwhile, the yellow details on the jacket and pants seem to be a reference to the New 52 Black Canary.

References

↑ "Lost Canary"
↑ "Dark Waters"

[1] "Lost Canary"

[2] "Dark Waters"

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 Three years after Laurel's death, [[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 Lance (Earth-2)|Laurel]] got a new, updated Black Canary suit through unknown means. She was first seen wearing the new suit in "[[Starling City]]".
+Sometime after helping Team Arrow defeat Emiko Adachi and the Ninth Circle, [[Laurel Lance (Earth-2)|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.