After Sarah Lance , Dinah `` Laurel '' Lance becomes the true Black Canary .
The character was created specifically for television by Greg Berlanti , Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg , but incorporates character and plot elements of the Black Canary , a DC Comics superhero , meant to act as a stand in for the original Black Canary , Dinah Drake-Lance the second Black Canary 's mother , as a means to inspire her sister , Dinah `` Laurel '' Lance to become the true Black Canary .
Sara Lance