Originally premiering on the now-defunct DC Universe App,Stargirlfocused on the story of high school student Courtney Whitmore, who discovers the mysterious cosmic staff wielded by the hero Starman. When she finds out her step-father Pat Dugan was Starman’s superhero sidekick and a member of the Justice Society of America, Courtney begins recruiting a new generation of heroes to become a new team while battling a mysterious evil threat in the town of Blue Valley.
Season one was popular with audiences and critics for its blend of teenage melodrama that worked for series likeBuffy the Vampire SlayerandSmallville,while also blending a love for the classic Golden Age superheroes of DC Comics history which are often forgotten about. The series was renewed for a second season where it made its permanent home at the CW, and is set to premiere season three on the network sometime this year, although the fate of the series beyond that is currently unknown in the wake of not just Warner Bros. Discovery’s cancellation of many DC series but also the recent acquisition of The CW by Nexstar.
Stargirlhas given a spotlight to a number ofclassic DC heroes, with season one introducing the new younger incarnations of Wildcat, Doctor Midnight, and Hourman in addition to the golden age hero Shining Knight. Season two introduced audiences to Jade, the daughter of the original Green Lantern, Jakeem the Thunderbolt, and the addition of Jay Garrick’s Flash, played once again by the Arrowverse John Wesley Shipp. Season three is sure to introduce even more heroes, so these are the characters we want to see joinStargirlin season three and beyond.
Created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway in 1983, Obsidian’s real name is Todd Rice and is the brother of the superhero Jade and the son of the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott. InStargirlseason two, Jade (Ysa Penarejo) is looking for Todd to discover he was taken by Helix Institute for Youth Rehabilitation. Obsidian’s powers are a sharp contrast to his sister, as he has the ability to merge his body with shadows and manipulate them. Todd is also one of DC’s mostopenly gay superheroesand fits in very much with the diverse forward-thinking rosters of the Justice Society featured inStargirl.
The reason Obsidian is so low on the list is the fact that it is all but confirmed that the character will appear. Tim Gabriel has already been cast for the series, and the dynamic between brother and sister will likely be a major part of season three of the series.
A classic character from DC Comics, Sandman was a founding member of the original Justice Society of America in the comics. Sandman, real name Wesley Dodd, was created by Gardner Fox and Bert Christman in 1939 and is very much inspired by theearly pulp heroespopular at the time. He adopts a sidekick named Sandy, who eventually takes up the mantle of Sandman. Both versions of the character would fit into theStargirluniverse as a potential, older and established hero and one that fits a more classical pulp aesthetic to the colorfully costumed crimefighters of the JSA.
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While the Sandman name is typically associated with the Vertigo Comics version of the character named Dream. That more popular incarnation of Sandman is set to get his ownNetflix series premiering in August 2022. Yet there is still room for the original Sandman or his sidekick Sandy in the larger DC Multiverse, and the original version of the character deserves his time in the spotlight.
5Ma Hunkel
Ma Hunkel originated inAll-American Comics#3 in 1939, created by Sheldon Mayer, and one year later in 1940 adopted the superhero mantle of Red Tornado (although she has no association with the modern DC hero). Ma Hunkel broke much ground as she was one of the first superhero parodies, as well as one of the firstfemale superhero characters, and is the first cross-dressing heroine when she is disguised as a man. Her comics were typically more comedic in nature, but she was a supporting player during the original Justice Society of America Comics. In the modern era of the team, she is the grandmother of the character Cyclone (who will make the leap to the big screen in theJustice Society seen inBlack Adam) and acts as the caretaker for the Justice Society Headquarters.
Bringing Ma Hunkel intoStargirlas a member of the Justice Society helps diversify the age range of the team, which aside from Pat is all young heroes, but also fits into the series' core theme of great potential in a hero coming from any background. Ma Hunkel’s age should not hinder her from being a hero, and she could be a valuable member of the team, able to impart wisdom to everyone, and could even act as a surrogate parental figure to characters like Rick Tyler, Jade, and Obsidian who do not have strong home lives.
