Larry Lance

Larry Lance
Lance with Black Canary. Art by Carmine Infantino.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Flash Comics # 92 (February 1948)
Created by	Robert Kanigher Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Alter ego	Lawrence Lance Kurt Lance (New 52)
Team affiliations	(Larry) Gotham PD (Kurt) Team 7
Notable aliases	(Larry) Detective Lance (Kurt) Agent Lance

Larry Lance is a DC Comics character, associated with the superheroine Black Canary, a detective who was father to Black Canary. His first appearance was in Flash Comics #92 (February 1948), created by Carmine Infantino and Robert Kanigher. When the Black Canary was reimagined in the mid-1980s as two characters—a mother and daughter—Larry became the husband to the elder Black Canary and father to the younger superheroine. Paul Blackthorne portrays a version of the character, named Quentin Larry Lance, in the television series Arrow.

Following DC's The New 52 reboot in 2011, Larry Lance was re-established as Kurt Lance, the husband of Dinah Drake formerly affiliated with Team 7.

Larry Lance's original appearances pertained to being a civilian love interest for Dinah Drake (Black Canary's alter ego), a male "damsel in distress", and occasionally as a crime fighting partner and capable detective to Black Canary; a dynamic of equality similar to the relationships between Steve Trevor and Wonder Woman or Mera and Aquaman. Larry and Dinah later married and had a daughter.

In Justice League of America #73 (August 1969), Larry plays a larger role as he tends to Starman after the hero is wounded in a battle with a cosmic powered villain called Aquarius. After a universe spanning battle in Justice League of America #74 Larry sacrifices himself to save his wife from a blast of cosmic energy directed at her by Aquarius. After his funeral Black Canary decides to migrate from Earth-Two to Earth-One with the former universe reminding her too much of her lost husband.