Larry Lance

Larry Lance
Interior artwork from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #36 (March, 1995 DC Comics). Art by Barry Kitson.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceFlash Comics #92
(February 1948)
Created byRobert Kanigher
Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Alter ego
  • Lawrence Lance
  • Kurt Lance (New 52)
  • Quentin Lance (Arrowverse)
Team affiliations(Larry)
Star City PD
(Kurt)
Central Intelligence Agency
Notable aliases(Larry)
Detective Lance
(Kurt)
Agent Lance

Larry Lance is a DC Comics character, a detective associated with the various incarnations of the superheroine 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.

Following DC's The New 52 reboot in 2011, Larry Lance was re-established as Kurt Lance, and is now the husband of the Dinah Drake version of Black Canary, having met when they worked together as members of Team 7.

A version of Larry Lance renamed Quentin Lance appeared as a main character in the first six seasons of The CW show Arrow and a recurring character on the other Arrowverse shows, played by Paul Blackthorne.