4Judomaster
While audiences met aversion of Judomaster onPeacemaker,Stargirlhas the chance to introduce another version of the character on its own Earth, specifically Sonia Sato. Sonia Sato was created by Gail Simone and Nicola Scott in the pages ofBirds of Preyin 2007 and is a martial arts expert on a quest for revenge against the person who killed her father.
The character of Sonia Sato has actually already appeared onStargirlin a cameo role played by Kristen Lee in the season two episode “Summer School: Chapter Ten,” laying the possible groundwork for the character to appear, similar to how Jakeem Williams was name-dropped in season one before appearing in season two. Another young person in Blue Valley who becomes a superhero is very much the modus operandi of the Justice Society of America, and having a character specializing in martial arts would serve as a nice way to shake up the action scenes in the series.
3Crimson Avenger
There have been a couple of different versions of the Crimson Avengers in the pages of DC Comics, and while it would make sense to introduce the original pulp hero incarnation who was a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory alongside Shining Knight,Stargirlshould instead introduce the Jill Carlye version. Created by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, Jill Carlye’s Crimson Avenger actually debuted in an issue of Stargirl’s original comicStars and S.T.R.I.P.E.#9.
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Much like how the Justice Society heroes onStargirlgained their monikers by adopting the items of the original heroes, Jill Carlyle obtained a pair of cursed Colt pistols owned by the first Crimson Avenger. It is even unknown if Jill Carlye is even her real name. The character opens up a lot of story possibilities forStargirl, as it gives them a more supernatural and darker-themed hero and creates a dramatic question of whether the character can mesh with more optimistic heroes of the Justice Society. Crimson Avenger in many ways could be the Wolverine of the group, the rogue who needs to find a way to work together in a team.
2Jesse Quick
Introduced inThe FlashTV series, Jesse Quick is the Arrowverse version of the comic character of the same name who also goes by the name Jesse Chambers. In the Arrowverse,Jesse Quick originated on Earth 2before it was destroyed in the lead-up to Crisis on Infinite Earths. Her fate was left unknown following the restoration of the Multiverse at the end of the event, but given that Stargirl now occupies the moniker of Earth 2, it would be interesting to see Jesse Quick integrated into the series as the survivor of a lost version of Earth 2.
Jesse Quick’s inclusion could introduceStargirland the other members of the Justice Society to the concept of the Multiverse, possibly setting up more crossovers with the Arrowverse. It provides this new Justice Society with their own speedster while also giving the character a new home and opportunity to use her in a way thatThe Flashseries never quite could. It feels wrong the character was just killed off-screen with no more mentions given to her, and onStargirl, the hero could find a new purpose.
1Vigilante
While audiences are likely now more familiar with the modern version of Vigilante thanks to his appearance on Arrow and most recentlyPeacemaker, the name actually originally belonged to another DC hero Greg Saunders who had a cowboy-themed aesthetic. Created by Mort Weisinger and Mort Meskin, Vigilante first appeared inAction Comics#42 in November 1941, which was the same comic Superman originated from and would go on to appear in every issue ofAction Comicsuntil 1954. Saunders is the son of a Wyoming sheriff, and while he originally dreamed of becoming a country music star he eventually becomes a costumed superhero after his father is killed.
Vigilante was so popular at the time that he was one of the first superheroes to get film serials based around him in 1947, a whole year before Superman.Stargirllaid the groundwork for the character to appear as the Seven Soldiers of Victory, a team Vigilante was a part of, was shown in the series, and the character Shining Knight was last seen going to look for his former teammates. Vigilante would be a welcome addition toStargirl,as the character fits in with the series' loving admiration for DC’s Golden Age superheroes. It gives Pat Dugan another character his own age to relate to and further flesh out his past. Vigilante could serve as both a mentor figure to the younger superheroes, and be a more lighthearted supporting player who enjoys being part of a team and wants to help out in whatever ways he can. It is time for Vigilante to be introduced to an entirely new generation of DC fans.
