SMALLVILLE Selects Hawkgirl and Deadshot Actors

Smallville is continuing to do what we want the most - more DCU characters. If he ain't gonna fly or wear the suit (which is going to change - please make it so) you have to give me lots of characters within the DCU to wet my appetite. To it's credit, Smallville has interject many characters over the last few years: Green Arrow, Aqualad, Flash, Steel, Doomsday and a few JSU characters.

Kryptonsite.com has reported that actors have been cast as notable DC characters Floyd Lawton and Shayera – AKA Deadshot and Hawkgirl. 

Playing Shayera will be Sahar Biniaz, a beauty pageant contestant who Kryptonsite notes had small roles in three previous Smallville episodes and in Watchmen. It's not clear if we'll see Shayera's Hawkgirl alter-ego in the episode she appears in, "Shield", which is the second of the season. That episode will also feature Michael Shanks reprising his role as Carter Hall, AKA Hawkman. Also still in question is whether Shayera will appear in the present or only in flashbacks. The character was previously referred to in the two-hour "Absolute Justice" episode, which introduced the Justice Society.

"Shield" will also introduce Deadshot, played by Bradley Stryker. Fans of The OC may remember Stryker as the first actor to play Ryan's brother, Trey, in Season 1 (Logan Marshall-Green played Trey in later appearances). Stryker also played a soldier on the first few episodes of Stargate Universe.
 

Hawkgirl and Deadshot are just two of several new DC characters set to debut in Smallville: Season 10, including Darkseid, Blue Beetle and Booster Gold.

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FIRST LOOK: DC Direct BRIGHTEST DAY Action Figures

In March 2011, DC DIRECT will kick off another series of high-quality and story-specific product, this time based around the hit biweekly series, BRIGHTEST DAY. Here ist a first look at the first two waves, which include Hawkgirl, Green Arrow, Deadman, Aquaman, Hawkman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm and Mera.

As an obsessed action figure collector, I am surprisingly lukewarm about the BRIGHTEST DAY line.   The story thus far has been in my opinion, less than engaging so I have hard time purchasing a bunch of characters I could in all honesty give a shit about.  I mean come on who is going to shell out money to purchase Mera?

Brightest Day #5 Variant Cover & Preview

Another issue of Brightest Day hits the shelves tomorrow.  Below you will find a preview of the issue.  I have to be honest anything that includes the Hawks and Aquaman bores the living daylights out me so I am less than thrilled with a Hawk & Aquaman focused story. I guess that is why I am less than thrilled with this story as a whole.

Synopsis:  The mysteries deepen! What secret is Mera hiding? Where have Hawkman and Hawkgirl disappeared to? And what annoys Hawk the most about Deadman? Find out in this issue as we march closer towards the turning point of issue #7 as Hawk and Dove join the mission to uncover the truth behind their returns and what it means to the rest of the DCU! Here are a few pages from Brightest Day #5, all courtesy of the stellar team of Johns, Tomasi and the comic industry’s greatest artists.

Brightest Day #5 hits tomorrow.  Source DC Universe The Source

Covers To Brightest Day #4 Revealed

Black Lantern Firestorm and Black Lantern Hawkman And Hawkgirl?  WTF!

These beautiful covers are courtesy of the source and Johns, Tomasi, Reis, Finch, Gleason, Clark and Syaf.

Brightest Day #4 hits Wednesday and Gfest hopes the story itself is as good as the cover art because the last three issues have been slow to say the least.

Geoff Johns Teases Upcomming Events in Brightest Day

In a letter to fans posted on DC Comics website, Geoff Johns dropped a few clues about the near future of Brightest Day.  He also talked a LOT about the new Young Justice animated series, but let's focus on the news we actually care about involving Brightest Day.  In the coming weeks we will:

• Meet a new alien killer who will become J’onn J’onzz’s greatest enemy
• See Hawkman and Hawkgirl discover a great secret about their past
• Meet the mysterious and deadly Siren
• Meet the new Aqualad who will also appear on the Young Justice animated series

On the face of things, the one that really excites us is J'onn's new enemy.  We have been enjoying that storyline.  The rest of the announcements we share as a public service, not because they excite us at all.  Are we alone?  Did these teasers excite anyone else?