DC Universe’sStargirlcontinues to fill out its founding members of the Justice Society of America; right on the heels ofJoel McHalejoining the series as Starman andLou Ferrigno Jr.coming aboard as Hourman,EWreports thatTheHaunting of Hill HousestarHenry Thomashas been cast in a recurring guest-star role as Dr. Charles McNider, a.k.a. the owlish Doctor Mid-Nite, a.ka. one of DC Comics' foremost practitioners of the “my superhero name sounds like my real name” power move.
The character, an OG superhero from DC’s Golden Age, first appeared in All-American Comics #45 in 1941. A brilliant surgeon, McNider was blinded—23 years before Daredevil, I might add—by a mobster’s bomb, but soon discovered that he could see perfectly in total darkness. Other people have taken up the mantle over the years, but the owl motif—plus an actual squadron of owl sidekicks, which is fantastic—have remained relatively the same.
Stargirlis executive-produced byGeoff Johns, who will also serve as showrunner and write the first episode.Brec Bassinger(The Goldbergs) will star as Courtney Whitmore—a character created by Johns in 1999 along with artistLee Moder—a teenager who discovers the Cosmic Staff, a powerful DC Comics artifact, and heads up a rag-tag crew of superhuman crimefighters.
Stargirlis expected to debut on the DC Comics streaming service in late 2019. Meanwhile, the network’sTitansjust aired a finale that saw Batman murder the hell out of a bunch of people, while the live-actionDoom Patrolseries and theSwamp Thingshow fromMark Verheiden(Ash vs. Evil Dead)andGary Dauberman(The Nun) are both set for mid-2019 premiere dates.
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