DC Super Hero Girls


DC Super Hero Girls or DC Superhero Girls is an American superhero franchise created by Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment that launched in the third quarter of 2015.
In 2017, DC revealed that the DC Super Hero Girls line would be reimagined by Lauren Faust, who had previously worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and . This resulted in a full rebrand for the franchise, centralized around an eponymous television reboot of the same name, which began airing on Cartoon Network in March 2019. The rebooted series was heavily inspired by Faust's DC Nation Shorts entry Super Best Friends Forever from 2012, while carrying over certain themes from the earlier DC Super Hero Girls web show.

Premise

At Super Hero High School, well-known DC heroes, both male and female, attend challenging classes and deal with all the awkwardness of growing up with the added stress of having unique superpowers.

Announcement

The franchise was announced in April 2015. The range is to include books from Random House, Lego tie-ins and action figures from Mattel.

Website

The website was launched in early July 2015. Characters featured at launch were: Raven, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Katana, and Bumblebee. Other characters including Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Star Sapphire, Beast Boy, Cheetah, Hawkgirl and Catwoman also appear. Amanda Waller is featured as the principal of the series' setting Super Hero High. Many other DC Comics Heroes and Villains appear in the background as cameos.

Cast and characters

DC Super Hero Girls has various characters inspired by the DC Universe. Certain characters are voiced by actors who have performed as the same characters previously. The characters listed below are listed on the franchise's website:

Voice cast

Media

Web series

The DC Super Hero Girls has a series of animated shorts on YouTube and their site centered on the young heroes and villains attending Super Hero High. The first season premiered on 1 October 2015. The second season premiered on 21 April 2016. The third season premiered on 26 January 2017, while the fourth season premiered on 18 January 2018.

Television series

In 2019, the DC Super Hero Girls franchise was rebooted as a TV series developed by Lauren Faust, with a continuity separate from that of the previous version of the franchise. Shorts connected with the series began to be released online on 10 January 2019, and the full series premiered on Cartoon Network on 8 March 2019.

Films and specials

Special (2016)

Direct-to-video films (2016–2018)

Literature

Novels

is publishing a series of text-only novels. Each novel focuses primarily on one character's experiences as a student at Super Hero High. Lisa Yee has written every one so far. American "big box" retailer Target has released special editions of the Wonder Woman and Batgirl novels that include additional materials.
TitleISBNRelease Date
Wonder Woman at Super Hero High1 March 2016
Supergirl at Super Hero High5 July 2016
Batgirl at Super Hero High3 January 2017
Katana at Super Hero High4 July 2017
Harley Quinn at Super Hero High2 January 2018
Bumblebee at Super Hero High3 July 2018
Winner Takes All!19 November 2019
Fierce Competition!19 February 2020

Graphic novels

DC is publishing a series of graphic novels.
TitleISBNRelease Date
Finals Crisis5 July 2016
Hits and Myths1 November 2016
Summer Olympus11 July 2017
Past Times at Super Hero High26 September 2017
Date with Disaster31 January 2018
Out of the Bottle7 August 2018
Search for Atlantis26 September 2018
Spaced Out4 June 2019
At Metropolis High15 October 2019
Powerless17 March 2020
Weird Science14 July 2020
Midterms1 September 2020

Comics

DC is publishing a digital-first comics series. These issues are later collected in printed editions.