Proudly hosted on the DC Comics and The CW streaming service, “Stargirl” is a popular television series created by legendary DC mega-boss Geoff Johns, who also coined the comic book version of the character in the late 1990s. Based on her sister who died tragically on TWA Flight 800 in 1996, the character of Stargirl is relentlessly optimistic, caring, and born to be a hero, though she can be somewhat reckless at times. She is a powerful athlete in her own right, but once equipped with the Cosmic Staff and Belt, she has access to powers that include flight and energy manipulation and projection.
Johns is an instantly recognizable writer, director and producer who has played a pivotal role for DC Comics over the past few decades, having been responsible for several comic book properties gaining popularity, such as “Green Lantern”, while also helping with production. recent DCs. Comic book movies like “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Suicide Squad”, “Birds of Prey”, “Wonder Woman”, “Aquaman” and “Justice League”. Not only has he worked on DC movies, but their shows as well, having co-developed ‘The Flash’, ‘Titans’, ‘Doom Patrol’ and of course ‘Stargirl’. Speaking of this latest series, astute “Stargirl” fans may have noticed a shift in tone between Season 1 and Season 2, but there’s a method to the madness, according to Johns.
Geoff Johns was inspired by the horror films of his childhood
Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) first appeared in “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” which was an Arrowverse-centric crossover inspired by the DC Comics event of the same name. The 1st season saw a similar format to other DC Comics properties, but the 2nd season chose to focus on summer vacation instead, with each episode considered part of the “Summer School” arc with members of the newly formed “Justice Society of America”. trying to figure out their place in the world and on the team, while the threat of Eclipso (Nick Tarabay) looms large.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Geoff Johns said he wanted to establish the tonal shift from the start of Season 2. “That first scene was intentionally over the top and mysterious and both specific and vague at the same time because I wanted everyone to know that there is a change in tone this season,” he said. “This season we’re looking more at things that inspired me as a kid like ‘[The] Lost Boys’ or ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ or ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’, which is a movie nobody knows about, but I loved it as a kid because it was kind of scary.”
Blending the cosmic and divine origin of the character of Eclipso and others with horror elements paid off in earning “Stargirl” Season 2 an impressive 100% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes and further boosting the popularity of series.
