"Stargirl" is the latest DC Universe, live-action program, linked to the CW realm, no less. The 13-episode series has been promised for quite a spell, and with a big, bold zing, it will blaze first onto the streaming/subscription channel (May 18).
Using the Arrowverse/"Crisis of Infinite Earths" as springboards, Whitmore fortifies a new Justice Society of America, whose intrepid members include Starman's "robot jox" sidekick and Whitmore's stepdad, S.T.R.I.P.E., aka Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson); Wildcat, aka Yolonda Montez (Yvette Monreal); Hour Man, aka Rick Tyler (Cameron Gellman); and Doctor Mid-Nite, aka Beth Chapel (Angelika Washington). Joel McHale holds the recurring role of Starman, aka Sylvester Pemberton, while Lou Ferrigno Jr will guest-spot as the original Hour Man.
These virtuous vigilantes will fight members of the Injustice Society of America, which includes Tigress, aka Paula Brooks (Joy Osmanski); Sportsmaster, aka Lawrence Crock (Neil Hopkins); Icicle, aka Jordan Mahkent (Neil Jackson); Brainwave, aka Henry King, Sr (Christopher James Baker); and Dragon King, aka Doctor Ito (Nelson Lee).
Per the teaser, the show will be colorful in tone and hold Buffy-ish fringes. This might also make it DC's answer to Marvel's younger-based X-Men series. (It certainly won't hold the cynical sensibilities of "Titans", which let's face it, isn't all that teen-oriented, anyway.)
As long as it doesn't get too bogged down in adolescent woe, "Stargirl" should hold its own, giving CW further expansion and the DC Universe even more clout and subscribers.
